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Learning Connections Subject Areas

 

Subject

Subject Focus

Advocacy & Social Change
  • Advocacy
  • Movement building
  • Public policy & lobbying
Boards (Governance)
  • Board coaching & training
  • Board recruitment & development
  • Board roles & responsibilities
  • Board self-evaluation
Communications & Marketing
  • Branding
  • Communications
  • Digital strategy
  • Graphic design
  • Market research, surveys, & focus groups
  • Marketing
  • Media relations
  • Public relations
  • Social networking / social media
  • Writing & editing
Decision Making
  • Decision-making processes
  • Ethical decision-making
  • Ethics & values
Development (Fundraising)
  • Capital campaigns
  • Development audits / assessments
  • Development planning
  • Donor recognition
  • Endowment campaigns
  • Event planning & management
  • Feasibility studies
  • Fund development & research
  • Fundraising
  • Grant writing
  • Major gifts / planned giving
  • Online / social media fundraising
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
  • Anti-oppression & anti-racism
  • Cultural competency
  • Diversity & inclusion
  • Equity & social justice
  • Implicit bias & prejudice reduction
  • Intersectionality
Facilitation
  • Community meetings / hearings
  • Facilitation of meetings / retreats
Facilities
  • Facility development
  • Facility management
  • Facility planning
Financial Management
  • Accounting & financial controls
  • Audits
  • Bookkeeping
  • Budgeting
  • Business forecasting / planning
  • Capital planning
  • Cash flow management
  • Grants administration
  • General financial management
  • Investment management
  • Payroll
  • Taxes
Human Resources
  • Career counseling
  • Compensation & benefits
  • Developing workshops & trainings
  • Executive transition management
  • General human resources
  • Human resource policies
  • Interim management
  • Performance management
  • Staff development & training
  • Succession planning
  • Team building & collaboration
Legal & Compliance
  • Nonprofit law & legal issues
  • State / federal registration & reporting
Leadership & Management
  • Community organizing
  • Leadership development
  • Management training
  • Strategy development
Operations Management
  • Lean engineering / process improvement
  • Operating policies / procedures
  • Operations management
  • Organizational analysis
Personal Development & Teamwork
  • Coaching - individual
  • Coaching - peer
  • Coaching - team
  • Conflict resolution
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Guided self-assessment
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Mentoring
  • Personal sustainability / self-care
  • Public speaking
  • Teamwork
Planning & Organizational Development
  • Alliances & collaboration
  • Business plans
  • Emergency & continuity planning
  • Environmental scans & market assessment
  • Mergers
  • Mission & vision development
  • Organizational development
  • Planning
  • Program development
  • Social enterprise & earned income
  • Starting a nonprofit
  • Strategic planning
  • Turnaround management
Program Design, Assessment & Evaluation
  • Assessment
  • Logic models & theory of change
  • Outcomes assessment
  • Program design & planning
  • Program evaluation
Technology
  • Collaboration tools & intranets
  • CRM / database Systems
  • Financial software
  • Fundraising software
  • General technology
  • Information management
  • IT infrastructure & network
  • Systems administration
  • Technology planning
  • Web design, development, maintenance
Volunteer Management
  • General volunteer management
  • Volunteer sourcing