NMC Extended Education Business and Nonprofit Professional Development Catalog

Winter / Spring 2019

Business and Nonprofit Professional Development Catalog www.nmc.edu/ees

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Table of Contents

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Nonprofit Professional Development………………...3 Business Professional Development…………….…….5 Teacher Recertification (SCECHs)..………....……….….8

How to Register

NMC partners with NorthSky Nonprofit Network and other local professionals to provide you the tools needed to improve your personal and organizational effectiveness.

Business

Online: www.nmc.edu/ees

Get the skills and expertise you need to manage, market, and grow your idea or business.

Phone: 231-995-1700

(M-F 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM) Walk-in: University Center 2200 Dendrinos Drive Traverse City, MI 49684 (M-F 8 AM - 5 PM)

Teacher SCECHs

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Opportunity for teachers to earn State Continuing Education Clock Hours. Over 30 courses are now available online.

Class costs are listed with each course. The full amount is due at the time you register.

Please register at least two business days prior to your class start date. Classes are sometimes cancelled when a minimum enrollment isn't met by a certain date; your early registration will help assure that your class does not get canceled due to low enrollment.

Locations NMC University Center 2200 Dendrinos Drive, Traverse City NMC Parsons-Stulen Building 2600 Aero Park Drive, Traverse City

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Grant Basics Foundations, state, and federal entities offer funding opportunities for a variety of purposes. Learn to identify your needs, clarify your purpose, and articulate it in a written format. Look at the grant development process, its components, and terminology. Discover what grant writing is all about in this overview session and leave knowing where to start in developing a grant proposal.

Jan. 23 | 6 - 8:30 pm | $49 University Center Rm. 215 Instructor: Mary Bevans Gillett

Grant Resources Explore ways to locate grant funders potentially interested in your project or program.

Learn how to search a variety of resources including the web and publications. Leave with a sense of direction, practical tips, and resources to find funding opportunities that fit your need and purpose. Basic computer skills are helpful, but not required.

Feb. 6 | 6 - 8:30 pm | $49 University Center Rm. 08 Instructor: Mary Bevans Gillett

Better Stories by Design: Crafting Narratives that Stick Story is the basis of human connection. The best stories, the ones we tell again and again, contain a basic structure that makes them “sticky.” These stories interrupt, surprise, compel and spur to action. Becoming a great storyteller is an art, but also requires a process and good hard work. Come learn by doing and begin the process of crafting your compelling personal or professional story.

Feb. 8 | 9 am - Noon | $49 University Center Rm. 07 Instructor: Mark VanderKlipp

Nonprofit Earned Income for Your Nonprofit Is your nonprofit dependent on gifts, grants, and donations? Gain tools for stabilizing your revenue stream and help drive your mission throughout the year by developing an earned income venture. This two-part course developed and taught by Mary Manner will help you build and test hypotheses about your idea and customer base, develop a value proposition and your ability to communicate the concept, build a financial business model, and utilize an evaluation plan to learn from your customers to improve your product and delivery.

Jan. 30 & Feb. 6 | 1 - 4 pm | $69 University Center Rm. 07 Instructor: Mary Manner

Increasing Your Nonprofit Board’s Performance As a nonprofit leader, you know that the performance of your board is vital to success, but what does effective board performance look like? And how can you help the board become more effective? This three-hour course offers tips and tools to increase the performance of a nonprofit Board of Directors. Learn about board self-assessment tools and how to use them, gain an understanding of the importance of board orientation and development, and discover how both help to increase performance long-term.

Feb 27 | 1 - 4 pm | $49 University Center Rm. 07 Instructor: Julie Ann Rivers-Cochran

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How to Attract, Cultivate, and Wow Sponsors

Nonprofit Using Salesforce Automation to Streamline Processes Automation can make life easier, but how do you get started? Come to this session led

by Ashima Saigal, Salesforce MVP and founder of Database Sherpa, and learn how you can use automation in Salesforce to streamline your processes. You will start at the beginning to uncover the automation best-suited for you and your organization.

March 15 | Noon - 4 pm | $59 University Center Rm. 07 Instructor: Ashima Saigal

Fundraising Fitness!

Have you ever wondered the best way to calculate your donor retention rate, acquisition rate, or overall growth? AFP has developed two Excel-based templates to help organize all this data. The Fitness Test and the Growth-in-Giving reports provide clear pictures of fundraising gains and losses in a reader-friendly format for executive staff and board.

April 8 | 1 - 4 pm | $49 University Center Rm. 07 Instructor: Mary Lehman-Panek

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Do you dread finding sponsors for your next event? Are you tired of offering the same levels and benefits year after year? There is a better way, and you can learn it during this free workshop! Find out how to target, cultivate, and wow sponsors in a way that brings value to your organization and theirs. Joanna Hogan will walk you through her step-bystep process to ensure you and your sponsors achieve the results you want.

April 16 | noon - 1:30 pm | $29 University Center Rm. 07 Instructor: Joanna Hogan

So You Want to Start a Nonprofit Thinking about starting a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit but not sure what it takes? Or, grappling with the question of whether to be a nonprofit or for profit entity? This course is a primer on the basic legal, tax, and organizational requirements for forming and operating a nonprofit as compared to a for profit.

Working with Kate Redman, nonprofit attorney and founder of Commonplace, you will come away with a practical understanding of the basics for setting up a new tax exempt organization.

April 24 | 6 - 8 pm | $39 University Center Rm. 204 Instructor: Kate Redman

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Leadership Skill-Building: Be a Positive Leader Learn how leading with a positive mindset creates a great company culture and strong bonds among team members. Leave with a skill set to have difficult conversations that have positive results. This course will leave you feeling happy and energized to lead others.

