West Virginia Book Festival Research Paper
West Virginia Book Festival Paper
Comm/ 215
Beverly Ranzoff
Team D
Meriecha, Lara, Megan and Kranishia
July 27th, 2014
In organizations many challenges are faces that can cause financial and business problems. Understanding the need to work as a team and rely on outside sources can prove difficult for both for-profit and non-profit organizations. Ethics, morals and a standard code of practice is a basic foundation for success. In non-profit organizations the community relies on honest in both financial and physical donations. Organizing a nonprofit fundraiser can be a difficult and tedious task but, with the proper business model and financial resources any community based event can be successful.
The mission of the festival …show more content…
In a recent news clip, The Top Ten Dumbest States, (The Street, 2014) West Virginia was listed as the number 1 dumbest city in America. 17.3 percent of the population has their BA and a median household income of $40,196. The mass majority of the work force in West Virginia does not require a higher education. Many go straight from high school to the work environment without going into college. Educating the youth with how important it is to further your developments in reading will encourage them to seek out many different options in life. The more they read the more options that will unfold for their futures. To some this may seem unimportant and don’t realize how important and beneficial reading is, but with the book festival it will help educate and promote reading in the youth and adults. The book festival will offer and create many different options on education, benefits of reading and how can it better you as a …show more content…
(2009). Ten Nonprofit Funding Models. Stanford Social Innovation Review (Vol 7, P 18-19). Stanford, CA: Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. Retrieved from: http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/ten_nonprofit_funding_models.
WVPASS (n.d.) Education Retrieved from http://www.wvpass.org/grants.html
National Endowment for the Humanities . (n.d.). About NEH. Retrieved from http://www.neh.gov/about
Umar, B. (5/ 2014). Top 10 Dumbest States in America, From Tennessee to West Virginia. Education Retrieved from http://www.thestreet.com/video/12727221/top-10-dumbest-states-in-america-from-tennessee-to-west-virginia.html
Grants.gov. (2014). Education Search Grants. Retrieved from http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=nonprofit%20community%20book%20festival
Enoch Pratt Free Library. (2014). How to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit Organization. Retrieved from
Comm/ 215
Beverly Ranzoff
Team D
Meriecha, Lara, Megan and Kranishia
July 27th, 2014
In organizations many challenges are faces that can cause financial and business problems. Understanding the need to work as a team and rely on outside sources can prove difficult for both for-profit and non-profit organizations. Ethics, morals and a standard code of practice is a basic foundation for success. In non-profit organizations the community relies on honest in both financial and physical donations. Organizing a nonprofit fundraiser can be a difficult and tedious task but, with the proper business model and financial resources any community based event can be successful.
The mission of the festival …show more content…
In a recent news clip, The Top Ten Dumbest States, (The Street, 2014) West Virginia was listed as the number 1 dumbest city in America. 17.3 percent of the population has their BA and a median household income of $40,196. The mass majority of the work force in West Virginia does not require a higher education. Many go straight from high school to the work environment without going into college. Educating the youth with how important it is to further your developments in reading will encourage them to seek out many different options in life. The more they read the more options that will unfold for their futures. To some this may seem unimportant and don’t realize how important and beneficial reading is, but with the book festival it will help educate and promote reading in the youth and adults. The book festival will offer and create many different options on education, benefits of reading and how can it better you as a …show more content…
(2009). Ten Nonprofit Funding Models. Stanford Social Innovation Review (Vol 7, P 18-19). Stanford, CA: Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. Retrieved from: http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/ten_nonprofit_funding_models.
WVPASS (n.d.) Education Retrieved from http://www.wvpass.org/grants.html
National Endowment for the Humanities . (n.d.). About NEH. Retrieved from http://www.neh.gov/about
Umar, B. (5/ 2014). Top 10 Dumbest States in America, From Tennessee to West Virginia. Education Retrieved from http://www.thestreet.com/video/12727221/top-10-dumbest-states-in-america-from-tennessee-to-west-virginia.html
Grants.gov. (2014). Education Search Grants. Retrieved from http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=nonprofit%20community%20book%20festival
Enoch Pratt Free Library. (2014). How to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit Organization. Retrieved from