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Thousands of nonprofits send their staff to CompassPoint training programs to get the right knowledge and skills needed for success on topics that range from fundraising, financial management to basic computer skills. See our workshop program partners and funders.

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Boards + Executive LeadershipDates
Strategic Planning: A One-Day Intensive Workshop09/03/2008
Thriving as an Executive Director: The CompassPoint Leadership Seminar09/05/2008 - 11/07/2008
Directors and Officers Insurance09/10/2008
Creating and Making the Most of Media Opportunities09/10/2008
Succession Planning: Preparing for the Inevitable09/11/2008
Boardroom Dancing: How to Lead and When to Follow09/12/2008
How to Run a Meeting with Roberta's Rules of Order09/16/2008
Do You Need a Business Plan?09/18/2008
Getting Your First Executive Director Position: Resumes, Cover Letters & Interviews09/24/2008
Introduction to Coaching Skills for Managers and Leaders09/29/2008
Face to Face Solicitations10/01/2008
Strategic Planning: A One Day Intensive Workshop10/02/2008
How to Build an Organizational Dashboard: Track and Measure Organizational Performance Easily and Inexpensively10/02/2008
Expanding Your Board: Strategies for Recruiting Outstanding Board Members10/08/2008
Sustaining a Life of Meaning, Joy and Balance: Soulful Leadership in the Workplace10/14/2008
Finance for Executive Directors: Assessing Financial Health, Fiscal Systems & Staffing10/15/2008
Thinking Bigger: How to Raise Visibility and Funds for the Emerging Nonprofit10/15/2008
Executive Director 101: Management Training for New Nonprofit Executive Directors10/22/2008 - 10/24/2008
Introduction to Coaching Skills for Managers and Leaders10/24/2008
Success Strategies for New Executive Directors10/27/2008
Not Your Mother's Workshop on Boards10/30/2008
Do You Need a Business Plan?11/06/2008
How Board Members Can Become Successful Fundraisers11/19/2008
Introduction to Coaching Skills for Managers and Leaders11/21/2008
Strategic Planning: A One-Day Intensive Workshop12/03/2008
Strategic Leader Development12/04/2008
Boardroom Dancing: How to Lead & When to Follow12/05/2008
The ABC's of Nonprofit Advocacy and Lobbying12/09/2008
Introduction to Coaching Skills for Managers and Leaders12/10/2008
How to Build an Organizational Dashboard: Track and Measure Organizational Performance Easily and Inexpensively01/06/2009
Finance for Executive Directors: Assessing Financial Health, Fiscal Systems & Staffing01/14/2009
Communications + OutreachDates
Essential Negotiation Skills09/04/2008
Creating and Making the Most of Media Opportunities09/10/2008
Storytelling: Tapping the Power of Narrative10/07/2008 - 10/28/2008
Thinking Bigger: How to Raise Visibility and Funds for the Emerging Nonprofit10/15/2008
Powerful Non-Defensive Communication10/22/2008
Powerful Non-Defensive Communication11/13/2008
Strategic Communication Secrets11/18/2008
Got News? Master Media Skills for Making Headlines!12/03/2008
Strategic Communications: Cutting through the Clutter12/09/2008 - 12/10/2008
The ABC's of Nonprofit Advocacy and Lobbying12/09/2008
Powerful Non-Defensive Communication01/08/2009
Design: Deciding on Design01/13/2009 - 01/20/2009
Presentations: Bore No More02/04/2009 - 02/11/2009
Financial ManagementDates
Introduction to Bookkeeping in QuickBooks: Two-day Workshop09/03/2008 - 09/04/2008
Budgeting and Financial Planning for Nonprofit Organizations09/12/2008
Using Financial Statements to Assess and Monitor Financial Performance09/24/2008
Budgeting for Grant Proposals09/30/2008
Introduction to Bookkeeping in QuickBooks: Two-day Workshop10/06/2008 - 10/08/2008
Introduction to Bookkeeping in QuickBooks: Two-day Workshop10/06/2008 - 10/09/2008
Finance for Executive Directors: Assessing Financial Health, Fiscal Systems & Staffing10/15/2008
