Explore how nonprofits foster self-sufficiency, leadership, and civic engagement to create lasting impact and empower their communities.
Cool Course: Democracy, Capitalism, and the Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector
“How can there be such a thing as a nonprofit in a capitalist economy?” asks David Norgard. It’s a bold question as it stands, but it’s even bolder considering it’s central to a class Norgard teaches in Antioch’s MA in Nonprofit Management and in the MBA’s Nonprofit Leadership Concentration.
Passion for Using Online Education to Reach Underserved Students Leads Mary Ann Short to New Role as Associate Dean
A few years ago, Mary Ann Short called an HR representative to resolve an insurance issue. It was one of those phone calls that you put off, and then on the day you actually make the call, as the phone rings, you prepare yourself for a complex negotiation. To say she was not expecting a life-changing experience would be an understatement.
Building Leadership and Sustainability through Nonprofit Management
John Whittemore’s job as the Senior Director of Program Operations at Aspire Living and Learning is all about helping people reach their full potential. He takes seriously the work of helping lead an organization that for forty years has sought to bring person-centered support to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, behavioral health challenges, and complex medical needs.
Bridging Artistic Passion and Nonprofit Management
The day of Diane Tomasi’s 30th birthday party she stood staring at the sky in the backyard of a friend’s New York home, wondering if it would rain. After weeks…
Melding Creativity and Management
“As a teen, I wanted to be in a rock band,” says Daisy Salas, a student in the MA in Nonprofit Management at Antioch Online. Today, Salas is living that…
Alum Publishes Second Book About the Healing Process of Art
Alum Corinne Lightweaver has released her latest book The Psyche’s Gifts: Art, Art Making, and the Journey from Mental Illness to Mental Wellness. In it, she documents her personal experience…
Fostering Resilience in Your Nonprofit Organization
By definition, resilience is the ability to recover, adjust, and bounce back quickly from difficulties. It’s an invaluable quality to possess in a position of nonprofit leadership, and one that…
Antioch University Launches Master of Arts in Nonprofit Management Degree Online
In response to the growing demand of the nonprofit sector, the MA in Nonprofit Management degree to be offered online nationwide.
Nonprofit Management Students Visit Neighborhood Music School
Students from the MA in Nonprofit Management program (MANM) visited Neighborhood Music School in Boyle Heights. Students sat inside the parlor of the Victorian house and as music wafted through the air. Karen Louis, Executive…
Michelle Thomas
Michelle Thomas will graduate from the Masters in Nonprofit Management (MANM) program at AULA in June 2019. One month away from finishing her program, she feels as though she’s going…
Should I Join a Nonprofit Board?
Antioch University teaching faculty member and director of the online MA in Non-Profit Management Department David Norgard has been working in nonprofits for his entire career, and in that time,…