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| Question : | (TCO E) Imagine that you are the Executive Director of a nonprofit organization whose mission is to save the rain forests in Brazil. You plan to raise money for your mission by selling memberships in your organization. You have decided that in order to reach your goals, you need to hire a marketing manager. You have interviewed several qualified people, all of whom are currently marketing memberships in for-profit organizations and making about the same income that your position will pay. Assuming you could not offer more money, what would you say or do that could make a top candidate accept your offer?
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A corporation is a separate legal entity. Liability is generally confined to the organization and does not normally extend to those who manage it and for this reason alone a non-profit organization should probably be incorporated. The state non-profit corporation law provide answers to many questions that inevitably arise when forming and operating a non-profit organization for example: How many directors must the organization have ? What are their voting rights? How is notice properly given? What is the length and number of their terms of office? What officers must the organization have? What are their duties? How frequently must the governing board meet? Can the board members vote by mail? What issues must be decided by members? How are the organization's governing instruments amended? How must a merger of the organization occur? What is the process for dissolving the organization? and etc. Nearly every state has a non-profit corporation act and the answers of the above questions may be found in that law but if the organization is not a corporation than there and other questions are usually unanswered under state law and the organization must then add to its rules the answers to all the pertinent questions or live with the uncertainties. …show more content…
| Question : | (TCO G) In Week 2, you should have retrieved and analyzed the mission statements of two nonprofit organizations. Based on your analysis, discuss how a nonprofit's mission statement may help the board and the executive director of the organization lead the volunteers and employees. | | | Student Answer: | | A mission statement helps all the employees and volunteers of the organization come together and work together in one accord. Mission statement also helps board of director to setup the goal and direction of the organization. It also helps to communicate the mission to the employees and volunteers of the organization. Like in the case of American Cancer Society which says that The American Cancer Society is the nationwide ,community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy and service. This can be used as motivation by the board and executive director to lead the organization most especially towards the employees and volunteers who are cancer patients, cancer survivors or who has one that is suffering from cancer and also those who have lost a loved one to cancer. It will also provide the opportunity for the board and executive director to make consistent decisions and integrate objectives with goals and develop better communication in the organization.
A corporation is a separate legal entity. Liability is generally confined to the organization and does not normally extend to those who manage it and for this reason alone a non-profit organization should probably be incorporated. The state non-profit corporation law provide answers to many questions that inevitably arise when forming and operating a non-profit organization for example: How many directors must the organization have ? What are their voting rights? How is notice properly given? What is the length and number of their terms of office? What officers must the organization have? What are their duties? How frequently must the governing board meet? Can the board members vote by mail? What issues must be decided by members? How are the organization's governing instruments amended? How must a merger of the organization occur? What is the process for dissolving the organization? and etc. Nearly every state has a non-profit corporation act and the answers of the above questions may be found in that law but if the organization is not a corporation than there and other questions are usually unanswered under state law and the organization must then add to its rules the answers to all the pertinent questions or live with the uncertainties. …show more content…
| Question : | (TCO G) In Week 2, you should have retrieved and analyzed the mission statements of two nonprofit organizations. Based on your analysis, discuss how a nonprofit's mission statement may help the board and the executive director of the organization lead the volunteers and employees. | | | Student Answer: | | A mission statement helps all the employees and volunteers of the organization come together and work together in one accord. Mission statement also helps board of director to setup the goal and direction of the organization. It also helps to communicate the mission to the employees and volunteers of the organization. Like in the case of American Cancer Society which says that The American Cancer Society is the nationwide ,community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy and service. This can be used as motivation by the board and executive director to lead the organization most especially towards the employees and volunteers who are cancer patients, cancer survivors or who has one that is suffering from cancer and also those who have lost a loved one to cancer. It will also provide the opportunity for the board and executive director to make consistent decisions and integrate objectives with goals and develop better communication in the organization.