Introduction to Bookkeeping in QuickBooks: Two-day Workshop10/29/2008 - 10/30/2008
Budgeting and Financial Planning for Nonprofit Organizations11/05/2008
Intermediate Bookkeeping in QuickBooks: Applying Skills to the Nonprofit Environment: Two-day Workshop11/18/2008 - 11/19/2008
Financial Management Concepts for Nonprofit Organizations11/24/2008
Introduction to Bookkeeping in QuickBooks: Two-day Workshop12/02/2008 - 12/03/2008
Using Financial Statements to Assess and Monitor Financial Performance12/09/2008
Budgeting and Financial Planning for Nonprofit Organizations12/11/2008
Budgeting for Grant Proposals12/15/2008
How to Build an Organizational Dashboard: Track and Measure Organizational Performance Easily and Inexpensively01/06/2009
Introduction to Bookkeeping in QuickBooks: Two-day Workshop01/08/2009 - 01/09/2009
Finance for Executive Directors: Assessing Financial Health, Fiscal Systems & Staffing01/14/2009
Financial Management Concepts for Nonprofit Organizations01/22/2009
Intermediate Bookkeeping in QuickBooks: Applying Skills to the Nonprofit Environment: Two-day Workshop01/26/2009 - 01/27/2009
FundraisingDates
Introduction to Fundraising Research09/03/2008
The Super Successful Annual Fundraising Model09/09/2008
Proposal Writing Basics09/10/2008
The Nuts and Bolts of Fundraising: Two-Day Workshop09/11/2008 - 09/18/2008
Grantwriting: Beyond the Basics09/17/2008
The Fundraising Houseparty09/23/2008
Budgeting for Grant Proposals09/30/2008
Fundraising Essentials10/01/2008
Face to Face Solicitations10/01/2008
Storytelling: Tapping the Power of Narrative10/07/2008 - 10/28/2008
Fundraising with Special Events10/09/2008
Thinking Bigger: How to Raise Visibility and Funds for the Emerging Nonprofit10/15/2008
Introduction to Fundraising Research10/29/2008
Writing Successful Grant Proposals: Two-Day Workshop10/29/2008 - 11/05/2008
Fundraising Essentials11/14/2008
Introduction to Corporate Giving11/18/2008
How Board Members Can Become Successful Fundraisers11/19/2008
Design for Success: The Seven Secrets of Super Successful Special Events12/02/2008
Introduction to Fundraising Research12/10/2008
Budgeting for Grant Proposals12/15/2008
Grantwriting Essentials01/07/2009
The Super Successful Annual Fundraising Model01/13/2009
Introduction to Fundraising Research01/21/2009
Management + PlanningDates
Strategic Planning: A One-Day Intensive Workshop09/03/2008
Essential Negotiation Skills09/04/2008
Succession Planning: Preparing for the Inevitable09/11/2008
How to Run a Meeting with Roberta's Rules of Order09/16/2008
Do You Need a Business Plan?09/18/2008
Difficult Decisions: A Process to Sort Your Services...Keep, Change, Discontinue, or Give Away09/25/2008 - 10/02/2008
Agency Emergency Plan09/29/2008
Strategic Planning: A One Day Intensive Workshop10/02/2008
How to Build an Organizational Dashboard: Track and Measure Organizational Performance Easily and Inexpensively10/02/2008
Successful Project Management10/20/2008
Thinking Out of the Box: Creative Brainstorming Techniques10/28/2008
Not Your Mother's Workshop on Boards10/30/2008
Do You Need a Business Plan?11/06/2008
So You Want to Start a Nonprofit?11/19/2008
Successful Project Management12/03/2008
Strategic Planning: A One-Day Intensive Workshop12/03/2008
Interviewing 12/04/2008
The ABC's of Nonprofit Advocacy and Lobbying12/09/2008
How to Build an Organizational Dashboard: Track and Measure Organizational Performance Easily and Inexpensively01/06/2009
Management 101: Skills-Building for Nonprofit Managers and Leaders01/16/2009 - 01/30/2009
Successful Project Management01/20/2009
Managing PeopleDates
Bay Area Nonprofit HR Network02/26/2008 - 12/16/2008
Supervision: Helping People Succeed08/21/2008
How to Delegate Effectively09/04/2008
Directors and Officers Insurance09/10/2008
How to Run a Meeting with Roberta's Rules of Order09/16/2008
Effective Teams09/19/2008
