Dynamic Determination: Intellectual Integrity

Being the founder of a non-profit organization it is different from any other job, it requires complete commitment in everything you are about to do for it. When creating a nonprofit organization it takes time, effort and money. Some of the advantages of owning a nonprofit organization is applying for a federal tax exemption can cost a lot of money. SInce a nonprofit is dedicated to the public interest, it is open to public inspection. The public may learn more of the nonprofit and try to make one for themselves based off of yours creating competition on holding the public interest.

My passion for nonprofits partially comes from my experience working for two separate nonprofits, and partially from me wanting to help make a difference in this world. My time at PACS made me reflect on the two previous jobs I had at nonprofits and how all three intended to make a difference in this world. Furthermore, I pondered what the impact was of a key difference on the two nonprofits I previously worked. The key difference is that one was a Christian organization, the other was not. PACS showed me a middle ground of sorts, were the organization itself is not Christian or religious even though it is created with values that are held by

Working in nonprofit is gratifying and at the same time challenging. As an administrator for a major nonprofit organization, I have witness first-hand the effects of staff retention and excessive turnover and its effects on the quality of service provided to clients and the increase in the cost of recruitment. However, recent data support how nonprofits continue to experience growth, while the private sector remains stagnant. Per the nonprofit quarterly the steady growth of nonprofit was estimated at 14.4 million people in 2013. In 2003, nonprofit organizations paid an estimated $425 billion in wages. Ten years later, in 2013, total nonprofit wages had risen to $634 billion. This increase in paid wages represents a growth of 49.2 percent (Nonprofit

In the poem, The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost wrote, "Two roads diverge in the woods, and I took the one least traveled….And that has made all the difference." In this poem, Frost reflects on the options available to each individual, much like a fork in the road. My path to nonprofit management came after several years of clinical work within Social Work and countless hours implementing processes, policies and laws created by individuals that may be a few degrees

To ensure this non-profit group operates smoothly, the Competing Values Framework will be applied. This framework helps identify guidelines that will allow the leaders to diagnose and manage issues that may appear (Cameron & Quinn, 2006). Studies have shown the Competing Values Framework is positively related to organizational commitment, job involvement, empowerment, and job satisfaction (Goodman & Zammuto, 2001).

It challenged my ideas of non-profits and got me to see the connections between bot for-profit and non-profits share that makes them successful. Robert did an excellent job showing connections and success stories while sharing his experiences, but he also didn't shy away from the ugliness allowing me to learn from some mistakes others have made. I agree with Roberts Vision , non-profits do need to be reformed and learn the think differently. I think that his equation Purpose = Profit is becoming more true everyday as we seem companies with a social aspect growing faster and outperforming the long standing companies. The final question I have for Robert is why he chose non-profit? DC central could have from the beginning been a for-profit restaurant with the same type training program and temporary employees but never had the issue of searching of regrants and had the luxury of expanding across the city or nation reaching even more people. This book was giving me more insight into the non-profit world than I every would have had on my own and I am looking forward to Robert being a panelist at Terp-Tank and hearing his insight into all our

Whether working as Technology/Event Chair for the Student Leadership Conference, which had over 300 attendees or as a peer mentor in EOPBuildUp! for several freshman students, both work has given me the experience and confidence necessary to begin working in the world of non-profit management. Not to mention, it is an opportunity that I will thrive in, as I have already had experience in working in a fast-paced

Just like I am better able to serve the Head Start families due to my educational background on the inner workings of poverty; learning about the inner workings of non-profits will qualify me as a leader who can effect change on a larger scale within ABCD. I want to attend this program to learn the detailed, complex elements and skills that are necessary to form the big picture that is human services management. New knowledge of management and finance will make me a multifaceted asset to

In conjunction with my first strength, my second strength has been identified as the capacity to help subordinates grow and develop within their career. I have demonstrated this by mentoring employees. This has included helping them grow within their current position as well as aiding them in moving up from their current level within the organization. This aid is often in the form of teaching, listening, and giving them my insight to what I have observed within the organization in concern to both reviews of work and job promotions. Development of employees has to be a quality that is purposefully demonstrated consistently and not just when an employee asks for help. This requires a regular effort on the part of the leader of a team. In order to help an employee in this aspect a leader has to know employees on a basic fundamental level. The leadership practice of aiding in an employees’ career growth cannot be effectively engaged without the insight gained by the understanding and communication

I choose a career in the Non-Profit Coordination field because of two reasons; the first is I am an effective coordinator of people and resources, and secondly I am civic minded and want to devote my energies to the betterment of human conditions in St. Louis. As a practicing Catholic, who lives by the Golden Rule, and has been an active volunteer for many years with various community based programs, my understanding of the inner workings of nonprofit organizations is extensive. The program will benefit from my ability to motivate team members; in my current position, I have led my team two years in a row in achieving “top 10” in customer service nation-wide. The program is also looking for a person who creates and maintains donor relationships

The MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) has given me insightful information over 4 different dichotomies: 1)Where I focus my attention 2) How I take in information 3) How I make decisions based on the information and 4) How I deal with the world. After completing the assessment, I was dubbed ‘INTJ’. This being 9% Introvert, 38% iNtuitive, 3% Thinking, and 31% Judging. To my surprise, after reading the detailed report, I found most of the information presented, to be ‘spot on’. According to the Center for Confidence and Well-Being, “Of all the personality types, INTJs are most motivated by “vision”. They have a great need to come up with a unifying idea of a future, improved state, which is then their job to realize. This inner vision can be so strong for INTJs and so individual that they are often reckoned to be the most independent-minded of all the types” (Craig, C., 2014). This provided me with great validation that I have been lucky enough to find myself in the right career. Currently, I am the interim Director of Quality at an acute care hospital in San Diego. Daily, myself and my team are looking for ways to improve hospital processes, systems, and relationships. Always striving for a future vision or ‘ideal state’ of how we would like to see our organization functioning to better serve our community. Many people have told me that they could ‘not do what I do’ simply because of the data collecting, analyzing, reporting, and

Using my high energy and natural encourager abilities I have risen to top levels of leadership in several organizations. I have been privileged to represented them at the local and state, regional and national level. It is rewarding as well as educational. I soon learned people volunteer for many different reasons. To accomplish our goals, it was important to make sure each volunteer felt valuable. Understanding the different personalities and communication styles was a challenge I accepted with gusto. I have read many personal development books, attended seminars, and have even had the pleasure of sharing the same stage with some highly regarded professional speakers.

Furthermore, I have the ability to support instruction and build leadership capacity to sustain sound teaching and continuity in an instructional program. However, my weakness would be identifying or finding balance with my personal and professional life and developing the patience necessary to see growth. Understanding that growth is sometimes gradual and that some initiatives require patience to yield the expected results has been a challenge for

I never envisioned myself working for a non-profit, but I must say that it is truly rewarding. The sense of accomplishment after finishing a task for PfaP doesn’t just come with the relief of checking something off your to-do list but is also accompanied by the sense that you were able to make a Big Impact in the life

A non-profit organization cannot be effectively managed if it is not effectively planned. One of the challenges facing non-profit organizations has been long range, strategic planning. Long range, strategic planning in the non-profit sector is essential to the success of an organization. Long range, strategic planning encompasses broad policy and direction setting, internal and external assessments, attention to key stakeholders, the identification of key issues, development of strategies to deal with each issue, decision making, action and the continuous monitoring of results. (Herman, The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management, 154) While it is important to deal with the short term planning and activities of non-profits, managers or directors must consider the future of their organizations. Successful planning should be comprehensive, integrating all areas of responsibility of an organization.