Brad R. Fulton, PhD
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This course provides an overview of general management practices (e.g. marketing, strategic planning, inter-organizational relations, human resources, ethics, and financial management) that apply to all types of organizations (nonprofit, public, and private) as well as practices unique to nonprofits (e.g. boards and governance, volunteer management, legal responsibilities, fundraising, performance measurement, etc.). This course provides opportunities to apply textbook material to real world situations. Lecture slides and other course material can be obtained by emailing [email protected]
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
A classroom-grounded guide to managing nonprofit missions, money, governance, and accountability when every decision carries competing obligations.
Nonprofit Management and Leadership turns organizational theory into a working set of questions about how nonprofits operate under pressure. Presented as classroom lectures, the show moves through leadership, governance, strategic planning, accountability, funding, and the…
The fire marshal shows up, and suddenly you're debating what accountability is worth.
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A plainspoken take on making mission language useful in practice.
Mission, vision, and values are presented as a practical shorthand for where an organization is headed and how it plans to get there, especially when speaking to a funder, recruiting volunteers, bringing on a board member, or revisiting a strategic plan.
Diversity is framed as a leadership problem shaped by group-level difference and everyday organizational habits.
The lecture treats managing diversity as a leadership challenge inside a socially diverse environment, not just an internal organizational duty.
A clear look at tax exemption, mission drift, and the polished paperwork of nonprofit startup.
The piece treats nonprofit governance as a matter of incentives, noting that tax-exempt status is seldom revoked because low budgets make federal or state action unlikely unless conduct looks highly suspicious or fraudulent.
Mission becomes a problem of funding, boards, and the vision an organization can sustain.
Mission and vision are treated less like slogans and more like hard questions about funding, capacity, and the people who keep an organization going.
A course opener that treats nonprofit leadership as practical work shaped by mission, money, and managerial fit.
This course opener treats nonprofit leadership as messy, practical work: campus-community partnerships, international logistics, and the steady clash between mission, money, and management.
A clear, practical take on matching nonprofit structure to community need.
The episode lays out a plain rule for nonprofit setup: start with the place and the data, then shape the organization around that need. Nashville, music education, public schools, and food distribution give the discussion something concrete to work with, and the examples stay…
A steady class on why nonprofit leadership matters as much as management.
The session keeps its focus on leadership as the center of nonprofit management, and that choice gives the discussion its shape. The instructor keeps returning to the practical demands around it: managing an organization, starting one, handling finances, hiring staff, and doing…
Strategic planning is presented as a practical way for nonprofits to stay coordinated under pressure.
The episode treats strategic planning as a practical answer to a familiar nonprofit problem. When social needs outgrow government support, nonprofits get asked to fill the gap without matching money or staff.
Strange claims, tested cleanly.
Plainspoken sermons for faithful Christian life.
A professor lectures on the history and current state of the nonprofit sector, tracing its origins from ancient charity to Andrew Carnegie's philanthropy, while addressing career sustainability concerns and the sector's identity crisis.
This Nonprofit Management and Leadership episode uses Project View, a fictional nonprofit, to teach leadership through a class exercise led by Dr.
The episode opens with a blunt question about accountability.
The lecture starts with community analysis.
This lecture explores managing diversity in organizations, covering why diversity matters beyond business performance, using analogies from biology like monocultures, and discussing personal experiences of cultural shock.
The session starts with leadership at the center of nonprofit management.
The class turns to governance by asking what organizations should do.
The episode starts with a reminder that nonprofits often step in where government leaves a gap.
The discussion opens on tax exemption.
The class starts with funding.
Professor Colton introduces a university course on nonprofit management and leadership, drawing on his 15 years of professional experience in the sector.
A professor leads a university class discussion comparing the challenges of managing nonprofit versus for-profit organizations, exploring theories about why the nonprofit sector exists, and examining modern shifts like hybrid business models.
A professor leads a classroom workshop on developing mission, vision, and value statements for nonprofit organizations.
Accountability starts with an awkward example.
Arts funding opens the discussion, and it is treated as a problem of reach as much as money.