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Strategy Masterclass for Nonprofit Leaders

New

3 Days

Cohort-based Course

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

Strategy Masterclass for Nonprofit Leaders

New

3 Days

Cohort-based Course

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

Hosted by

Sushma Raman

Social Impact Strategist and Philanthropic Leader.

Sushma Raman

Social Impact Strategist and Philanthropic Leader.

Previously at leading institutions incl.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan 8—Jan 10

Session 1 Content

Jan
8
Session 1 Event
Wed 1/85:00 PM—6:15 PM (UTC)

2 more items

Session 2 Content

Jan
9
Session 2 Event
Thu 1/95:00 PM—6:15 PM (UTC)

2 more items

Session 3 Content

Jan
10
Session 3
Fri 1/105:00 PM—6:15 PM (UTC)

2 more items

What folks are saying

Sushma is an exceptional leader with a profound commitment to advancing human rights and social justice on a global scale. Her visionary approach to leadership fosters an environment of collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity. Sushma's ability to navigate complex challenges was evident in her strategic direction of the Carr Center at Harvard.

Laryssa da Silveira

Educational Policy Manager

Sushma is a great leader, advocate, teacher, mentor, organizer, and human rights and social justice visionary with deep experience in philanthropy. The Carr Center (at Harvard University) greatly benefited from her commitment and energy, as will any organization with which she is affiliated.

Julie Allen

Director of Strategy and Communications, Harvard EdRedesign Lab

Sushma is a wonderful leader and mentor. I am amazed at her thought leadership, creative approach, and collaborative spirit. She brings intelligence, expertise, and curiosity to her work.

Alex Geller

Creative Director, Writer

Sushma was a lecturer in Tufts' mid-career global business program. Her course, Negotiating Leadership, was a complex course requiring she deliver theoretical & practical negotiations content to a wide range of professionals. Sushma is a pleasure to work with. She has the all-too-rare combination of vision & ability to execute on that vision.

Kristen Zecchi

Leader in Education Innovation

Meet your instructor

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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