Non-Profit Organization Challenges

My focus is on non-profit organizations (that help the homeless population/low income clients) and shelters that provide women/families to stay for a specified period of time. Each shelter has a program that the residents have to abide by to stay in compliance. Each person must have a job, seeking employment, or take advantage of an opportunity to learn to be a CDA. There are also other opportunities that are available that the residents can take advantage of. Each non-profit organization has funding from the government, Kiser, P. (2012), (pp. 46-50), private companies that help the organization, and with donations.

Three years ago I co-founded a non-profit organization, One Jersey. One Goal. (www.onejerseyonegoal.com), with my younger sister. We collect used soccer jerseys and redistribute them in team sets to underprivileged kids worldwide. Spearheading most of the project to date, while encouraging my sister to learn the skills to continue our mission when I leave for college, has been rewarding. I believe that I am the perfect UC candidate because I am a go getter, I have learned to overcome what seems to be the hardest concept to grasp by the modern day teenageer (networking with adults), and I am not afraid to defy the college student stereotype by creating my own ideas and pursuing them.

Being that my nonprofit organization is a dog and cat rescue in Visalia, California, it is important that I develop a plan for organizing and staffing for my organization along with developing the board. As mentioned previously, we are located in the Central Valley in the city of Visalia, California. Now that we have assessed our needs and objectives for the organization, we must now focus on developing a plan for organizing, staffing our organization, and working on the development of our board in order to help the organization be more successful in the future. A big responsibility of being on a board is raising awareness and funds for the organization (Blakemore, 2013).

My course objectives for the second part of the class are still as follows: 1)

My heart lies in the non-profit world. Long-term I want to work for a non-profit that helps people, and I want to work in a capacity that allows me to share my knowledge with others and allows me to collaborate with my coworkers to continuously improve our organization. An excellent way I can help people is with my knowledge about data, my flexibility with changing policies and procedures, my organizational skills, my desire to continuously learn, and my affinity to share my knowledge with others. Short-term I have experience and expertise in State Reporting and State Testing, and they are two of my favorite areas of work. A lot of people have negative feelings about State testing, but I think it is useful in collecting school accountability

As the librarian for my city during a time when the city is struggling and not connecting, I would need to make some changes to the program. I would begin by looking at the neighborhood including the demographics. As the librarian, I would not be able to dedicate myself fully to organizing or implanting changes within the library so, I would need to consider hiring volunteers that can assist with collaborating with other city agencies and local non-profit organizations.

One day a customer called in with a black screen and needed technical support. He was yelling and very angry. I provided him my sympathy and took ownership to resolving the problem. Then, i completed the verification process in the account. Black screens on the television are usually caused by wrong connections. I gave him a step by step guide and he noticed that something was plugged out. He then apoligized and was very happy with my expert, self help guide and customer service. My supervisor recieved a good compliment to corporate for my services.

A case statement is a written document that states the most important facts about an organization, this includes the organization’s mission, vision, and values. This document will tell potential donors everything that they would ever need to know about the organization. Every nonprofit organization needs a case statement. Case for support are essential for every nonprofit because this is what will help the organization raise money in order to carry out its mission. Without a strong case for support, potential donors will less likely donate towards the cause. In fundraising the case of support will tell a story signifying why the organization’s mission and vision matters and why the donor should even care about this particular cause. More often

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There are many challenges that occur if you are a non-for profit organization like CARE. One important question is how the organization is perceived and how this impacts or jeopardises the ability to operate? The image of an organization has become a much pressing issue in today’s society. CARE has had many problems with the image, because articles have appeared around the world with authentic facts. These facts though were used out of context resulting in a biased or unreliable news sources. Another complicated factor, is that the image is as much about how you are perceived but also how you project yourself as an organization. All of this becomes very critical when operating in sensitive political environments, in times of conflict. NGOs

For this discussion, I decided to look at two of the employment settings I'm most interested in as an LPC: community mental health agencies and nonprofit organizations. In my immediate area, there are both types of these employment settings, such as Song Byrd Behavioral Health, a local mental health facility that offers therapy and counseling for a variety of issues, from grief counseling to PTSD, and Domestic Violence Intervention Services (D.V.I.S.), a local nonprofit domestic violence shelter that aids women and children who come from relationships that involve domestic violence. First, to appropriately answer this discussion post, I wanted to properly define what a community mental health agency is, and what a nonprofit organization is.

The found examples of non-profit organizations using new media include American Cancer Society’s Pressroom Blog, UNICEF’s Twitter page, and TED’s Youtube channel. The blog is able to effectively display the expertise of the organization on the social issue at hand. Moreover, the blog is easily assessable and has topics that fit the interests of broad audiences. In addition, the blog can easily be shared to others, and is useful as a place to analyze the audience’s opinions on the influence of the organization. A weakness of the blog includes it’s potential to be bias, as there is a personalized aspect to the blogger’s interpretations. Twitter is a useful media tool as it connects the organization to a large audience, is low cost, and allows

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.

There used to be a time when zoos used to be full of animals. A time when extinction was not a problem. That was the past. Today, zoos all around the world are missing many animals such as the African elephant or the dodo bird. All of these wonderful animals became extinct because we were careless enough to let them all die. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is an organization that is trying to prevent extinction from happening. WWF is an environmental organization dedicated to “protecting the world’s wildlife and wetlands” ("World Wildlife Fund"). It is one of the largest private supported conservation organizations in the world, with support from one million members in just the United States. WWF was formed on September 11, 1961 in Morges,

A Non-profit Organisation (NPO) is an establishment that uses its funding for the pursuit of a specific purpose such as for a charitable cause (Lorette, 2015). It is different from a for-profit organisation as its objective is to provide greater good to the society rather than to maximise the wealth of its stakeholders. The surplus revenues of an NPO are used for either its expansion, self-preservation or plans and no part of the profit is distributed to its members. NPOs are increasingly starting to operate like traditional business organisations as strategic planning and marketing is imperative for their survival.