Community Development Finance Training

Posted by on April 18, 2003

[posted to Community Development Finance List]

From: “Nicolle Boujaber-Diederichs”

Thought this would be of interest to this community.

The Milano Finance Lab of the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School University invites you to a seven-session summer diploma course sponsored by JP Morgan Chase:

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE TRAINING: A TRANSITION FROM FUNDING TO FINANCING

APPLY FOR THIS SUMMER 2003 COURSE BY APRIL 18!!

OBJECTIVES: Nonprofit and community institutions must become more self sustaining, transparent and market driven to survive. This course aims to develop the talent within your organization to meet this need. You will learn financial skills such as financial modeling, business planning and negotiating; develop a project-based financing plan and apply those new sills to a live financing project to be presented to potential investors.

FORMAT: The Community Development Finance Diploma can be earned by attending the seven-session course. The course provides participants with the opportunity to learn from case studies and work with successful community development professionals as well as leaders in both public and private market finance.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Presidents, chief financial officers, chief executive officers, controllers and senior project managers in nonprofit community and economic development organizations. A maximum of fifteen participants will be selected. Only applicants committed to attending all seven session will be considered.

WHEN: Fridays only from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, May 30th, June 6th (Reality Check Conference), June 13th, 20th, 27th, July 11th, July 18th (excluding July 4th), 2003

WHERE: New School University, Greenwich Village, New York City

FEES: Accepted participants will receive a $1,000 scholarship which covers the full costs of the course, including all books, materials and food.

Participants who attend all seven sessions will receive a Diploma in Community Development Finance.

A full copy of the invitation is available on The Finance Lab website at http://www.newschool.edu/milano/financelab/index.html or contact Nicolle Boujaber-Diederichs, Finance Lab Coordinator at boujaben@newschool.edu or 212-229-5311 x1406 to have one mailed.