Montgomery Co. Assn. for the Blind

Anatomy of an Interim Executive Directorship

Montgomery Co. Assn. for the Blind

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Enhancing leadership through the Nonprofit Center

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Francisvale Home for Small Animals

A continuum of services from The Nonprofit Center

Francisvale Home for Small Animals

Camphill Soltane

Nonprofit Center Member creating a community for young adults with developmental disabilities

Camphill Soltane

The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia

A major force in choral music gets results from The Nonprofit Center

The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia

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Welcome to the Nonprofit Center

The Nonprofit Center at La Salle University is in the business of nonprofits. Our name isn't just who we are, it's what we do. With more than 35 years of experience at the forefront in helping organizations in the Greater Philadelphia region and beyond to strengthen themselves, their boards and their staffs, we recognize that all nonprofits must be able to implement and maintain strong and ethical business practices, in order to thrive in today's competitive and complex world. We work in partnership with:
  • Nonprofit Executive Directors, Staff and Volunteers
  • Nonprofit Boards of Directors
  • Businesses that Value the Role Nonprofits Play in our Community
We provide diverse, integrated services in education, consulting and leadership development, rooted in best practices in nonprofit management, governance and operation, while respecting and understanding the unique nonprofit culture.

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The Nonprofit Center Gives you the Tools

"From introductions to foundation representatives at a 'Meet the Funders' panel, to ways to amplify the message on our mission at a branding class, The Nonprofit Center opens the door to a range of resources. The professional development opportunities provide practical, timely, and, in some cases, eye-opening expert guidance on ways to deepen donor relationships. I always come away from the classes with a well-defined to-do list that refines our fundraising efforts. To state the obvious: we are in a highly competitive environment for dollars/donors. Essentially every nonprofit is in the business of improving the community; each using different means to achieve this same end. The Nonprofit Center hands us the tools to best leverage what is unique to our work." -Ellen Saint Clair, Director of Development, Children's Village

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Upcoming Courses

  • Keys to Successful Strategic Planning

    Every nonprofit needs a good strategic plan to serve as a roadmap for change. This class will teach you how to create a living, constituent-driven strategic plan that is a critical management tool for your board and executive leadership.

    What Makes a Superior Leader? Creating and Mastering a Successful Leadership Style

    Explore the essence of nonprofit leadership while looking at the leadership styles of others, to develop an understanding of the traits that make for successful leaders and distinguish them from managers.

  • On Boarding: Determining, Finding and Recruiting the Right Mix of Board Members

    Finding the right candidates for your board is not an easy task, nor is it one person’s responsibility. This webinar will demonstrate the importance of an accurate board job description, compiling a board profile and successful strategies for recruiting the right candidates.

    School For Stewardship: How Donor Management and Stewardship Promote Future Fundraising

    Too often, donor management and gift stewardship are an afterthought instead of integral parts of your fundraising plan. Procedures for accepting, acknowledging and stewarding gifts - from the first donation through the end of the relationship - are essential for both legal and ethical compliance, as well as donor cultivation. Responsibility and accountability to donors falls to both the development and finance managers.

  • Guide for First-Time Supervisors

    Being a new supervisor brings unfamiliar demands and this class will help you own your new role, while interaction with people in similar situations will leave you better prepared and more confident to master the challenges of your new position.  

    Financial Forecasting for a More Secure Future

    Understanding how and when resources are available to your organization will  enable you to guide policy and programmatic decisions and assist you in strategically planning your organization’s growth and sustainability

  • Building a Successful Marketing Program

    Understand the fundamental principles of marketing and its various components with the purpose of applying them as part of a strategic knowledge base required of any high-level or aspiring nonprofit.  Become proficient in auditing your communications, developing a marketing plan and putting principles that best meet the needs of your organization into practice.

    Effective Communications to Build Relationships, Engagement & Understanding

    Whether it’s interacting with a donor, a regulator, a co-worker, a supervisor or a supervisee, the most successful people are the best communicators. That includes not only the messages you deliver, but also how you listen and react to others.

  • Keys to Successful Strategic Planning

    Every nonprofit needs a good strategic plan to serve as a roadmap for change. This class will teach you how to create a living, constituent-driven strategic plan that is a critical management tool for your board and executive leadership.

    Interim Executive Director Opportunity Exploration Session

    This session will enable you to decide if being a Nonprofit Center Interim Director is a potential career path for you.  The Nonprofit Center, which has operated a successful Interim Executive Director program since 2006, is currently recruiting potential candidates for whom this role would be a good fit.  A typical profile is a retiring executive director who wants to continue connecting with the nonprofit community.

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FROM NONPROFIT UNIVERSITY BLOG

  • Whither compassion?

    November 15, by Joan Ulmer

    As Thanksgiving approaches, I cannot help but focus more on the communities in which we live, and the responsibility that those of us who “have” have for those who do not.  And, yet, in these tim… Read more

  • The Accidental Board President

    November 9, by Laura Otten, Ph.D., Director

    Although the position of board president is one of the most critical ones in a nonprofit, there is often little thought and intentionality put into the process of filling the position.   I literally… Read more

  • Make Time for Serious Leisure

    November 2, by Laura Otten, Ph.D., Director

    In case you aren’t aware, all leisure is not the same, nor is it only what most think it is.  As Merriam-Webster so nicely puts it, “freedom provided by the cessation of activities.”  In 1973… Read more