(Former name: NFP marketing: a beginner's guide)

Course summary

This one day course offers an introduction to marketing for not-for- profit organisations wanting to understand the basics of marketing and how the principles can be applied to the work of charities. It will give you a good grounding in the marketing fundamentals necessary to develop your own marketing strategy and help your organisation grow.

Course outline

Non Profit/Not for Profit Marketing Courses in London

The course will cover:

• benefits of marketing
• setting objectives
• market research and planning
  • SWOT 
  • PEST analysis
  • identifying and understanding customer needs
• market segmentation and targeting
• branding
  • brand values
  • brand positioning
• the marketing mix
• advertising, promotion and public relations

This course takes place at the Centre's Central London training suite in Old Street with easy access to tube and mainline rail stations.

Who is this course for?

The course is designed for anyone working in the voluntary and charity sector who want to understand the basics of marketing with a view to implementing a strategy in their organisation. It is however best suited to small or medium sized charities and not suitable for experienced staff within larger charity marketing departments.

What will this course help me do: learning outcomes?

By the end of the course, you will have the understanding and confidence to develop a research, plan and develop a marketing strategy to help your organisation grow.

Other courses to consider

The Centre's other marketing course, Marketing: getting your message across may be of use if you do not work in the not-for-profit sector, however also of use to those who do work in this sector. It is an introductory course for anyone who needs to develop a marketing programme, and looks at creating a marketing plan and how best to reach your audience.

The Centre also offers a wealth of opportunities for other communications and marketing related courses. Some courses you might consider would be PR strategies that work, Handling the press and media: how to get your story covered, Influencing skills, Managing your organisation's reputation: building your brand and values, and Networking and representing your organisation.

And as proofreading is always a major part of a marketer's work, try the Centre's Proofreading course.

Course dates

This course is run on request. This means that we will keep your details on file and once we have at least three people interested in the course we will contact you to let you know and to schedule a date. Please contact us to log your interest in this course.

Alternatively we can also run this as an in-company course. Find out more about in-company training.