Executive Leadership Program for Nonprofit Organizations
There is still time to register for the premier nonprofit leadership development program in Atlanta. APPLICATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED THROUGH JUNE 1st. Dates for the ELPNO are June 22-27, 2008, held again this year at the Emory Conference Center and Hotel. Click here to check out the latest program details, including an application, agenda and scholarship information. Don't miss out on this great professional development opportunity, tailored for the needs of nonprofit leaders.


Learn more about Nonprofit University and check out the full course catalog here. Courses are added frequently – so check the catalogue for updates!

Class Spotlight: Social Networking, Blogs and Media
Tuesday, 6/03/08-Sherry Heyl
This course will focus on trends related to media (mobile marketing, online advertising, optimizing SEO, photos, interacting within social networks, video, widgets, and site usability) and creating content that your audience will respond to.
Class Spotlight: Special Events from Planning to Execution
Wednesday, 6/04/2008- Deborah Spector
This 3-hour course covers all the ingredients for a successful special event. Join GCN consultant Deborah Spector as she covers all the elements needed to produce an event. Course materials will include tools and templates necessary to ensure your success.

Class Spotlight: Introduction to Volunteer Administration
Thursday, 6/05/2008- Marty Atherton
You will gain an understanding of the scope of the volunteer administrator's job, as well as the competencies that are required for success in this century.

• The Role of the Volunteer Administrator
• Know and understand the roles of a volunteer administrator.
• Explain the various approaches to volunteer management.
• Competencies Required in Volunteer Administration
• Know and understand the different types of leadership that are associated with the competencies for volunteer administrators, and the specific competencies for each type.
• Describe the four competency areas for volunteer administration.

Below is a sample of individual courses being offered now (for the full schedule go to: www.gcn.org).

Date	Course	Instructor
5/21/2008	Basic Grant Writing	Tina Jones Dantzler
6/12/2008	Generating Volunteers-Essentials in Volunteer Management	Marty Atherton
6/12/2008	Good To Great	Karen Beavor

There is still time to Register for Building Board Capacity to Support Your Organization!
Thursday, 5/22/08-Terri Theisen
This course covers a topic frequently requested by nonprofit staff-what is the current best practice thinking about nonprofit boards, with regard to what they should be doing and how they should be doing it? The course nicely complements other GCN board development courses.

New Volunteer Management Certificate Program
Volunteer Administrators, no matter their title, have a more complicated role these days and that trend will only continue. Not only do you have to be a person with excellent people skills, they also must understand and use data and technology to their advantage. The course is three hours per week for five weeks which fits into most everyone's schedule. The first in the series starts June 5th with Introduction to Volunteer Administration-Essentials of Volunteer Management. This is a great partnership with Dr. Barry Boyd at Texas A&M and the GCN Volunteer Management team lead, Marty Atherton.

GCN is pleased to be announcing another leadership development program: "CDO Central." Designed exclusively for development leaders of nonprofit and philanthropic organizations in metropolitan Atlanta, CDO Central features programs, tools and resources that empower participants to improve themselves, their organizations and their communities. CDO Central is not designed to teach fundraising skills; rather it focuses on the leadership imperatives critical to success in an executive role. Executive level learning paired with lively peer networking makes CDO Central the best resource for development professionals to take their career to the next level. For more information and to access the application, go here.

The 100 Black Men of DeKalb County, Inc., is proud to celebrate its 15th year anniversary. In 1991, the vision of the founding president, the late Dr. William C. Brown, was to expand the Leadership Academy program to reach more students and include more schools. The DeKalb's 104 members have carried on the dream of Dr. Brown to have more involvement from students, schools and the entire community. In February 2006, students from all DeKalb County schools convened in one location as partners of the 100 Black Men to host the first annual Youth Leadership Development Summit. With more than 300 middle and high school young men in attendance, the Superintendent of DeKalb Schools, Dr. Crawford Lewis, declared to the students “a charge to lead.” Prominent leaders in DeKalb County joined Dr. Lewis and promoted the importance of leadership skills, health, wellness, substance abuse, crime prevention and entrepreneurial skills. To learn more about them on the web, please visit www.dekalb100blackmen.org.

View the Center's newest members or learn more about the benefits of membership.

 funder spotlight

Funders that support Adoption Efforts:

The TJX Foundation, Inc.
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
Lewis Hall & Mildred Sasser Singletary Foundation, Inc.
Child Welfare League of America
Audrey & Jack Morgan Foundation, Inc. - P.O. Box 267 Tucker, GA 30085-0267
China Care Foundation, Inc.