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Community Organizational Development

Nonprofit organizations that focus on a planned effort to build capacity are stronger, healthier, and more likely to continue to serve for years to come.

In our highly competitive, ever-changing business environment, best practices abound. This is an invitation to nonprofit leaders, volunteers and board members to join us and discover the keys to success for your organization.

Program Offerings

Capacity Building through Board, Staff and Volunteer Engagement

  • Creating a First-Class Work Place
  • The Right Fit--Matching Talent to the Right Role
  • Getting the Most from your Staff and Volunteers
  • Coaching People to be the Best
  • Retaining and Recognizing your High-Performing Talent
  • How to "Fire" Staff and Volunteers
  • Promoted from Within--Strategies for New Supervisors
  • It's Not Just a Job--Empowered Front-Line Staff

Capacity Building through Economic Sustainability

  • 101 Creative Fundraising Ideas
  • Developing Your Brand
  • Grant Writing and Program Development
  • Measuring Impact and Claiming Success
  • Social Enterprise--Selling What You Do
  • Organizational Partnering--Increasing Your Sphere of Influence
  • Getting the Word Out Via Technology and the Media

Capacity Building through Effective Leadership

  • Establishing a New Board of Directors
  • Improving Board Effectiveness
  • Renewing the Mature Board
  • Who Will Inherit the Vision?--Leadership Succession Planning
  • Ethical Decision making and Conduct for Boards and Leaders
  • Meeting Management
  • Service Delivery Excellence
  • Problem Solving and Innovation
  • Dealing with Conflict

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Contact Us
For more information about these programs, please contact:

Cindy Schaefer-Padilla
Extension Unit Educator, Community Organizational Development
Cook County Unit
3333 W Arthington Avenue
Chicago, IL 60624
Phone: 312-575-7932
FAX: 773-826-9634
cpadilla@illinois.edu

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