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Courses begin on the following dates and run for six weeks:

September 19, 2007
October 17, 2007
November 14, 2007

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CREATING YOUR OWN NONPROFIT (ED347)
Learn the many aspects of building a thriving nonprofit organization up from the grassroots. This course explains how to incorporate, select a board of directors, write bylaws, craft a mission statement, obtain tax-exempt status, develop a budget, create a marketing plan, and explore fundraising options, and more. Useful checklists, worksheets, reading lists, and field trips to a wide variety of online resources prepare you to meet the challenge of starting and operating a successful nonprofit.

Instructor: Linda Kissam (click for bio)
Fee: $89 (NRCA Members get 20 percent off this price!)
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BECOMING A GRANT WRITING CONSULTANT (ED327)
Good grant writing consultants are always in demand. Learn how you can use a basic knowledge of grant or proposal writing to become an expert in the red-hot grant consulting field. This is one field where your creative writing skills can touch thousands of people and literally make a difference in their quality of life.

Instructor: Beverly Browning (click for bio)
Fee: $89 (NRCA Members get 20 percent off this price!)
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INTRODUCTION TO GRANT WRITING (ED213)
A to Z Grantwriting is an invigorating and informative seminar specially created for executive directors, organizers, board members, community volunteers, development officers, and individuals who want to learn a 'bird's eye' view of the grantwriting process and learn how to: research and develop mutually beneficial relationships with potential funding sources, organize a grantwriting campaign and keep track of all funding sources, requests and donations, Prepare complete proposal packages, and dissolve crisis management and submit one hundred proposals a year in ten hours a week.

Instructor: Linda Vallejo (click for bio)
Fee: $89 (NRCA Members get 20 percent off this price!)
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ADVANCED GRANT PROPOSAL WRITING (ED328)
Do you know the best way to present information in a grant proposal? In this course, an experienced grantwriter will show you how to research and write winning proposals that get funded. Learn what to do--and, more importantly what not to do--on every part of your proposal. Gain a full understanding of the criteria funders use to determine whether your grant proposal gets funded or rejected. You'll become expert at ferreting out corporate, foundation, and government grantmakers, and you'll know how to tailor your responses to information found in the peer review criteria. You'll also discover a number of significant finishing touches that can give your project the edge over others. You'll know the best type of paper to use, which buzzwords to include, which fonts work best, and which types of graphics and formatting techniques will make your proposal more competitive.

Instructor: Beverly Browning (click for bio)
Fee: $89 (NRCA Members get 20 percent off this price!)
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MARKETING YOUR NONPROFIT (ED 345)
Discover marketing practices that will help you further the ideals and goals of your nonprofit. In the face of stiff competition, an increase in the number of worthwhile causes, new regulations, more oversight, and fewer funding opportunities, you need to work smarter--not longer. This course, packed with practical strategies that you can put to immediate use, will help you compete more effectively for members, media attention, donors, clients, and volunteers.

Instructor: Linda Kissam (click for bio)
Fee: $89 (NRCA Members get 20 percent off this price!)
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WOW, WHAT A GREAT EVENT! (ED 346)
Learn how to create and coordinate successful special events. Develop skills, find resources and gain confidence to plan and produce any size or type of event. Find out what the experts and master planners already know so that you can avoid embarrassing and costly planning errors or production mistakes. After just a few weeks, you will become a knowledgeable event planner poised to produce any type of event.

Instructor: Cynthia Grzelak (click for bio)
Fee: $89 (NRCA Members get 20 percent off this price!)
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INTRODUCTION TO NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT (ED329)
Develop the skills and strategies you need to become an integral part of one of America’s fastest growing service sectors. In this course, a seasoned veteran in the nonprofit management field will show you how to transform your good intentions into a professional plan of action. You'll understand the unique characteristics of nonprofit organizations while mastering the core knowledge necessary to become an effective leader in the nonprofit arena.

Instructor: Linda Kissam (click for bio)
Fee: $89 (NRCA Members get 20 percent off this price!)
Contact NRCA to find out how to register!