Office Administrative Specialist Certificate or equivalent (OPTIONAL)
Meeting and Event Planning Certificate (OPTIONAL)
On-the-job training
Professionalism
Employability Skills - Identify positive work practices, e.g., appropriate dress for the workplace, personal grooming, punctuality, time management and organization
Employability Skills - Explain the importance of a professional attitude Explain time management principles
Employability Skills - Discuss the importance of managing stress
Ethics - Describe legal practices including enticement
Communication and Interpersonal Skills - Demonstrate effective verbal and non- verbal communication
Communication and Interpersonal Skills - Determine interpersonal skills needed to develop sound customer relationships, written communication, and teamwork
Communication and Interpersonal Skills - Demonstrate effective public speaking
Communication and Interpersonal Skills - Demonstrate netiquette including the use of email, social media, texting, blogging
Communication and Interpersonal Skills - Demonstrate recognition and appreciation for staff, referral sources, and volunteers
Communication and Interpersonal Skills - Identify personal and professional goals
Communication and Interpersonal Skills - Cultural Diversity-networking in minority communities
Communication and Interpersonal Skills - Maintain effective internal communications to ensure that all relevant company functions are kept informed of department objectives
Communication and Interpersonal Skills - Explain ways to develop a positive environment for staff and volunteers
Marketing / Advertising
Marketing - Develop aligned marketing strategy with company objectives.
Marketing - Coordinate marketing campaigns with sales activities
Marketing - Oversee company’s marketing budget
Marketing - Create wide range of different marketing materials.
Selling - Research and report on external opportunities
Selling - Practice customer relationship management and customer focused decision making; understand current and potential customer.
Selling - Define the selling process and ethics of selling
Selling - Explain appropriate ways to handle referral sources
Advertising - Explain how a brand is created and why creativity is important in advertising
Advertising - Coordinate marketing campaigns with sales activities
Advertising - Identify and analyze potential strategic partner relationship for company marketing.
Advertising - Describe a storyboard and explain how it is used
Advertising - Describe the components of a press release
Advertising - Prepare an advertisement utilizing graphics, layout, storyboard, etc. to develop ads for broadcast and print media
Advertising - Explain the advantages and disadvantages of each type of media
Marketing / Advertising - Management and Planning - Monitor and report on effectiveness of marketing communications
Marketing / Advertising - Management and Planning - Identify how to select a target market and define market segmentation
Marketing / Advertising - Management and Planning - Determine the impact of advertising on referral source or community behavior
Marketing / Advertising - Management and Planning - Discuss the return on investment for an advertising campaign
Marketing / Advertising - Management and Planning - Demonstrate how to calculate media costs
Marketing / Advertising - Management and Planning - Determine how to calculate return on investment
Marketing / Advertising - Management and Planning - Discuss ways to overcome cultural barriers
Public Relations
Social Media - Implement social media strategies
Social Media - Build and sustain online communities; grow online supporter base and traffic
Social Media - Ensure consistent framing of message and core communication to ensure one company message
Social Media - Review content for social media.
Relationship Management - Manage relationship with media outlets.
Relationship Management - Produce and publish mass communications (i.e. email blasts, marketing campaigns; press release, etc.)
Relationship Management - Document presence of companies at events, conference, and speaking engagements
Relationship Management - Advocate on behalf of the company brand with external stakeholders and the media across all communication channels and vehicles
Event Planning
Perform tasks related to marketing and volunteer management
Oversee all events from start to finish
Maintain guest list and event data
Conduct pre- and post- event evaluations and report on outcomes
Fundraising - Develop and manage fundraising incentive programs
Fundraising - Provide support for ongoing development activities
Fundraising - Manage relationship with vendors, sponsors, and donors