Learning For Impact by Dr. Emilie Socash

Designing Nonprofit Professional Development that Drives Results

What you'll learn

What a "culture of learning" is and how to develop and support it (including through the use of incentives).

The types of development opportunities to seek to support your current role and your long-term plan.

The role of KPIs (key performance indicators) and KSAs (knowledge, skills, and abilities) in designing professional development initiatives.

How to explore and co-create expectations surrounding professional development efforts and outcomes across departments and teams.

The benefits of professional development to your nonprofit, to you as an employee, and to you as a growing professional.

Setting two types of professional development achievement goals: for you as an employee and for you as a professional.

How you (and your nonprofit) can leader professional development initiatives using on-the-job training and personal learning communities.

Setting organization-wide professional development goals using the FAST goal method.

Requirements

No prerequisite required.

Description

About this topic…The capacity for "nonprofit professional development" is an organization's ability to effectively provide professional development and to support staff in the process of putting what they learn into practice. This nonprofit capacity is all about giving your team the tools to improve how they do what they do through nonprofit leadership training, online learning platforms, and other opportunities to create a culture of learning.What You Will LearnWhat a "culture of learning" is and how to develop and support it (including through the use of incentives).The benefits of professional development to your nonprofit, to you as an employee, and to you as a growing professional.The types of development opportunities to seek to support your current role and your long-term plan.Setting two types of professional development achievement goals: for you as an employee and for you as a professional.The role of KPIs (key performance indicators) and KSAs (knowledge, skills, and abilities) in designing professional development initiatives.How you (and your nonprofit) can leader professional development initiatives using on-the-job training and personal learning communities.How to explore and co-create expectations surrounding professional development efforts and outcomes across departments and teams.Setting organization-wide professional development goals using the FAST goal method.Who is this topic for?Everyone! This learning path is great at any point in your professional journey and is not just for nonprofit human resources staff. Throughout this series of online classes, you'll explore multiple perspectives as you think about what professional development means to you in your current role, as a growing professional, and as part of a team effort.This learning path explores the following Korn Ferry competencies:Action OrientationDevelops TalentNimble LearningSelf-DevelopmentBuilds Effective Teams

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to Nonprofit Professional Development

Lecture 2 Introduction to the Learning for Impact Course

Lecture 3 Downloadable Workbook

Section 2: Bronze 1: What is Nonprofit Professional Development?

Lecture 4 What you can expect in this lesson

Lecture 5 What is staff professional development?

Lecture 6 Why does professional development matter?

Section 3: Bronze 2: Skill-Building for Effective Nonprofit Professional Development

Lecture 7 Skills to Improve Your Professional Development Approaches

Section 4: Bronze 3: What Does Effective Nonprofit Professional Development Look Like?

Lecture 8 Key Indicators of Effective Professional Development Efforts

Lecture 9 How can we measure effective professional development efforts?

Section 5: Silver 1: Maximizing and Leading Nonprofit Professional Development Efforts

Lecture 10 What you can expect in this badge

Lecture 11 Action planning for Staff Professional Development Success

Lecture 12 Professional Development in your Organization

Section 6: Silver 2: Where to Start with Nonprofit Professional Development Efforts

Lecture 13 Where to Start with Staff Professional Development

Section 7: Silver 3: Setting Professional Development Goals for Yourself and Your Nonprofit

Lecture 14 Setting Professional Development Goals

Lecture 15 Professional Development Goals for Organizations

Section 8: Gold 1: Motivating and Incentivizing Nonprofit Professional Development Efforts

Lecture 16 What you can expect

Lecture 17 Getting Motivated about Professional Development

Lecture 18 Incentivizing Professional Development

Section 9: Gold 2: Nonprofit Professional Development in Review

Lecture 19 Professional Development in Review

Everyone! This learning path is great at any point in your professional journey and is not just for nonprofit human resources staff.