In this on-demand webinar experts from Praesidium (a national leader in abuse risk management) addressed the five things a church can do to protect against abuse, which can be devastating to individuals, families, and churches.
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Vocation and Ministry: How you can Flourish (Institute for Vital Ministry)
This webinar presents an overview of the Synchronous Life Model for Human Flourishing (Six Domains of the Human Person: Spiritual/Physical; Emotional/Relational; Intellectual/Occupational) in the context of a discussion on how clergy can move toward wholeness and flourishing not only in ministry but throughout their lives.
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Church Websites (Institute for Vital Ministry)
Bet Hannon of ChurchWebsiteProgram.com presents a thorough and fast-paced overview of the latest information churches need to know when considering launching, refreshing, or completely redoing their website.
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Budgeting for Nonprofit Organizations (Duke University)
After completing this course, you’ll be able to: explain the uses and functions of non-profit budgeting; describe the different types of budgets used by a non-profit organization; recognize the use of the organization-wide operating budget and program operating budgets; analyze a non-profit Operating Budget; explain how an operating budget is created; describe how a capital budget is used and created; explain the importance of a cash flow budget and describe how it is created; describe how an opportunity budget may be used by a nonprofit organization; and recognize how the budget process can be managed for optimal results.
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Introduction to Nonprofit Management (Duke University)
After completing this course, you’ll be able to:
- Discuss the purpose and structure of the nonprofit sector
- Describe the governance of nonprofits, including the types of boards and the relationship between boards and executive directors
- Explain how nonprofits establish their vision and strategic direction
- Describe the nonprofit leadership role and what it entails
- Discuss servant leadership
- Outline key ethical issues faced by nonprofits
- Discuss how nonprofits managers handle staff and volunteers
- Outline the key financial issues facing nonprofits
- Describe the key legal issues facing nonprofits
- Discuss the importance of marketing and communication for a nonprofit
- Explain the basics of nonprofit fundraising
- Outline the grant writing process
- Discuss the growing importance of social media for nonprofits
- Define and explain social entrepreneurship and social innovation
- Outline methods for assessing nonprofit performance
- Discuss trends impacting nonprofits now and in the future
This online course opens January 02, 2017 and you’ll have access to the course for 180 days.
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Think Again: How to Reason and Argue (Duke University)
Courses at a Glance:
All four courses in this series are offered through sessions which run every four weeks. We suggest sticking to the weekly schedule to the best of your ability. If for whatever reason you fall behind, feel free to re-enroll in the next session.We also suggest that you start each course close to the beginning of a month in order to increase the number of peers in the discussion forums who are working on the same material as you are. While each course can be taken independently, we suggest you take the four courses in order.
Course 1 – Think Again I: How to Understand Arguments
Course 2 – Think Again II: How to Reason Deductively
Course 3 – Think Again III: How to Reason Inductively
Course 4 – Think Again IV: How to Avoid Fallacies
About This Course in the Series:
We encounter fallacies almost everywhere we look. Politicians, salespeople, and children commonly use fallacies in order to get us to think what they want us to think. Think Again: Fallacies will show how to identify and avoid many of the fallacies that people use to get us to think the way they want us to think.
In this course, you will learn about fallacies. Fallacies are arguments that suffer from one or more common but avoidable defects: equivocation, circularity, vagueness, etc. It’s important to learn about fallacies so that you can recognize them when you see them, and not be fooled by them. It’s also important to learn about fallacies so that you avoid making fallacious arguments yourself.
Suggested Readings
Students who want more detailed explanations or additional exercises or who want to explore these topics in more depth should consult Understanding Arguments: An Introduction to Informal Logic, Ninth Edition, Concise, Chapters 13-17, by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Robert Fogelin.
Course Format
Each week will be divided into multiple video segments that can be viewed separately or in groups. There will be short ungraded quizzes after each segment (to check comprehension) and a longer graded quiz at the end of the course.
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America Isn’t Itself When It’s Afraid (Amnesty International)
The “America I Believe In” responds to fear, hate, and bigotry by building a visible, active constituency to push back against those who try to convince us that human rights and national security are mutually exclusive. Through statements of solidarity, your local groups, student organizations, and places of worship can demonstrate to your communities and to your elected officials that the America we believe in leads with human rights.
The on-demand webinar offers a skillshare on how to organize these statements of solidarity, and what to do with them once you’ve created them.
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Seasons: The Liturgical Year Opportunities for Older Adult Ministry (United Methodist Church)
This on-demand webinar looks at both liturgical seasons and special days as an opening to target the unique gifts and desires of older adults in worship. Themes such as death preparation, the purpose and meaning of life, the changing nature of calling, and legacy through story, will be explored in this webinar. This webinar will begin with Advent/Christmas with practical suggestions such as Advent Calendars and Blue Christmas and continue through Kingdom Sunday, looking at all aspects of worship, both contemporary and traditional, including music, prayer, and litanies.
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Using Advent and Christmas Symbols in Sunday School (Practical Resources for Churches)
This on-demand webinar looks at some of the most important of these symbols, their meaning and history, and then suggest specific Sunday school activities focusing on these symbols. Activities include crafts, music, drama, food, and more.
It was led by Debbie Kolacki, a Certified Christian Educator and Certified Lay Servant in the United Methodist Church. Her blogs include FaithGeeks and Practical Resources for Churches. She is also an online instructor for BeADisciple.com. Debbie is the senior consultant for Practical Resources for Churches where she works with people in all areas of ministry and leads webinars, workshops, and retreats.
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Hark! Listening for the Surprises of Advent (Presbyterian Outlook)
Source: Presbyterian Outlook
This on-demand webinar is devoted to inviting us, again, into the surprises and wonders of Christmas. How do we listen afresh to a story we have long known by heart? What is it that surprises us? What content of the message can spiral us into wonderment? How are we surprised – and then changed – in ways that lean into showing love to the world?
Some of the things we will be surprised by are: the requirement of repentance (what does that look like in our world, in 2015?), the scandalous character of the cross (really? The Word became flesh in one particular individual?), and the promise that, somehow, meeting the babe-born-of-Mary will fill us again with the first love we had for God.
This webinar was lead by Cynthia Rigby. Prof. Rigby is professor of theology at Austin Theological Seminary. She is the author of “The Promotion of Social Righteousness” and co-author of “Blessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary.”
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