How to Create a Make a Wish Foundation Organizational Chart
The Make A Wish Foundation is dedicated to fulfilling wishes for those suffering from terminal illness. Like many companies, Make A Wish Foundation uses organizational charts to provide visual representation of the hierarchical relationships within the company.
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Instructions
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Gather information
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Research the relationships within the foundation including but not limited to board of directors, advisory committee, headquarters staff and internship positions. Whether you are creating an organizational chart for a local headquarters or the national foundation as a whole, researching the relationships of all staff/board members is crucial to gaining a better understanding of the relationships.
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Determine the scope of your chart. Make A Wish Foundation is a huge organization. Are you making a chart for the whole company, for one office, for one region or perhaps for one department?
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Prepare to insert researched information into a software program that creates Organization Charts such as Microsoft Word.
Make the diagram
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Use Microsoft Word to create the diagram and transfer the acquired information into a visual document.
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Open Microsoft Word software and create a new document.
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Change Page Layout to "Landscape" by clicking "File" from the standard tool bar and choosing "Page Setup" from the drop down menu of options.
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Click "Landscape" under the "Margins" tab of the Page Setup Menu and press "OK" to implement change.
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Select "Insert" from the standard toolbar and choose "Diagram" from the drop down menu of options.
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Choose the Organization Chart option from the Diagram Gallery and press "OK."
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Once a basic chart is inserted into your document, alter the diagram as necessary to include additional boxes to suit your research of pertinent relationships within the foundation.
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Tips & Warnings
The chart can easily be altered to fit the needs of the particular company. Copy and paste specified portions of your diagram to accommodate more relationships as necessary.
It is best to use "Job Titles" instead of individual's names because of possible turnover in staff or board members.
