Free Management Training Programs

(for-profit and nonprofit)

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For-Profit and Nonprofit Programs
Nonprofit-Specific Programs

Free Lesson Plans

For-Profit and Nonprofit Programs

Free Micro-eMBA (SM)
My Own Business
Learn That
SBA free course
FMU Online
Small Business Canada
eNetPlace.com
Free Training.com
Microsoft Small Business Center
The Working Manager
MindTools
Financial Management Training Center
Management Training Courses Online
TrainingTime Learning Library - Management & Leadership Articles

Nonprofit-Specific Programs

Free Nonprofit Micro-eMBA (SM)

Free Online Lesson Plans, Lecture Notes, etc.

A recent trend is for educators to freely share their educational and training materials. In addition to using the materials to design and implement your own learnings about particular topics, you also can learn about systematically designing trainings in general, including about the training's outcomes, goals, learning objectives, training methods, result and methods of evaluation.

LearningSpace
Study Guides and Strategies
Connexions
Education World
Free Education on the Internet
Global Schoolhouse
LessonPlansPage
Spakenotes
Education Atlas Study Skills Guide

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Recommended Books

Basics and General Information

Orienting and Training Employees

Basics and General Information

Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision in Business: by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Provides step-by-step, highly practical guidelines to recruit, utilize and evaluate the best employees for your business. Includes guidelines to effectively lead yourself (as Board member or employee), other individuals, groups and organizations. Includes guidelines to avoid burnout -- a very common problem among employees of small businesses. Many materials in this Library's topic about staffing are adapted from this book.

Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision With Nonprofit Staff: by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Provides step-by-step, highly practical guidelines to recruit, utilize and evaluate the best staff members for your nonprofit. Includes guidelines to effectively lead yourself (as Board member or staff member), other individuals, groups and organizations. Includes guidelines to avoid burnout -- a very common problem among nonprofit staff. Many materials in this Library's topic about staffing are adapted from this book.

The following books are recommended because of their highly practical nature and often because they include a wide range of information about this Library topic. To get more information about each book, just hover your cursor over the image of the book. A "bubble" of information will be displayed. You can click on the title of the book in that bubble to get more information, too.