The Area Foundation is proud to partner with the Center for Professional Excellence at the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Alvarez College of Business to offer a virtual program specifically designed to provide nonprofit organizations with critical insights, strategies and tools across analytical topics. These include data analytics, data visualization, strategy, cybersecurity, and innovative process and decision making. This program builds data management skills that enable your nonprofit to stand out in a crowded field.
Who should attend? Nonprofit professionals at all levels – CEOs, program directors, fundraisers and others who want to understand how to use data to make data-informed decisions, data analytics, data visualization and data security. The program is geared at those with minimal technical or data management experience.
Under the direction of distinguished UTSA faculty, participants in this 15-hour program will:
Why Take this Program?
Sessions emphasize practical application.
Group approach encourages peer learning.
Digital certificate from UTSA and digital badge awarded upon completion.
CEUs available to those in need of continuing education units.
$1,200 – Payment plan available.
Date & Time: 3 weeks in June (See schedule link below).
Location: Virtual
No prerequisite experience in these areas is required. Participants should have a functional knowledge of Excel and access to two computer screens.
This program is intentionally geared at nonprofit professionals with a minimal technical background. That said, we will use some platforms that require a functional understanding of using Excel. You should also have two computer screens available – one to watch the faculty presenter and a second to practice the techniques.
While this program is geared at those without a technical background, it is open to those with an IT background interested in building their data management skills.
With rapid technological advancement and the increasing pace of change across the industry, leaders in the nonprofit space need to capture important technical skills to better position themselves and their organizations for the future if they are to continue to thrive. At the same time, nonprofits are increasingly competing for limited resources. Managing and analyzing data enables you to quantify the ways that your organization are making a difference in the community and to share your story with your constituents. Capturing and harnessing data enables nonprofit leaders to allocate resources, assess whether they are achieving organizational and programmatic goals and to make data-driven, course corrections.
Participants must attend and engage in at least four classes (there are five total). We encourage attendance and active engagement in all sessions to get the most out of the program. Sessions are not recorded, and make-up sessions are not available. This is a non-academic certificate.
A digital badge is an easy and transportable way to share your professional development accomplishments with others via social media, on your email signature line and with current and prospective employers.
Participants must opt-in to receive CEUs. The program is equivalent to 1.5 CEUs from UTSA. We recommend that you contact the governance board of your respective professional association in advance to determine if the CEUs awarded for this program will meet the requirements to maintain your licensure or professional certification.
Participants register and pay half the fee up front by credit card. The second half is automatically charged to your credit card in 30 days. There is a $25 administrative fee for this service. The payment plan is available for a limited time.
Tableau Public is a free tool for analyzing and sharing data that will be used during the program. Participants will have access to Tableau during the program. A video with an overview that explains how to use Tableau Public will be shared in the Learning Management System (LMS).
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