Management of Not-For-Profit Organizations Week 1 Fall 2014 Bruce Duggan Providence University College

What To Expect expect lots of work  it’s a 3 rd year course expect to be surprised  how big the non-profit sector is  how complicated the non-profit world is  how relevant is will be to your future my advice  by next class: carefully read the syllabus  always: stay up to date on readings

The Textbook the “gold standard” textbook  worth keeping  max 2 people to share a textbook  US focus

The Textbook chapters  designed for a 2-semester course  assigned chapters everyone read tested in quizzes discussed in class  others each person pick, present & write about 1 chapter presentation minutes see syllabus

Field of Study? It is difficult to define what nonprofit organizations are, what they do, and how they do it. Hall, in Renz et al., pg. 3

Field of Study? charities non-profits groups of people doing good things churches religious organizations groups of people trying to act together to achieve goals they think are worthwhile co-ops community organizations advocacy organizations arts groups sports groups unions political parties hospitals business associations

non-profit sector for-profit business government family Field of Study

non-profit sector Field of Study co-ops non-profits charities churches

Field of Study understanding action  governance  management non-profits charities churches co-ops

How We’ll Study information decisions experiences

Done & To Do Done by today  read over syllabus  read over Cornerstones of CommunityCornerstones of Community To do by this Tuesday  read chapter on changing context (ch 3)  pick a project group 3 – 5 people

Syllabus Projects  could be almost anything Ideas  Dead Weight Electronics  Kickstarter project… charcoal business in refugee camp in Uganda ?  ProfDrop  weiring the Rat  creating an accountability tool for churches  website support to… 50by30.org ?