Great Courses

This is a list of high-quality courses that, for one reason or another, didn't make it into the curriculum. The most common reasons are that the course isn't available often enough, or that there was an alternative that fit better into the curriculum.

General Nonprofit Management

Courses Duration Effort
The Fundraising and Development Specialization (University of California, Davis - audit free on Coursera) 4 months 3 hours/week
Entrepreneurship in Nonprofits (University of Basel on FutureLearn - free access) 4 weeks 3 hours/week
Giving 2.0: The MOOC (Stanford University on Coursera - audit free) 6 weeks 2-4 hours/week
Social Entrepreneurship Specialization (Copenhagen Business School on Coursera - audit free) 5 months 2 hours/week

Philanthropy and Global Focus

Courses Duration Effort
Various Free Courses on Strategy, Fundraising, and Leadership (Philanthropy University - fully free) Self-paced 1-4 hours/week per course
Advocacy Strategies (Philanthropy University) Self-paced 3 hours/week

Leadership and Innovation

Courses Duration Effort
Introduction to Nonprofit Accounting and Financial Statements Webinar Series (Harvard Kennedy School - free) Varies 1-2 hours per webinar

Online Learning - Great Courses

Courses Duration Effort
Learning How to Learn 4 weeks 2 hours/week
Mindshift 4 weeks 2 hours/week
Powersearching with Google 3 weeks 4-6 hours/week