Jan. 29 | 6 - 8:30 pm | $59 University Center Rm. 213 Instructor: Michele Lurvey

8 Skills to Lead Today’s Workforce The old ways of managing are not effective in the world of today. If you are new to leadership or looking for ideas to lead an everchanging workforce, this workshop is for you. These 8 skills will fundamentally change the way you see your role as a leader. This “Leadershift” will shed new light on what it means to successfully lead people and an organization. Includes a skills workbook that you can use to immediately implement the techniques discussed.

Feb. 20 | 6 - 8:30 pm | $69 University Center Rm. 216 Instructor: Michele Lurvey

Employee Development: Positivity in the Workplace Take ownership of your professional development by learning how to ask for feedback and create goals and action plans. Learn how to shift to a positive mindset at work (and home!) and bring your best self every day. Designed for employees of all levels looking to increase their influence and positive impact in their organization.

March 5 | 6 - 8:30 pm | $59 University Center Rm. 213 Instructor: Michele Lurvey

Business Starting a Business Workshop Are you in the beginning stages of starting a business, in need of capital, or simply considering self-employment? Join Samantha Reis, of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), for this fast-paced workshop to help you assess your ability to lead and manage a company and evaluate market and sales potential for your product/service. Explore the fundamentals of writing a business plan determining concept feasibility, start-up costs, financing options, and the basics of business planning. Completion of this workshop provides access to meeting with an SBDC consultant one-on-one. The cost of this class is underwritten by the SBDC. Registration is required. Use Discount Code “FREE” when registering.

Option 1: Feb. 12 | 8:30 - 11 am | FREE University Center Rm. 209

Option 2: April 23 | 8:30 - 11 am | FREE University Center Rm. 209

Start Your Own Consulting Practice — Online From start-up to taxes, learn the process of starting and operating a consulting practice, including licensing, legalities, record-keeping, and tax issues. For more information or to register go to www.nmc.edu/ees-online and click on Ed2Go Selections.

This 6-week course is offered monthly

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$115

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FAA Remote Pilot (Drone) Test Preparation - Online

Business FAA Remote Pilot (Drone) Test Preparation - Classroom Sessions Get paid to fly a drone! This 2-day in-person classroom training will prepare you to take the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot certification written test. This certification is required by the FAA to legally conduct commercial operations utilizing a Drone. Learn about drone regulations, weather, aeronautical charts, airspace, emergency procedures, and more.

After completion of the course, you will be ready to take the FAA written test to become certified.

Feb. 7 & 8 | 9 am - 5 pm | $749 Parsons-Stulen Bldg. Rm. 112 Instructor: Tony Sauerbrey

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Could the use of drones assist you in your business endeavors? This self-paced online course prepares you to take the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot written exam, which upon successful completion will certify you as a Commercial Drone Operator! This license is required by the FAA for conducting drone operations such as aerial photography, movie making, industrial inspections, emergency response, agriculture monitoring and more.

It covers drone regulations, airspace, weather, aeronautical charts and safety practices.

Work at your own pace (approx. 25 hours online); but complete by May 4, 2019. And you won’t be alone; your instructor is available via email, phone, or office visit to help you through the process. Fee does not include cost of the FAA test. Register by February 4; course will begin shortly after that date. For more information about the course call (231) 995-2925.

Registration Deadline: Feb. 4 | $499 Instructor: Tony Sauerbrey

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Email Marketing Made Easy with MailChimp Looking to ramp up your email campaigns?

Find out how to create emails easily, develop subject lines, follow best practices of the pros, and discover how to fine-tune lists, optimize groups, and personalize campaigns using MailChimp which is free for up to 2,000 names. Rachel North, email guru for MyNorth Media, shares strategies for targeting your emails. Basic computer skills required.

March 12 & 14 | 6 - 8 pm | $75 University Center Rm. 205 Instructor: Rachel North

Bookkeeping for Small Business Learn basic accounting principles for record keeping, terminology, and how to prepare financial statements. Discover how to summarize the activities of a business through journal entries and understand how these activities lead to the preparation of income statements and balance sheets. This class is helpful prior to learning accounting software like QuickBooks or Quicken. The required text, Barrons Accounting by Peter J. Eisen, will be available at NMC Bookstore (please call ahead, 995-1285).

March 5, 7, 12 & 14 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm | $95 Parsons-Stulen Bldg. Rm. 220 Instructor: Jim Bertoldi

Business How to Read and Interpret Financial Statements Financial statements can answer many questions - if you know what to ask. We will explain the information different financial reports contain, what analyses you can use to bring it out, and how to relate the information to the overall health of the business.

You will learn to view financial statements in the context of external economic conditions; read and interpret balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flow from a management perspective; and apply the right type of analysis - ratio, vertical, or horizontal - to the right statement, to uncover the information you need. Includes text.

April 16, 23, 30 | 6 - 8:30 pm | $109 Parsons-Stulen Bldg. Rm. 218 Instructor: Jim Bertoldi

Managing Conflict

In this class, we will review the core principles in Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress -Free Productivity, by David Allen, and review technology that complements his model. Get ready to start on a new path to effectiveness! To enroll, contact Matt Schwarze, 231-995-2009 or mschwarze@nmc.edu.

Beneficial for professionals leading and/or working in teams. Participants will use strategies to prevent unnecessary conflict, build collaborative agreements, determine when and how to intervene in an employee conflict, build trust, commitment, and accountability in teams, manage change, and effectively address resistance. To enroll, contact Matt Schwarze, 231-995-2009 or mschwarze@nmc.edu.

April 29 | 8:30 am - 12:30 pm | $95 Parsons-Stulen Bldg. Rm. 101

Feb 15 | 8:30 am - 12:30 pm | $95 Parsons-Stulen Bldg. Rm. 101

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