Community Consulting Club Kickoff Session

Community Consulting ClubKickoff Session September 20th, 2007

Agenda • Club Purpose and Background • Working With Nonprofit Clients – Neel Hajra • Team Introductions • Community Consulting Board Introductions • Mentor Introductions • Next Steps…

Our mission is to facilitate change and We chose you to make it happen! Mission Statement The Community Consulting Club donates business experience to nonprofits that would not be able to afford expert advice. MBA & BBA students provide nonprofits with high quality deliverables on projects ranging from marketing plans to financial strategies. Only 66% Applicants Accepted Only 50% Leaders Accepted

What is the Nonprofit Sector? Defining Characteristics: • Formal (institutionalized) • Private (non-governmental) • Not profit-distributing (re-invest in mission) • Self-governing (not controlled by others) • Voluntary (meaningful level of participation) • Public Benefit From: Lester Salamon, “What is the Nonprofit Sector and Why Do We Have It?” in J. Steven Ott (ed.), The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector

Function of Nonprofit Sector • Service • BROAD range of service roles • Advocacy • Give voice to wide array of social, political, environmental, ethnic, and community concerns • Expression & Community Building • Individuality, solidarity

Profile of Nonprofit Sector • 1.3 million charities, foundations, and congregations1 • 11.7 million paid employees (9% of national workforce)2 • Volunteers provide equivalent of 9 million FTEs1 • 73% have budgets less than $500,0003 • Only 6.5% have budgets over $5 million3 1 Salamon, The State of Nonprofit America, 2002 2 Independent Sector, Report to Congress and the Nonprofit Sector on Governance, Transparence, and Accountability, 2005 3 National Center for Charitable Statistics, Urban Institute, 2003

What is a Nonprofit? • “Nonprofit” is a type of corporation • “Nonprofit” combines 2 meanings • State nonprofit corporation • Federal tax exempt status:“501(c)(3)” • Understanding governance is key Public Board Executive Director Staff/Volunteers

“Public Good” • Eight major categories: • Arts, culture, humanities (10.4% of all nonprofits1) • Education & research (18.1%) • Environment & animals (3.8%) • Health services (13.2%) • Human services (33.7%) • International & foreign affairs (1.8%) • Public & societal benefit (11.9%) • Religion (5.6%) 1 National Center for Charitable Statistics, Urban Institute, 2003 (for nonprofits with budgets > $25,000, religious organizations are under-represented)

The “Double Bottom Line” • MISSION • Harder to measure success • Staff management • Volunteer management • FINANCIAL • Fundraising: grassroots, institutional • “Act like a business”? • Lack of access to capital or capital markets

Resources for/about Nonprofits • Visit: • NEW: • http://www.new.org • http://www.new.org/resourceconnect/ • Nonprofit and Public Management Center: • http://nonprofit.umich.edu

Tips for SuCCCess The Noble Pursuit of COMMON SENSE 

Respect the Organization • Different skills and values • Opportunity, not impediment • Watch the jargon, but don’t condescend • Value goes both ways • Don’t be the hero

Set Realistic Goals • Under-promise and over-deliver • Things get busy later in semester

Communicate with Client • Touch base regularly • (even if nothing is happening) • Team leader should be main representative

Communicate within Team • Everyone should have same info • Everyone should coordinate their activities

Don’t Cram • It’s an organization, not a final exam • Nonprofit time is valuable • Cramming forces compromise

Tie Up Loose Ends • Deliver all deliverables • Answer all questions • Everyone moves on

Shameless Plug #1 (sort of…) • NEW’s mission is to HELP NONPROFITS SUCCEED • Four programs: • ResourceConnect (resource for CCC!) • BoardConnect • npServ • NEW Center • Learn more at www.new.org

Shameless Plugs #2 & #3 • Workshop: “How to Start a Nonprofit Organization”, Oct. 10, 2:30 PM, 1110 Weill Hall • Class: “Policy and Management in the Nonprofit Sector”, Winter Term 2008 through the Ford School of Public Policy

Most Important… • Give Value • Get Value • HAVE FUN!!!!

Project Teams

CCC Executive Board VP Evening MBAs VP BBAs President Mark Flynn Brandon Rennels Jaydeo Kinikar VPs of Operations Shantanu Dhamija Jeremy Zasowski Caroline Koskinas Fei Xu VP Technology VP Finance VP Marketing VP Education Jay Nayegandhi Matt Taylor Namit Swaroop Evan Appleby

Project and Ops VP

Agenda • Club Purpose and Background • Working With Nonprofit Clients – Neel Hajra • Team Introductions • Community Consulting Board Introductions • Working With Your Mentor • Next Steps…

Who are these Mentors? • Mentors present a resource – use them • Expectations: • Initial conference call to narrow scope • Revision of Letter of Engagement • Midpoint check-in • Deliverable revision

Agenda • Club Purpose and Background • Working With Nonprofit Clients – Neel Hajra • Team Introductions • Community Consulting Board Introductions • Working with your Mentor • Next Steps…

Timeline

Questions?

Community Consulting Club Kickoff Session