Customer Service: The Everyone Matters Model09/19/2008
Skills and Strategies for Administrative Staff09/24/2008
Volunteer Management 101: Developing Your Organization's Most Valuable Resource09/25/2008
Introduction to Coaching Skills for Managers and Leaders09/29/2008
Exempt versus Nonexempt10/08/2008
Creating and Running a Successful Volunteer Program10/09/2008
How to Develop Your Professional Development Plan10/15/2008
Human Resources Building Blocks10/16/2008
Powerful Non-Defensive Communication10/22/2008
Introduction to Coaching Skills for Managers and Leaders10/24/2008
Supervision: Helping People Succeed10/27/2008
Personnel Handbook11/04/2008
Recruiting the Volunteers You Want and Need11/06/2008
Powerful Non-Defensive Communication11/13/2008
How to Delegate Effectively11/19/2008
Customer Service: The Everyone Matters Model11/20/2008
Introduction to Coaching Skills for Managers and Leaders11/21/2008
Supervision: Helping People Succeed11/24/2008
Skills and Strategies for Administrative Staff12/02/2008
Interviewing 12/04/2008
Strategic Leader Development12/04/2008
Generations at Work12/09/2008
Introduction to Coaching Skills for Managers and Leaders12/10/2008
Creating and Running a Successful Volunteer Program12/10/2008
How to Develop Your Professional Development Plan12/17/2008
Powerful Non-Defensive Communication01/08/2009
Employee Performance Evaluation01/15/2009
Preventing Sexual Harassment and Discrimination: Maintaining a Respectful Workplace01/21/2009
How to Delegate Effectively01/26/2009
Volunteer Management 101: Developing Your Organization's Most Valuable Resource01/29/2009
Personal + Professional DevelopmentDates
Beat the Clock! Effectively Managing Your Time08/28/2008
Essential Negotiation Skills09/04/2008
Creating and Making the Most of Media Opportunities09/10/2008
How to Run a Meeting with Roberta's Rules of Order09/16/2008
Managing Email Overload09/17/2008
Customer Service: The Everyone Matters Model09/19/2008
Beat the Clock! Effectively Managing Your Time09/23/2008
Public Speaking: Beyond the Basics09/23/2008
Skills and Strategies for Administrative Staff09/24/2008
Getting Your First Executive Director Position: Resumes, Cover Letters & Interviews09/24/2008
Strategies for a Winning Interview10/01/2008
Storytelling: Tapping the Power of Narrative10/07/2008 - 10/28/2008
Beat the Clock! Effectively Managing Your Time10/08/2008
Sustaining a Life of Meaning, Joy and Balance: Soulful Leadership in the Workplace10/14/2008
How to Develop Your Professional Development Plan10/15/2008
Managing Your Compensation in the Nonprofit Sector10/22/2008
Public Speaking With Confidence10/23/2008
Thinking Out of the Box: Creative Brainstorming Techniques10/28/2008
Beat the Clock! Effectively Managing Your Time11/06/2008
CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation): Become CPR Certified11/12/2008
Public Speaking With Confidence11/17/2008
Customer Service: The Everyone Matters Model11/20/2008
Skills and Strategies for Administrative Staff12/02/2008
Beat the Clock! Effectively Managing Your Time12/03/2008
Introduction to Training for Trainers12/04/2008
Generations at Work12/09/2008
The ABC's of Nonprofit Advocacy and Lobbying12/09/2008
Public Speaking: Beyond the Basics12/17/2008
How to Develop Your Professional Development Plan12/17/2008
Design: Deciding on Design01/13/2009 - 01/20/2009
Employee Performance Evaluation01/15/2009
Management 101: Skills-Building for Nonprofit Managers and Leaders01/16/2009 - 01/30/2009
Successful Project Management01/20/2009
Presentations: Bore No More02/04/2009 - 02/11/2009
Special EventDates
Storytelling: Tapping the Power of Narrative10/07/2008 - 10/28/2008
Strategic Communications: Cutting through the Clutter12/09/2008 - 12/10/2008
Design: Deciding on Design01/13/2009 - 01/20/2009
Presentations: Bore No More02/04/2009 - 02/11/2009
TechnologyDates
Introduction to Databases & Microsoft Access 2000-200308/18/2008 - 08/20/2008
Introduction to Databases & FileMaker Pro08/18/2008 - 08/19/2008
Intermediate Excel 200708/26/2008
Introduction to Photoshop08/27/2008
Introduction to Acrobat09/03/2008
Introduction to InDesign09/04/2008
Introduction to Word 200709/05/2008
Introduction to Illustrator09/09/2008
Introduction to Dreamweaver09/09/2008
Introduction to Excel 200709/10/2008
Introduction to Databases & Microsoft Access 200709/10/2008 - 09/11/2008
Introduction to Databases & Microsoft Access 2000-200309/10/2008 - 09/12/2008
Accidental Webbie: Three Day Camp09/15/2008 - 09/17/2008
Intermediate FileMaker Pro09/15/2008
Introduction to Photoshop09/18/2008
Introduction to PowerPoint 200709/19/2008
Introduction to Excel 200309/22/2008
Intermediate Access 200309/24/2008
Introduction to InDesign09/25/2008
Intermediate Dreamweaver09/26/2008
InDesign Level 209/30/2008
Photoshop Level 210/02/2008
Introduction to Excel 200710/06/2008
Introduction to Databases & Microsoft Access 2000-200310/07/2008 - 10/08/2008
Introduction to Dreamweaver10/07/2008
Introduction to Databases & FileMaker Pro10/07/2008 - 10/09/2008
Introduction to Excel 200310/10/2008
Introduction to Word 200710/10/2008
Introduction to Photoshop10/14/2008
Introduction to InDesign10/15/2008
Illustrator Level 210/16/2008
Introduction to Dreamweaver10/17/2008
Introduction to Excel 200310/22/2008
Intermediate Access 200310/24/2008
Intermediate Word 200710/27/2008
Intermediate FileMaker Pro10/28/2008
Intermediate Excel 200311/03/2008
Accidental Webbie: Three Day Camp11/03/2008 - 11/05/2008
Acrobat Level 2: Creating Forms11/04/2008
Introduction to InDesign11/05/2008
Introduction to Photoshop11/06/2008
Introduction to PowerPoint 200311/07/2008
Intermediate Excel 200711/07/2008
Introduction to Word 200711/12/2008
Introduction to Illustrator11/12/2008
Excel for the Self-Taught 200711/13/2008
Intermediate Dreamweaver11/14/2008
Intermediate Word 200311/18/2008
Introduction to Databases & Microsoft Access 2000-200311/19/2008 - 11/21/2008
Introduction to Databases & Microsoft Access 200711/19/2008 - 11/20/2008
Introduction to Photoshop11/25/2008
Introduction to InDesign11/25/2008
Introduction to Dreamweaver12/02/2008
Introduction to Excel 200712/04/2008
InDesign Level 212/09/2008
Intermediate Word 200712/10/2008
Accidental Webbie: Three Day Camp12/10/2008 - 12/12/2008
Photoshop Level 212/11/2008
Intermediate Dreamweaver12/15/2008
Intermediate Excel 200712/17/2008
Introduction to InDesign12/18/2008
Illustrator Level 212/18/2008
Intermediate Access 200312/19/2008
Introduction to Excel 200301/05/2009
Introduction to InDesign01/06/2009
Introduction to Photoshop01/07/2009
Introduction to Dreamweaver01/08/2009
Introduction to Databases & Microsoft Access 2000-200301/13/2009 - 01/14/2009
Introduction to Databases & Microsoft Access 200701/13/2009 - 01/15/2009
Introduction to Acrobat01/13/2009
Intermediate Word 200301/14/2009
Introduction to Illustrator01/16/2009
Intermediate FileMaker Pro01/20/2009
Intermediate Excel 200301/21/2009
Excel for the Self-Taught 200301/27/2009
Intermediate Dreamweaver01/28/2009
Intermediate Access 200701/30/2009
Volunteer ManagementDates
Supervision: Helping People Succeed08/21/2008
How to Delegate Effectively09/04/2008
Volunteer Management 101: Developing Your Organization's Most Valuable Resource09/25/2008
Creating and Running a Successful Volunteer Program10/09/2008
Supervision: Helping People Succeed10/27/2008
Recruiting the Volunteers You Want and Need11/06/2008
How to Delegate Effectively11/19/2008
Supervision: Helping People Succeed11/24/2008
Creating and Running a Successful Volunteer Program12/10/2008
Employee Performance Evaluation01/15/2009
How to Delegate Effectively01/26/2009
Volunteer Management 101: Developing Your Organization's Most Valuable Resource01/29/2009
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