Strategy Masterclass for Nonprofit Leaders

4.8 (7)

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3 Days

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Cohort-based Course

Master the art and craft of nonprofit strategy. Become a more effective leader. Build relations with a peer community.

Previously at leading institutions incl.

Harvard University
Ford Foundation
Open Society Foundations
Tufts University
UCLA

Course overview

What you will learn

Your ability as a nonprofit leader to shape, implement, and communicate strategy is essential for your success–and the organization’s survival and impact. 


You will learn from a leading expert in social impact strategy and leadership who has taught at leading universities, launched and scaled multi-million dollar programs globally and domestically, and coached and advised numerous leaders.


You will be part of a peer cohort working on live examples, projects, and deep dive discussions with leading experts.

Who is this course for

01

You are a leader of a nonprofit organization. Your title might be executive director, board member, or a member of the leadership team.

02

You want to launch a new program or nonprofit organization. You need a compelling strategic plan to raise funds and actualize your vision.

03

You are leading or part of an organization with established programs, and are desperately in need of fresh, creative, strategic thinking.

What you’ll get out of this course

Establish and strengthen your personal strategic leadership expertise and credentials

Learn to stand out as a strategic thought leader.

Analyze and interpret the internal and external forces that affect the strategy for your organization

Are you and your team overwhelmed by lack of clarity, conflicting priorities, and new emergencies? We will take a step back to assess the key internal and external forces affecting your strategic and impact using a template I have created specially for this course.

Construct and hone your theory of change

Do you have a mission and vision? What about a theory of change? We'll construct, analyze, and hone these key building blocks of strategy.

Prioritize and apply the concept of “distinctive positioning” to help you design and communicate your unique value-add

What makes your work unique? Project work, worksheets, and deep dive collaboration will help you with distinctive positioning.

Access one-of-a-kind frameworks and actionable tactics to help you create, sharpen, or revisit strategy

The frameworks, templates, and concepts I have developed for this course and will share in the pre-reads, during the live class, and after will be available for you to download and use during the course and after the conclusion of the course.

This course includes

3 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

3 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

3 projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Apr 16—Apr 18

    Session 1 Content

    • Apr

      16

      Session 1 (includes zoom link)

      Wed 4/164:00 PM—5:15 PM (UTC)
    2 more items

    Session 2 Content

    • Apr

      17

      Session 2 Event

      Thu 4/174:00 PM—5:15 PM (UTC)
    2 more items

    Session 3 Content

    • Apr

      18

      Session 3

      Fri 4/184:00 PM—5:15 PM (UTC)
    2 more items

4.8 (7 ratings)

What students are saying

Meet your instructor

Sushma Raman

Sushma Raman

Sushma is a leading social impact strategist and philanthropic leader who has taught strategy, negotiation, leadership, and communications at leading universities, developed strategy and launched and scaled multi-million dollar programs at leading philanthropies, and served on numerous boards.


For more information, please follow

Sushma on LinkedIn.

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Strategy Masterclass for Nonprofit Leaders

April 2024 Cohort Strategy Masterclass for Nonprofit Leaders

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Dates

Apr 16—18, 2025

Payment Deadline

Apr 15, 2025
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Course schedule

6 hours

  • Wednesday to Friday

    12:00pm - 1:15 pm ET


  • January 8th, 9th, 10th, 2025

    12:00 - 1:15 pm ET

    January 8th: Strategy Masterclass Session 1


    January 9th: Strategy Masterclass Session 2


    January 10th: Strategy Masterclass Session 3

  • Weekly projects

    2 hours

    Work on projects that apply the learnings from the course.

Learning is better with cohorts

Learning is better with cohorts

Active hands-on learning

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Interactive and project-based

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Learn with a cohort of peers

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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A pattern of wavy dots

Join an upcoming cohort

Strategy Masterclass for Nonprofit Leaders

April 2024 Cohort Strategy Masterclass for Nonprofit Leaders

$750

Dates

Apr 16—18, 2025

Payment Deadline

Apr 15, 2025
Get reimbursed

$750

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