How to Operate a Non-Profit Organization

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Jim Goettler with Expert Village and this is a video about how to form a non profit organization. One of the biggest issues that come up in many non profits is the dynamic between the board of directors and those who we call operations the staff. And what happens is the board wants to get involved in staff issues or the staff wants to cross over to the board operations. It's a mediate way to cause friction and that's what you really don't need to have, it's a good idea if the board frankly goes through board training and learn how to be a board of directors. How to be responsible for the vision of the organization keep your eye on the finances but primarily set overall policy that has been carried out by the staff. When the board starts crossing into the staff area there is going to be conflict, there's no need for it, there's always a way around that sort of thing. What the staff needs to remember that they're trying to further the organization, they're taking a day to day needy greedy work of the group and making it happen. They should consult the board absolutely they should let the board now what's going on at all times, have open lines of communication at all times. But it's a good idea from the get go to have a slight line from the board and those folks from the operations, cause it makes everybody happy and makes things move a lot smoother. In the next segment I'm going to cover the publicity and the out rage of capacity of the building if you will for your organization, stay with me."