Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Alberta
MacEwan's Executive Leadership in the Non-profit Sector program is a post-diploma certificate designed to provide quality training for individuals who are either currently employed in the sector or who wish to enter the sector at a leadership level. Visit www.macewan.ca/leadership for further information.

Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta
Canada's only applied degree in Nonprofit Studies. The applied degree will help you gain the in-depth skills in core management disciplines that are required for a career in a nonprofit organization. Please go to www.mtroyal.ca for more information.

Olds and District Chamber of Commerce - Olds, Alberta, Canada
The Volunteer Leadership Training is an experiential bi-level program. Along with attending the two programs, participants are asked (1) to volunteer 50 hours (per level) back to the community and (2) develop their personal portfolio. A special session for youth will offered during the summer.
Contact:
Olds and District Chamber of Commerce Box 4210 Olds, AB T4H 1P8 Phone: 403-556-7070 Fax: 403-556-1515

Red River College of Applied Arts, Science and Technology Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
RRC's Volunteer Management Program is designed to expand and/or upgrade your knowledge and management skills to ensure the success of your volunteer programs and their contribution to your organization's goals and objectives. This program covers a wide range of relevant topics, including recruitment and marketing, risk management, program planning and evaluation, interpersonal communication, and working with volunteers.

The program is available via distance delivery.

For more information visit Continuing Studies http://www.rrc.mb.ca/continuinged

Humber College - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://calendardb.humber.ca/LIS/WebCalendar/
CE/CourseOffering.do?name=VOLM_001
The program has been developed to provide skills and knowledge for new and prospective Managers and Coordinators of Volunteers. At the completion of the Certificate Program, participants will:

• Master the volunteer retention cycle
• Develop tools to effectively respond to current and emerging issues
• Understand the complexities of leadership, influence and organizational relationships and structures
• Learn to create and market successful volunteer programs
  

Vancouver Island University in British Columbia, Canada
Event Volunteer Management course - credit offered online
An introduction to concepts and skills for the successful management of event volunteers. Topics include: the value of volunteers; a five-stage approach to the volunteer cycle; role and responsibilities of the event volunteer coordinator; and the event volunteer management process.

For more information, call 1-866-734-6252 or see http://www.mala.ca/ccs/certificates/event.asp

Certified Volunteer Manager Program (CVM)
Offered through the Arkansas Public Administration Consortium and the DHS Division of Volunteerism, since 1986. One of the first of its kind in the nation, it teaches administrators and managers of volunteer programs how to effectively manage their volunteer staff by providing them with leadership and management training designed specifically for the needs of the volunteer professional. 
For more information: http://ualr.edu/apac/index.php/home/programs/cvm/

University of Arkansas at Little Rock - Little Rock, Arkansas
http://ualr.edu/iog/nonprofitcenter/
The Nonprofit Management Graduate Certificate is designed to improve the management skills of professionals working in all types of nonprofit organizations.  The 16-hour program includes courses on human resources/volunteer management, financial management, fundraising, marketing and more.  Contact:  Kim Evans, UALR Institute of Government, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas  72204, 501-569-8026, e-mail: khevans@ualr.edu. 

Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management
1000 N. Alameda Street, Suite 250, Los Angeles, CA  90012
Offers various classes in nonprofit management, including volunteer management. Course listing and registration information at http://www.cnmsocal.org.

Shanti National Training Institute - San Francisco, CA
http://www.shanti.org/snti/about.html
Workshops specifically for volunteer managers supervising volunteers who work with the elderly and those with chronic or life-threatening illness. The 16-hour workshop focuses on core concepts and basic values underlying volunteer management, as well as strategies and methods for screening, training, supervising, and retaining volunteers.
Contact: Shanti National Training Institute, 730 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109, phone: 415-674-4774, email nti@shanti.org

Delaware Volunteer Management Certification Series
The Volunteer Management Certification Series teaches leaders of volunteers how to operate high-impact, state-of-the-art programs in this time of unprecedented opportunity for volunteerism.  The certification is appropriate for current or potential leaders of volunteers in Delaware, regardless of the settings in which they work. The series consists of five course which address the profession of volunteer management, building program capacity, risk management, human resources and program evaluation. 
Contact: Visit http://www.davaweb.org/dcva.htm for more information

Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service - Washington, DC - Sponsored by the Fund for American Studies, held at Georgetown University
http://www.dcinternships.org/ipvs/about/index.asp
Intensive eight-week summer academic and internship program for college undergraduates from across the nation who are engaged in tutoring, mentoring, and other kinds of service programs on and off their campuses, and who are interested in exploring careers in the nonprofit sector.
Contact: philanthropy@tfas.org  or 800-741-6964

Georgia State University - Atlanta, GA US
http://aysps.gsu.edu/nsp/index.html
Volunteer Management will complement the existing courses offered in the nonprofit tracks of the Master's degree in Public Administration and Master's degree in Urban Policy Studies, and is intended to help prepare students to deal with a wide range of volunteer management responsibilities and issues. Students will have the opportunity to study an existing nonprofit's volunteer management system.
Contact:
For more information about the Nonprofit Studies Program, contact:
Nonprofit Studies Program
14 Marietta Street, NW, 3rd floor
404-413-0133
E-mail: nonprofitstudiesprogram@gsu.edu

College of DuPage Academy for Non-Profit Excellence
A forum for people and organizations to access education, information, knowledge, resources and training that enhance their involvement with, and relationship to, the work of the non-profit community.  The College offers a Non-Profit Management Certificate Progam as well as individual classes and workshops.  Contact 630/942-2412 for more information or see see our website at www.cod.edu/nonprofit.

Certificate in Values-Centered Leadership -- The de Paul Leadership Project and the School of Public Services
https://leadership.depaul.edu/secure/eng/lEduCP.asp
This 30-hour intensive leadership development program is focused on strengthening leadership competencies and skill-sets that value diversity, promote cross-cultural competence and develop values-centered leadership practices and skills that are most-needed in nonprofit, educational and social service settings. Two sessions in academic year 2007/2008. Each session meets for two full Fridays and four 1/2 days.
Session I: September 14 to October 26, 2007
Session II: March 14 to May 2, 2008
Contact: The de Paul Leadership Project, DePaul University 25 East Jackson, O'Malley 1250 Chicago IL 60604 312.362.5519. hayleadership@depaul.edu

Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service
For more information about the Institute, visit the Center's website at:
http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/Education/institute.aspx

Volunteer Management Institute - Overland Park, Kansas
Sponsored by the Volunteer Center of Johnson County.  An eight-week training course designed to provide fundamentals of volunteer management to first-time and seasoned managers. Course completion leads to certification.
More information: http://www.vcjc.org/vmanagementi.htm
Last Updated 8/4/2008

Carroll Community College - Westminster, MD

Earn your Certificate of Achievement in Volunteer Management Training in the comfort of your own home via the internet. Gain the skills you need to successfully develop and manage a volunteer program of any size. This
is competency-based course includes reading and written assignments as well as development of a professional portfolio. Individuals who successfully complete this training will be awarded a Certificate of Achievement in Professional Volunteer Management Training. For
more information, call Continuing Education & Training, 410-386-8100 or email hjones@carrollcc.edu.
Last Updated 8/4/2008

Volunteer Frederick - Frederick, MD
Offers a Volunteer Program Management Training Series. Visit http://www.volunteerfrederick.org/volunteer_mgmt_training.html for details and schedule.

Washington University, St. Louis, MO USA
Volunteer Management for Today
Taught each summer as part of the MA and Certification in Non Profit Management Programs. Students explore and develop practical strategies for effective program planning, volunteer recruitment and retention, staff and volunteer relations, program evaluation, volunteerism trends within a global context, and ethical practices. This course provides an introduction to the core competencies of volunteer resource management.
Contact: Washington University
The M.A. in Nonprofit Management Program, University College, Campus Box 1064, Washington University, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899.
Telephone (314) 935-6778.
E-mail srollins@artsci.wustl.edu

