Environmental Context Courses

About this learning path...

Environmental context is the external environment within which our nonprofit operates, and this capacity emphasizes strength in understanding where we fit in and how to maximize our role in the bigger community.

Full participation in this certificate is applicable for 3 points in Category 1.B Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.

What You Will Learn

The three levels of the nonprofit environment: micro, meso, and macro.

How your environmental context can inform each aspect of the planning process.

The impact of environmental context on nonprofit sustainability and spotting a nonprofit starvation cycle.

A three-part strategic planning framework that maps to environmental levels and determines control.

Four key leadership behaviors that will build an understanding of your environmental context.

How SWOT, PEST, and DIME frameworks can help us harness community-based evidence.

Using SWOT "pairings" to develop personal and institutional goals that will also help us seek out missing data.

The natural difficulties we face in trying to understand our nonprofit's environment, and several antidotes to these.

Who is this learning path for?

If you're interested in understanding the forces at play in your nonprofit's mission success, while also learning the leadership styles in nonprofit organizations that work, then this series is for you!

This learning path explores the following Korn Ferry competencies: