Nonprofit Leadership Program 
Strengthening Nonprofits and Communities

One of MCN's strategic goals for the coming years is to build leadership within Minnesota's nonprofit sector. To this end, MCN has launched a comprehensive program of services and trainings to expand the leadership of the nonprofit sector, strengthening individual nonprofits and the communities they serve. MCN’s Nonprofit Leadership Program has six elements: 

Nonprofit Leadership Institutes
Social Leader Action Networks
Leadership Tools and Training
Public Policy Cabinet
Informal Leadership Network
Nonprofit Career Development

MCN’s work in these areas will be informed by three considerations:

1. Nonprofit organizations serve as a vital connection to engage individuals. MCN’s approach will balance the demands of functional management while maintaining strong and active community connections, an active democracy and promoting the development of networks.

2. Senior managers serve in key roles in providing nonprofit leadership and will be a focus of several programs but not MCN’s sole focus. The distributed nature of nonprofit leadership will be addressed through a range of offerings for board members, civic leaders and other key connecting roles within organizations. 

3. The nonprofit sector itself continues to develop new approaches and organizational forms, and there is no single model of nonprofit leadership. MCN will respond to the original ideas of people leading nonprofits in developing its programs and the agenda for the leadership development program.

MCN will also help connect its members to the rich variety of other leadership opportunities in the state, available through academic centers and special programs, and co-sponsor conferences, trainings and research projects.

For more information about MCN's Leadership Program and its elements, please contact Bao Vang, MCN’s leadership program coordinator, at 651-757-3087 or at bao@mncn.org.