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Piscataway, New Jersey
The Certificate Program in Volunteer Management offers a series of required and elective workshops, participants will enhance their skills and increase their knowledge of the practical, legal and technical aspects of directing a volunteer program. The program consists of seven required and two elective workshops. Download a brochure for the program at
http://socialwork.rutgers.edu/iff/brochures/CP_VolMgmt_07.pdf
Contact: Continuing Education and Professional Development Program, School of Social Work, Building 4161, Livingston Campus, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8045
Phone: 732-445-3173

Seton Hall University - South Orange, NJ
Seton Hall's nationally ranked M.P.A. degree in Nonprofit Management prepares volunteer administrators and nonprofit managers to take leadership roles in their organizations and the community. Issues of volunteer management are incorporated into a variety of courses.
More information: http://www.shu.edu/academics/artsci/certificate-nonprofit-
organization-management.cfm

Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
Master of Science in Nonprofit Management
New York, NY

NYAVA's Professional Development Committee invites you to its Signature Course: Principles and Practices of Volunteer Resource Management (a 3-day course).

Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City/ Mentoring Supervisor Certificate Program - New York, New York
http://www.bigsnyc.org/a-MSCP.php
Designed for youth practitioners and social service professionals who work with young people and families and want to develop or enhance a mentoring program. The sessions are taught by a combination of Fordham University faculty and BBBS Training Center facilitators.
Contact: Center for Training, BBBS Of NYC, 223 East 30th Street, New York, NY 10016, train@bigsnyc.org (212) 686-2042

North Carolina State University
Volunteer Management and Administration (Certificate)
Directors of Graduate Certificate Programs:

Stephanie Jones
4-H Youth Dev & Fam & Cons Sci
Phone: 515-9125
Email: stephanie_jones@ncsu.edu
Website: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/4hfcs/academics/cert/

Kate Guerdat
4-H Youth Dev & Fam & Cons Sci
Phone: 515-9568
Email: kate_guerdat@ncsu.edu
Website: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/4hfcs/academics/cert/

The Department of 4H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Sciences offers a total of seven graduate certificates. The graduate certificate programs are designed to prepare professionals to better serve in their roles as family life and parent educators and youth professionals.

Admissions: Students apply online by visiting the Graduate School’s website and completing an ApplyYourself online application. Applications are evaluated based on criteria published on the program website.

Requirements: A Graduate Certificate in Volunteer Management and Administration requires a total of 12 credit hours. Nine (9) credit hours are required courses, with the remaining 3 credit hours of electives. All courses are distance-based.

N.C. Assn. of Volunteer Administration
Basics In Volunteer Management Online course. Visit the website for registration information: http://www.ncava.net/content/page/title/Professional_Development (see right column to download a registration form).

Forum for Volunteer Administrators, Cleveland, Ohio
Professional Volunteer Management Series
Wednesday, September 15, September 22, September 29, October 6, and October 13, 2010; 9am-Noon; held at Dolan Center for Science and Technology at John Carroll University.

Program Dates and Course Descriptions:
9/15: Strategic Planning
9/22: Understanding Financial Management
9/29: Risk Management
10/6: Technology
10/13: Program Positioning and Assessment

Full Course Fee (all 5 sessions)
$295 members; $335 nonmembers
One-Session Option Fee
Brush up your skills on one of the topics offered. Purchase one or more session at a rate of: $65 per session members; $85 per session nonmembers

Registration Deadline is Wednesday, September 1, 2010! Visit fvaohio.org for more information and a registration packet.

Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Volunteer Management Training Program (VMTP) is a capacity building program designed to enhance voluntary service in Ohio. Offered through a collaboration of the United Way of the Greater Dayton Area and Wright State University, the program consists of a series of classes for which participants receive a certificate upon completion and continuing education credits through the university. Participants in this program -- volunteer managers/
coordinators of nonprofit or public organizations -- work on managing a program, project, or resources that impact his/her organization. For more information, visit www.wright.edu/cupa/vmtp

Cincinnati Association of Volunteer Administration- Cincinnati, Ohio
Management of Volunteers Program is a certificate series of classes taught by members of the network of volunteer administrators in the greater Cincinnati area. CAVA is sponsored by the United Way of Greater Cincinnati.
The classes cover the basics of organizing and managing an effective volunteer program.
Contact: http://www.cincycava.org/

FIRSTLINK - Volunteer Management Series
Six 3½ hour sessions
Columbus, Ohio
The objective of this series is to provide volunteer managers, administrators, supervisors and coordinators with state of the art techniques and skills to manage a successful volunteer staff within any agency’s service programs.

