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Strategy Masterclass for Nonprofit Leaders

7 Days

Cohort-based Course

Master the art and craft of nonprofit strategy during uncertainty. Become a more effective leader during these unprecedented times.

Strategy Masterclass for Nonprofit Leaders

7 Days

Cohort-based Course

Master the art and craft of nonprofit strategy during uncertainty. Become a more effective leader during these unprecedented times.

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.

We are in unprecedented times--and leaders are being put to the test. We'll deep dive into adaptive planning, scenario planning, building organizational resilience--all while building buy-in and tackling resistance.

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.

Your program or nonprofit organization is facing significant shifts in the external landscape.

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

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

Your program or nonprofit organization is facing significant shifts in the external landscape.

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

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.

Lead Strategic Change Amidst Uncertainty

Understand how to gather and prioritize key information and translate into collective action.

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.

What’s included

Live sessions

Learn directly from Sushma Raman in a real-time, interactive format.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

Maven Guarantee

This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.

Course syllabus

5 live sessions • 6 lessons • 6 projects

Week 1

Sep 11—Sep 14

Session 1 Content

Sep
11
Session 1 Event (includes zoom link)
Thu 9/114:00 PM—5:15 PM (UTC)

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Session 2 Content

Sep
12
Session 2 Event (includes zoom link)
Fri 9/124:00 PM—5:15 PM (UTC)

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Week 2

Sep 15—Sep 17

Session 3 Content

Sep
15
Session 3 Event (includes zoom link)
Mon 9/154:00 PM—5:15 PM (UTC)

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Session 4 Content

Sep
16
Session 4 Event (includes zoom link)
Tue 9/164:00 PM—5:15 PM (UTC)

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Session 5 Content

Sep
17
Session 5 Event (includes zoom link)
Wed 9/174:00 PM—5:15 PM (UTC)

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Post-course

Capstone Project

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What students are saying

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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