Class Dates:
December 10th & 11th, 2025
Check in: 8:45 a.m.
Training: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. each day (CST)

Cost*: Scholarships Available for Members (If you apply for a partial scholarship, select 'Bill Me'- 2 people MUST attend both full days to keep scholarship)

OKCNP PRO & Essential Members- $895 (2 attendees per session)

Non-members - $1,800 (2 attendees per session)

Location: Zoom

Who Should Attend: Executive Directors/CEOs, Board Members & Staff

Description:
Standards for Excellence 2.0 includes expanded and enhanced benchmarks for nonprofit best practices, including 79 benchmarks for best practices; new sample policies in social media and information technologies all nonprofits need to know; and improved information on outcome-based measurements and logic models to prove mission impact.

Day 1:

• Session 1: Mission, Strategy, & Evaluation (9:00 am - Noon)
  Recommended participants: Executive Director & Board Chair (or other Board member)

• Session 2: Leadership, Board, Staff, & Volunteers (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm)
  Recommended participants: Executive Director & Board Chair or HR Director
  

Day 2:

• Session 3: Finance & Operations (9:00 am - Noon)
  Recommended participants: Executive Director & CFO/COO, Board Treasurer or HR/Operations

• Session 4: Public Awareness, Engagement, & Advocacy (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm)
  Recommended participants: Executive Director & Development/External Relations Director, Public Policy Director, or Board Chair 

***Completion of this course qualifies participants for 12 SHRM PDCs (Professional Development Credits)

***While all organizations are encouraged to send two participants to the entire, four-part series, Standards for Excellence scholarship recipients must send two representatives to each session in order to graduate. Scholarship recipients must complete the entire four-part series, or must pay back awarded funds.