Now more than ever, nonprofit leaders must understand the potential technology has to help them meet their missions. They require effective ways to manage technology and lead others to use tools to their best organizational advantage. 

The Technology Leadership Academy is a training program designed to help nonprofit leaders do just that.

Thanks to the generous support of Google and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, NTEN is able to offer the Technology Leadership Academy at no charge to qualifying organizations. You must apply for acceptance to the Academy. Participants will be selected based on the guidelines below and their commitment to full participation.

> Apply now for the Technology Leadership Academy!    

The Academy is a unique opportunity to learn and interact with your peers while creating a tight network of nonprofit leaders working towards a common mission: to use technology to create more social change. 

We believe technology is less like science fiction and more like the oversight of accounting: you don't need to be a CPA to manage your organization's finances, but you do need to understand a few key concepts to make the right decisions for your organization. To that end, we'll bring some of the best minds in nonprofit technology to you.

Your instructors during the weekly core sessions will be top nonprofit leaders like Laura Quinn, Kivi Leroux Miller, and Dahna Goldstein. On a weekly basis, you'll also have the opportunity to interact and learn with your colleagues in learning forum discussions. (You can access the full schedule using the links at top right.)

Attendees of the Academy will be able to:

• Articulate the value of technology in their organization for themselves, funders, and other key stakeholders.
• View technology as integral to every department in their organizations.
• Recognize options for funding IT projects in their organizations.
• Staff technology effectively.
• Manage the organizational change that technology can produce.

> Apply now for the Technology Leadership Academy! 

In 2012, The Academy will bring together a total of 450 participants from 225 nonprofit organizations for 9-week online training programs designed to create nonprofit technology leaders. Cohort IV of the Technology Leadership Academy will begin on April 24, Cohort V will begin on July 17, and Cohort VI will being on September 25.

Application Guidelines

The Technology Leadership Academy is designed to help nonprofit leaders manage technology. NTEN will carefully evaluate all applicants for appropriate placement at the Academy.

To this end, applicants should consider:

1. The application is to be completed by the Executive Director of the applying organization. 
2. To participate in the Academy, the organization must be willing and able to have both the Executive Director and a tech-responsible individual attend the weekly webinars.
3. Acceptance to the Academy is also contingent upon:
   • Organization budget size: Only organizations with a budget size of 2 million or less will be considered.
   • Organizational capacity to turn Academy training into substantive organizational change.
   • The organization's clarity of focus on its specific technology needs and challenges.

4. Application deadlines:

   • For Cohort V (beginning July 17, 2012), the deadline to apply is June 8, 2012. Applicants will be notified by June 22, 2012. 
   • For Cohort VI (beginning September 25, 2012), the deadline to apply is August 10, 2012. Applicants will be notified by August 24, 2012.
5. Systems Requirements: A reliable phone & internet connection will be required to participate.

If you have questions, please contact Mimi at mimi@nten.org