Malala Yousafzai

GOVERNMENT, LEADERSHIP & ADVOCACY

Nonprofit organizations, which fall under the 501(c)(3) IRS code for the federal government, have rules for starting up, administering their operations and shutting down. Trust is a crucial component of the relationship between nonprofit organizations and donors. State and federal regulations exist to prevent fraud and the breakdown of trust between nonprofits, their donors and the communities they serve.

Governments created laws to protect donors and to prevent nonprofit organizations from using donations for a purpose other than their stated one.

Leadership can make or break an organization. Leadership in nonprofit organizations presents a specific set of challenges and therefore requires a unique set of skills. Executive mentoring and leadership development training can be key to growing nonprofit core competencies among board members and volunteers alike. At the end of the day, this type of training can create a team that will better serve an organization and help them meet their goals. Whether you are interested in learning nonprofit leadership skills or exploring options for nonprofit leadership development training, here are some thoughts from Third Sector about the importance of leadership development training in nonprofits.

Advocacy helps nonprofits advance their mission, increase their funding sources, and solve community and societal problems. Many nonprofit organizations’ missions address the needs, misfortunes, and inadequacies of individuals and communities, and even help individuals and communities aspire and dream for a better quality of life.

Organizational advocacy offers a new way to look at the interaction between people and their organizations. What each of us thinks, says, does in the workplace, and the things we appreciate and the things that displease us-- according to organizational advocacy--really matter. Organizational advocacy puts responsibility and accountability for achievement where it should be, not with some distant manager but on us as individuals.

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Courses taken to satisfy this Competency: Administrative Theory & Volunteer Management