1. Topic-
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Understanding the Nonprofit Sector |
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2. Content-
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Scope, Impact, and common pain points for nonprofits and their leaders |
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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1.Understand the scale of nonprofit sector
2.Hear from classmates and leaders why they are are doing the work
3.Identify common nonprofit pain points
4. Learn about the practices of successful nonprofit leaders including
the role of innovation
5. Elevate the work and talent in the nonprofit sector |
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4. Objectives-
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1.Fellows will understand the scope and impact of the nonprofit
sector locally and nationally
2. Fellows will understand the basic structure of 501c3 organizations
(legal) and other 501c organizations
3. Fellows will identify the similarities and differences between
for-profit and nonprofit organizations |
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5. Materials and Aids-
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1. TED Talk (Pre-work)
2. Worksheets or PPT with question prompts for group discussion
3. Worksheet that details types of 501c organizations
4. Guest addresses and notes for saying thank you
5. Snapshot of previous Community Action Projects if they correlate
to common challenges |
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
1.We are about to begin part of your Fellows experience that focuses
on nonprofit organizations. Next time we meet, you will hear from
(most likely all) nonprofit leaders looking for your help and expertise
to help better meet their mission through a Community Action Project.
Some of you all are experts in this work and will be content experts
and teachers along the way. Some of you are less familiar with this.
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B. Development-
1.Slides/questions re: "What is a nonprofit?"
2. 501c3 orgs, specifically focus on...
3. Where does the $ come from?
4. Why do people work in the nonprofit sector? How do they know what
success looks like? Key challenges?
4. How many nonprofits are there nationally? locally? |
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C. Practice-
Group Discussion:
1. Defining success in both sectors
2. Obstacles to success
Review scale of sector - how many nonprofit organizations there are
locally and nationally, number of applications submitted to IRS annually.
Is that a lot? Too many? Too few?
Debrief what Dan indicated as the 5 common pain points.
Connecting Community Action Projects to common obstacles
Forced choice to explore our feelings about nonprofit organizations
and giving |
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D. Independent Practice-
Group Analysis:
1. Commonalities in how groups defined success?
2. Differences in how groups defined success
1. Common obstacles
2. Different obstacles
How do you think your Community Action Projects might reflect some
of these common obstacles? |
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E. Checking for understanding-
1. How can you support the nonprofit sector aside from working for
a nonprofit?
2. How can we support nonprofit's work to solve some of our most pressing
challenges?
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F. Closure-
1. Next session - CAP presentations from nonprofit leaders. They
were asked to answer 4 questions. |
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7. Evaluation-
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1. Advance understanding of the sector
2. Help you explore the way we give to, support, and empower nonprofit
organizations |
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