trainings

Whether you’re a new nonprofit manager, a seasoned pro, or somewhere in-between, the Management Action Center has a training for you.  Check our training options below … and if you’d like to get automatic updates as we add new dates, sign up here.

1. Managing to Change the World: Crash Course – If you want a fast-paced crash course in the basics of effective management, our one-day class is for you.  You’ll learn how to:

  • Delegate tasks effectively
  • Use goals to hand off broad responsibilities
  • Check in with your staff efficiently
  • Hire great people
  • Give feedback and develop your staff
  • Ensure your team gets great results

2. Managing to Change the World: Extended Version – If you want more than just the basics, plus time for intensive discussion and practice, this course is for you:

  • All the topics above, plus...
  • Working more effectively with your own boss by managing up
  • Resolving performance problems and managing people out
  • In-depth practice of difficult feedback conversations
  • Effective interview techniques
  • Running meetings that people won't dread
  • Keeping yourself organized and using your time effectively, even when you have an overflowing plate
  • And we'll discuss real-life situations participants are facing and work through how to approach them.

3. Managing to Change the World: Management Refresher - Did you take the one-day or two-day Crash Course and love it? Based on feedback from attendees like you, we're offering a two-hour Management Refresher Course! We will:

  • Dive back into key management skills like great delegation, effective goal-setting, and giving feedback
  • Refresh your skills in asking specific questions about implementation
  • And learn new tips and tools to supplement your Crash Course

Here's what past attendees have said about our trainings:

"I’ve been taking graduate school courses on management and I learned more in a day here than I learned in all my other courses."

“The training provided useful and applicable tools that I can actually bring back to my work and start using to improve the way I manage.”

"You should make this mandatory for all campaign managers!”

“Fun, intensive, very insightful. Thanks!”

“I was skeptical coming in, but very surprised with how much I got out of the experience.”

"Now that I've had a couple weeks since the session to reflect, I have to say the skills you taught in just 7 hours were invaluable."

Cost for the Crash Course: $295 per attendee / $225 per attendee for clients of The Management Center and The Management Action Center

Cost for the Extended Version Course: $395 per attendee / $325 per attendee for clients of The Management Center and The Management Action Center

Cost for the Management Refresher: $35 per attendee / $25 per attendee for clients of The Management Center and The Management Action Center 

 

 

Upcoming Trainings in Washington, D.C.


Crash Course Dates:

Date: Wednesday, July 10
Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Location: 1710 Rhode Island Ave. NW, 11th floor
Register here.

Extended Crash Course Dates:

Date: June 4-5 (Tuesday-Wednesday)
Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Location: 1710 Rhode Island Ave. NW, 11th floor
This course is full. To be placed on the waiting list, please email admin@managementaction.org.

Date: September 11-12 (Wednesday-Thursday)
Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Location: 1710 Rhode Island Ave. NW, 11th floor
Register here.

Management Refresher Dates:

Date: Thursday, June 6
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: 1710 Rhode Island Ave. NW, 11th floor
Register here.

Date: Thursday, July 11
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: 1710 Rhode Island Ave. NW, 11th floor
Register here.

 

Upcoming Trainings in Boston


Crash Course Dates:

Date: Wednesday, June 26
Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Location: TBD, Boston
Register here.


Upcoming Trainings in New York City


Extended Crash Course Dates:

Date: July 17-18 (Wednesday-Thursday)
Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Location: TBD, NYC
This course is full. To be placed on the waiting list, please email admin@managementaction.org.


Upcoming Trainings in San Francisco


Crash Course Dates:

Date: Wednesday, May 22
Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Location: San Francisco State University, Downtown Campus, 6th Floor, Room #607
835 Market Street, San Francisco
This course is full. To be placed on the waiting list, please email admin@managementaction.org.

Date: Friday, June 28
Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Location: TBD, San Francisco
Register here.


Upcoming Trainings in Seattle


Extended Crash Course Dates:

Date: June 19-20 (Wednesday-Thursday)
Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Location: TBD, Seattle
Register here.



Additionally, if you're interested in bringing The Management Action Center to your organization for customized training sessions, please contact Elizabeth Brown at elizabeth@managementaction.org.

And if you are interested in renting our training space for your own event, you can find information here.