Welcome to the Foundational Leadership Skills for a Digital Age course!
This course is a self-paced course, which will teach you to think, act, and achieve like a digital transformation leader. Make the world better. You'll learn how to solve the world’s toughest humanitarian and environmental problems through the enabling power of digital technology. 

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Is this course for me?
If you are an executive or senior leader in a regional, country or field office, this course is for you. Simply, you lead programs, operations, communications, resource mobilization, finance and other important functions that will benefit from digital transformation.  
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How will I benefit from this course?
By the end of this course, you will be able to: 

  • Identify how digital technologies can help nonprofits deliver impact at scale with efficiency, productivity, innovation, resiliency, accountability, responsibility, and self-determination.
  • Plan and lead digital transformation in your organization for greater effectiveness, efficiency and impact 
  • Mitigate threats, safeguard operations, and protect the unwanted exposure of the data of vulnerable people 
  • Enhance your organization’s digital culture, and create an enabling environment for collaboration, innovation, entrepreneurship, and data-informed strategic planning 

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How long will it take?
 A total commitment of 18 hours is expected. 
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How much does it cost?
 This course is free!
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Will I get a certificate at the end?
 Yes - you will be able to download a certificate once you have completed all of the modules within the course.
The word START and a question mark in a circleHow do I start?
 Scroll to the top of the page and click on the    I agree  - Join course       button. This will take you through to the course content. You don't need to complete the course in one go - you can always continue later from where you left off.

Data protection and consent

This course was created and is administered by NetHope. By joining this course you are consenting to NetHope being given access to your Kaya profile information, including your name and email address, so that they can provide the course. This may require them to contact you. Your data will be anonymised before it is used for any analysis or reporting purposes. If you have any questions about this, please email training@nethope.org. 


Leadership Skills for a Digital Age is delivered by the NetHope Digital Leadership Institute.  

This course for the NetHope Digital Leadership Institute is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance. The contents are the responsibility of NetHope and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance or the United States Government.  

The NetHope Digital Leadership Institute is also funded in part by the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation.