Opus College of Business

Centers & Institutes

Center for Nonprofit Management

One of the first of its kind within a university, the Center for Nonprofit Management (CNM) strives to be a premier resource for innovative education, training and research to advance the effectiveness of the nonprofit sector.

The Center's leadership believes that society's challenges belong to all of us, and to solve problems and prevent others, we need to build new models for increasing our capacity to affect change. Through a consortium of nonprofit and for-profit entrepreneurs, practitioners and researchers, the center redefines and provides new models for nonprofit practice excellence. 
 
As an organization within the Opus College of Business at the University of St. Thomas, CNM also stands on its commitment to support the next generation of highly principled, ethical thought leaders of the nonprofit sector.  See the Nonprofit Management page for a listing of programs offered through the division of Executive Education.

Featured Program

Institute for Executive Director Leadership
February 5 - November 5, 2010

The Institute for Executive Director Leadership is a 10-month cohort program offering nonprofit executive directors opportunities to increase leadership skills, enhance organizational collective capacity and take themselves and their organizations to a new level while growing in a supportive community of peers.

   

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Custom Programs

Every nonprofit organization experiences critical junctures in development. We can tailor capacity-building programs to address specific strategic goals and desired outcomes in the areas of:

  • Board identity, development and evolution
  • Board governance – for small, mid-size and large organizations
  • Use of new strategy models for innovating and planning
  • Executive director and staff leadership development
  • Infrastructure development
  • Fundraising and fund development

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