University of Chicago Nonprofits and Social Innovation (NPSI) Workshop
http://www.ssa.uchicago.edu/programs/npsi.shtml
For second-year master's students at the University of Chicago
SSA will host the 2nd Annual Nonprofits and Social Innovation (NPSI) Workshop during the 2010–11 academic year for second-year master’s students at the University of Chicago. The purpose of the NPSI Workshop is to build leadership skills and core competencies necessary to be successful in today’s nonprofit sector. In particular, the NPSI Workshop will focus on what makes for an effective, innovative, and entrepreneurial nonprofit organization.
The NPSI Workshop seeks to provide networking opportunities for graduate students as they enter the job market and seek careers within or related to the nonprofit sector. Additionally, workshop participants will be expected to engage in discussion with students of different backgrounds and graduate training.
Sessions will focus on a range of topics:
Social entrepreneurship
Knowledge transfer
Recruiting, retaining, and managing people
Branding in the nonprofit world
Finding new methods and responding to changing need
Fundraising, budgeting, and revenue diversification
Assets, resources, and tools used by those engaging in social ventures
Through these topic areas, the NPSI Workshop will help develop students’ managerial, organizational, and leadership skills. Additionally, students will be exposed to various for-profit principles that are relevant in today’s nonprofit sector.
Each session will be facilitated by experts with experience in the nonprofit and social impact sectors. The current schedule for the 2010-2011 NPSI Workshop is as follows:
Tuesday, October 12 (12-1:20pm): Introduction with Associate Professor Scott W. Allard
Monday, October 18 (5:30-7:30pm): Suzanne Muchin and Rachel Bellow, ROI* Ventures
Saturday, October 30th (9:00-12:00pm); Evette Cardona, Senior Program Officer at the Polk Bros. Foundation.
Saturday, November 13th (9:00-12:00pm): Erica Mills, Founder and Principal of Mills Communication Group
Tuesday, November 30th (12-1:20pm): Steve Cole, former CEO of Cash Station, Inc. and former president and chief executive officer of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Tuesday, December 7th (12-1:20pm): Jill Zimmerman, Vice President and Manager of Consultants at The Alford Group - Midwest Division
Monday, January 12th (5:30-7:30pm): Suzanne Muchin and Rachel Bellow, ROI* Ventures
Thursday, January 20th (12-1:20pm): Shelley A. Davis
Thursday, January 27th (12-1:20pm): Eric Weinheimer, President and CEO of the Cara Program.
Training and content is carefully planned to be sequential. Students admitted to the NPSI Workshop should expect to attend 9 sessions scheduled for Fall and Winter quarters.
For application information, please visit our Application page. Applications are due by Monday at 4:00 PM, October 4, 2010. Review of applications will begin Tuesday, October 5, 2010 and decisions will be announced by Friday, October 8, 2010.
For more information, contact Associate Professor Scott W. Allard at sallard@uchicago.edu or 773-702-1131.