Contact: For information and registration call 614-221-6766 ext. 123 or email us at education@firstlink.org or visit our website at http://www.firstlink.org

Institute for Nonprofit Management at Portland State University
Portland, Oregon
University-based Certificate in Volunteer Program Management includes courses in Intro to Nonprofit Management, Governance of Nonprofit Organizations (Boards), Values-Based Management (effective HR management), Volunteerism & Volunteer Management, Advanced Volunteer Management, an elective, and an internship.   Nancy Macduff is on the faculty.
Contact: INPM@pdx.edu, 503.725.8221,
http://www.inpm.pdx.edu/inpm-certificates

Technical Assistance for Community Service (TACS)
Two day certificate program
Portland, Oregon
Volunteer Management 101. Professional instructors
from the Northwest Oregon Volunteer Administrator's Association present core foundations of volunteer management.
Contact: See http://www.tacs.org for calendar of classes. For other information: info@tacs.org

Institute for Volunteerism - Pittsburgh, PA
http://www.ccac.edu/default.aspx?id=145743
Offers volunteer management seminars at the Community College of Allegheny County. In cooperation with Volunteer Administrators of SW PA and the Society for the Directors of Volunteer Services.
Contact: CCAC, Mary Jo Guercio, Director of Community Training and Development, 412.237.2723
mguercio@ccac.edu

Volunteer Center of the Greater Lehigh Valley - Bethlehem, PA
Volunteer Program Management Series - Offered yearly, this 6-week series focuses on the 5 functions of the management process as they relate to issues in volunteer management, including planning, organizing, staffing, leading and directing. Visit http://www.volunteerlv.org/agencies/volunteer-program-management-series.asp for details and registration form.

Volunteer Administration (HSW 205)
Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell, PA, USA
This course examines the development and role of volunteerism in a profit-oriented society. Specifically, it is an in-depth exploration of the fundamentals of volunteer organizations and management from an administrative perspective. It is designed for those whose work brings them into contact with volunteers, the currently employed volunteer administrator, and the student who will eventually be involved with volunteer management.
Contact: Maureen B. Rose, MSW, HS-BCP; 215-641-6413, www.mc3.edu

HAVA - Volunteer Management Academy - Houston, TX
http://www.hava.org/events/vma.htm
Houston Association of Volunteer Administrators offers this comprehensive program in volunteer management. The 30 hour certificate program is designed for volunteer administrators who want to enhance their knowledge and skills.

Austin Community College - Austin, TX 
Training Center for Community-Based and Nonprofit Organizations Volunteer ManagementCourses
Visit http://www.eventbrite.com/org/135143428?s=1113344 for a listing of upcoming courses in nonprofit management, including volunteer management.

University of Texas at Austin
LBJ School of Public Affairs, RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service. A three-credit hour graduate course in Community Engagement and the Management of Volunteers in Nonprofit and Public Sector Organizations, offered in the spring and the fall semesters to graduate students enrolled in the UT/A.
Contact: Sarah Jane Rehnborg, Ph.D., rehnborg@mail.utexas.edu, 512-475-7616

University of North Texas – Denton, Texas
The University of North Texas offers an on-line for-credit undergraduate and graduate certificate in Volunteer and Community Resource Management. Courses may also be used as part of an undergraduate or graduate interdisciplinary degree.
Contact: For more information see the website at http://www.ecv.unt.edu/ or contact Pamela J. Sybert, Director, Educational Consortium for Volunteerism, University of North Texas, P. O. Box 310919, Denton, TX 76203-0919. E-mail: sybert@scs.unt.edu Phone: 940 565-4417.