Online Training

Convenient and Cost-Effective Skill-Building to Fit Your Work and Your Life 

NeighborWorks America’s online training offerings let you stay close to your work and manage your schedule while gaining the valuable skills and knowledge you need to enhance your impact. You can arrange your professional development when and where it works for you, reduce your time away from home and office and save your valuable travel dollars.

Offered in four formats, our online training addresses the latest challenges and opportunities in a wide array of community development, affordable housing, and nonprofit management topics -- always growing and evolving to meet your needs. We have courses for  professionals at all levels—from entry level to expert—so you can be sure you’re getting a high-quality learning experience that keeps you at the forefront of your work.

Current and Upcoming Online Training:

In honor of our 45th anniversary, NeighborWorks is excited to present a Summer of Learning – free and deeply discounted learning opportunities that will make this summer fun and productive! 

  • FREE webinarArtificial Intelligence for Nonprofits (ML021wt)!
  • FREE NeighborWorks Learning Express series – some of our most popular subjects, covered in fast-paced 1-hour sessions!
  • FREE NeighborWorks Open House – Meet our staff and get answers to your questions about learning with us and the certification programs we offer!
  • Self-guided online learning sale – 25 learn-at-your-own-pace courses for one price ($1,795); up to 200 people in your organization can take as many as you like, and finish by September 30!
  • Webinar sale – To celebrate our 45th anniversary, our in-demand webinars are all just $45 each!
  • Summer faculty-led courses – A variety of online multi-week faculty-led courses are $545 ($355 for NeighborWorks network members)!

Find out more!

Each 90-minute session, typically offered at 1 p.m. ET unless otherwise noted, comes complete with expert faculty instruction, downloadable resources and reference pieces, learning checks, a certificate of completion, and continuing education hours. MORE INFORMATION

Registration is open for these webinars at a special $45 sale rate

  • Preparation for  Homeownership in an Era of Change (HO054wt), June 18 at 1 p.m. ET
  • Helping Clients Understand New Manufactured Homes (HO037wt), June 20 at 1p.m. ET
  • Housing Affordability: Building Competency in Housing Counseling (HO002wt), June 25 at 1 p.m. ET
  • Tenancy: Building Competency in Housing Counseling (HO005wt), June 27 at 1 p.m. ET

Save the date for these upcoming webinars: 

  • Using an Equity Lens in Financial Coaching Approaches -- July 8
  • Foreclosure: Changes, Trends and Updates to Help Consumers -- July 10
  • Designing and Delivering Financial Capability Programs Virtually: How to Set Up Your Program for Success -- July 15
  • Designing and Delivering Financial Capability Programs Virtually: Marketing -- July 17
  • Protecting Credit and Avoiding Scams in the Midst of a Crisis -- July 24

Please check back for future dates. Registration usually opens two weeks before the scheduled date. Please contact Customer Response at 800-438-5547 or [email protected] to request notification when registration opens.

Faculty-led courses offer you professional development similar to what we provide at our in-person courses--the only difference is that you interact with an expert faculty member and your fellow participants online, and at your convenience. These more intensive online courses ensure a high-quality and results-oriented training experience. MORE INFORMATION 

Current faculty-led courses:

 
  • Homeownership Counseling Cerification: Principles, Practices and Techniques, Part I (HO250vc)
  • July 9 - August 5 weekly
  • Through hands-on applications, this intermediate-level course teaches counselors the skills, procedures and subject matter expertise needed to create successful new homeowners.
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  • Post-Purchase Education Methods (HO247vc) 
  • July 11 - August 7 weekly
  • The course focuses on topics that help both new and existing homeowners manage their most important asset – their home.
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  • Rental Eviction Intervention Certification Part 2: Program Design and Delivery (HO388vcx)
  • July 15 - July 18 
  • In this program design course, participants will explore different program models and best practices for offering eviction intervention services that best suit local needs. Enroll in our accelerated 4-day faculty-led course which is designed for optimal interactivity and engagement.
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  • Building Skills for Financial Confidence (HO208vc) 
  • July 11 - August 7 weekly
  • You will learn how to facilitate engaging and candid conversations around using appropriate financial products and services, spending, saving, credit, protecting assets and maximizing income.
     
  • The Fundamentals of Affordable Housing Development (AH101vcx) 
  • July 22 - July 25
  • In this comprehensive overview of the real estate development process, learn to evaluate the pros and cons of real estate development and how they can affect an organization's goals. Enroll in our accelerated 4-day faculty-led course which is designed for optimal interactivity and engagement.

Please contact Customer Response at 800-438-5547 or [email protected] to be notified when new courses are available.

One-week workshops are the equivalent of a one-day course at an in-person training. Workshops take place over one week (Monday - Friday) and offer the opportunity for collaboration with peers and NeighborWorks faculty via both live and self-paced online interactions for valuable, engaging learning. You'll gain meaningful, practical insights and resources that will immediately impact your work. MORE INFORMATION

Contact Customer Response at 800-438-5547 or [email protected] to request notification when new one-week workshops are available. 

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