1. Management of Not-For-Profit Organizations 472.31 Week 1 Fall 2014 Bruce Duggan Providence University College

2. 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

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

4. 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 10 - 15 minutes see syllabus

5. 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

6. 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

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

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

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

10. How We’ll Study information decisions experiences

11. 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

12. 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 ?