First Post

About Me:

Hello all! My name is Alexander I am a resident of Nashville. Tennessee go Vols! I am also a student at Middle Tennessee State University studying healthcare administration. As a part of the healthcare administration curriculum I am currently taking a nonprofit management class  in which we have learned about many things. We have studied the steps involved to develop and form a nonprofit organization Things such as values, and mission statements, and purpose.

As a part of the class we have also learned about the personnel needed in operating a nonprofit successfully. Roles like the board of directors. This is something all nonprofits must have.  The Board of Directors have to balance a multitude of responsibilities. Those could be fund raising, hiring staff, outlining policy for the or organization, and appointing a Executive Director.

The Executive Director is the face of the nonprofit in the community where it resides. They also are the lesion  between the staff that help keep the organization going by competing day to day tasks, those assisted by the organization, and the Board of Directors. The most common conflict a Executive Director has to face is  pleasing both the staff who know what the organization needs to improve and pleasing the Board of Directors. There are often times misunderstandings about what the Board thinks is good for the organization and what staff thinks is good for the organization.

Most recently we have began to study the strategic planning aspect of nonprofit organizations. I will be sharing some of that information in a later post. I hope this provides just a glimpse of what i have learned in  my nonprofit management class this semester.