Online Courses
English
YLAI Network members have access to an array of online courses and training materials on leadership, business and entrepreneurship, civic engagement, and public management featuring U.S. university professors and experts in their field.
These courses are available to take at any time individually or as part of a group. All courses are available, in English and select courses are available in Spanish.
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Management Strategies for People and Resources
This course outlines the essential skills required in leading individuals and organizations, whether it’s solving problems, creating the optimal team, or maneuvering through difficult situations in management.
Fundamentals of Business Expansion
Learn how to raise capital and realize growth by using your business model to assess new markets and potential dates for expansion.
Strategies for Personal Growth
This course outlines the different ways you can develop your business, organization and personal skills.
Community Organizing for Action
Grassroots campaigns and volunteers are essential to the success of most nongovernmental organizations involved in community development. Learn how to inspire and engage volunteers to be proactive in their communities and organize grassroots campaigns.
Fundamentals of Starting and Running a Business
This course explains critical aspects of entrepreneurship, from the process of developing a business, to how to identify and expand in the marketplace, and how to pitch to new investors.
Responsible Leadership on Transparency and Good Governance
This three-part course examines the concepts of transparency and good governance and how their lack in both the public and private sectors can lead to devastating consequences for people and institutions.
Servant Leadership
Become versed in the origins and principles of servant leadership, including a comparative review of other key leadership styles, the benefits and criticisms of servant leadership, and how to become a servant leader yourself.
Creating and Maintaining Social Enterprises
Understand the best practices in developing nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) including partnering with the private sector and government, meeting the needs of a community, and effective youth advocacy.
Design Driven Entrepreneurship
Take this challenging but vital course on Design Driven Entrepreneurship, a planning process that involves identifying, creating, testing, and implementing marketable solutions for business and social entrepreneurs.
Workforce Collaboration and Development
Brush up on best practices in developing a collaborative work environment, including identifying key priorities, developing staff competencies and ensuring a diverse and effective workforce.
Smart Entrepreneurship: Next Steps in Expanding Your Enterprise
This course focuses on key challenges facing those transitioning from startup to successful entrepreneurs.
Fundraising Concepts
Examine the key principles of fundraising with instruction on creating and implementing strategic fundraising plans, designing and executing marketing and communication strategies, and the difference between fundraising for non-profit and for-profit organizations.
Basics of Public-Private Partnerships
Learn how to initiate, implement, and evaluate a public-private partnership – the most effective and efficient means to resolving major societal challenges that are too big for one group or entity alone.
Fundamentals of Grant Writing
Learn how to effectively plan, research, write and follow up a grant proposal for funding from individuals, foundations, corporations or governments.
Fundamentals of Responsible Leadership for Entrepreneurs
Responsible business practices and business ethics are inseparable from good leadership and success on the entrepreneurial journey. This three-part course provides guidelines that entrepreneurs can follow to maintain transparency and good governance in their operations and successfully deal with complex ethical situations.
Fundamentals of Personal Money Management
The ability to efficiently manage finances and investments by making smart decisions is key to personal and entrepreneurial success.