Building Non-Profit Success

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON MY CULTURE. THE SUNSHINE STATE IS QUICKLY ESTABLISHING ITSELF AS A LEADER IN INDUSTRIES. ACCORDING TO REGISTERED AGENTS, THAT'S A BUSINESS FORMATION. RESEARCH GROUP, FLORIDA LOGGED NEARLY 700,000 NEW BUSINESSES AND 2025. LEADING THE NATION BY A WIDE MARGIN. THE STATE'S BOOMING POPULATIONS, FAVORABLE TAX POLICIES AND LOW OPERATING COSTS HAVE HELPED THE STATE BECOME A HAVEN FOR FLEDGLING BUSINESSES. BUT IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, ONE GROUP HAS DEDICATED ITSELF TO HELPING THOSE COMPANIES AS WELL AS NONPROFITS IN THE AREA, HELPING THEM BUILD A COMMUNITY AND FIND THEIR VOICES. WGCUS TEDDY BYRNE HAS MORE. >> FOR MORE ON THE SUPPORT OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS, I AM JOINED BY JEANNE SWEENEY. SHE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE ABOVE BOARD CHAMBER OF FLORIDA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. GOOD. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE. WHAT CAN YOU TO START OFF WITH TO EXPLAINING WHAT YOUR ORGANIZATION DOES AND HOW IT HELPS THESE GROUPS DOWN HERE? >> WELL, >> WHAT WE DO IS PANELS OF EXPERTS THAT HIS BUSINESS TOPICS, MINE GOLD BASICALLY IS WHEN PEOPLE COME INTO BOARD CHAMBER, THEY NEED PEOPLE WHICH IS NICE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHEN THEY WALK OUT THE DOOR, THEY ARE A LITTLE TALLER. THEY FEEL MORE CONFIDENCE SO THEY CAN TAKE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY LEARN AND APPLY IT TO THEIR BUSINESS. THEIR LIFE OR THEY CAN FILL ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO TAKE A CLASS HERE AT FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY BECAUSE THEY'RE READY FOR E. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE LEARN SO EVERYTHING WE DO IS EDUCATIONAL BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE EDUCATION FOR THEIR BUSINESS SO THEY CAN KEEP GROWING AND BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SAY. WE WANT THEM HAVE THE TOOLS. >> AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TOOLS. A LOT OF THIS COMES DOWN TO THINGS LIKE MARKETING. SO YOU JUST FOCUSSING ON HOW TO GET NOTICED OR OTHER BUSINESS ASPECTS TO WHAT YOU DO AS WELL. EVERYTHING WE DO HIS BUSINESS. >> WE THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLS THAT I JUST SPOKE ABOUT. I MEAN, WE BRING IN PEOPLE LIKE THE FEDERAL RESERVE AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE BECAUSE SOMETIMES I REMEMBER A COUPLE YEARS AGO, EVERYBODY WAS INTO CRYPTOCURRENCY. EVERYBODY WAS IN IT. THE MOTHER, THE FATHER, THE NEWBORN BABY, WERE WHERE SPECIALIST, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS IN. I SAID, LET'S FIND OUT WHO THE REAL SPECIAL SAYS WE'VE BEEN IN THE FED. AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD BE HELD AT THE HILTON, NAPLES AND PEOPLE LEARN THINGS FROM THE EXPERTS AND SOMETIMES. SOCIETY AND OUR BUSINESSES. STOP LISTEN TO THE WRONG PEOPLE. OR THEY DON'T HAVE TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE BRING IN THE RIGHT PEOPLE. SO WHEN THEY SIT THERE AND THEY'RE LIKE, WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. SO I CAN TAKE THAT AND MAKE MY BUSINESS BETTER. AND THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. SO EVERYTHING WE DO IS BUSINESS MINDED. >> SO THEN WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHAT ARE SOME OF LIKE THE PITFALLS THAT YOU NOTICE THAT THEY TEND TO BE FALLING INTO? >> WELL, SOMETIMES EVEN LIKE A SOCIAL MEDIA. I WANT IT TO MY MEMBERS WHEN THEY'RE DOING SOCIAL MEDIA OR FACE A STEP TO SEE SOMEBODY ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA SAILING THINNER FACEBOOK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. JUST LIKE IT USE WORDS WHEN YOU LIKE SOMETHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT ONLY STAYS UP FOR A LITTLE WHILE. BUT IF YOU TO PUT SOME WORDS IS STAYS LONGER PLACE. IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT. SO IF YOU JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, JEANNE SWEENEY ABOUT THIS, I LIKE IT FINE. BUT IF YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE GREAT JOB, JEANNE, OR I LIKE TO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, YOU'RE GOING TO THE NEXT MEETING. THE PERSON I WAS READING THAT SCENE THAT YOU ARE SOMEBODY THAT THEY WANT TO GET TO KNOW BECAUSE YOU'RE FRIENDLY. SO WE NEED TO GET BREAK AWAY FROM THAT BACKGROUND THAT WERE NOT STEPPING INTO PEOPLE IN WHEN WE SUPPORT PEOPLE, WE SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY. >> AND YOU MENTIONED WITH THE ABOVE BOARD CHAMBER IN KIND OF BUILDING THIS COMMUNITY, THIS NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS, EVERYONE IN BETWEEN THEY GET TOGETHER. HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT TO HELP BUSINESSES THRIVE? AND ALSO JUST BUILD UP A BETTER AREA OF INDUSTRY. >> WELL, WE QUEEN LOOK FOR WAYS TO WHAT'S OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE CAN FIT IN AND WE WERE YOU CAN HELP LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE. SO BY SEA, A NON-PROFIT DOING SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY COOL. I'M LIKE, WOW, LET'S GET THAT OUT. LET EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE OUR AREA OF INFLUENCE. AND IF WE DO SHARE THAT WITH HELPING OUR COMMUNITY. SO IF YOUR RADIO STATION IS DOING SOMETHING AND I SAY IT, I PUT IT OUT THERE. LET PEOPLE KNOW THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND YOU'RE INVITED AND YOU NEED TO GO AND MEET SOME GREAT PEOPLE. >> AND THEN THAT THERE ARE MANY NONPROFITS IN THIS ANY KIND OF HAVE OVERLAPPING IDEAS AND IDEOLOGIES. HOW CAN YOU HELP THEM TO LEARN THAT MAY BE WHAT THEY DO IS DIFFERENT AND THAT EVERYONE CAN THRIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER. >> WELL, WE HAVE A LOT OF NONPROFITS AND THAT SORT OF LIKE ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IN THE WORLD IS OUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITY, WHICH IF YOU KNOW ME, PEOPLE KNOW IRAN LOT TO NONPROFITS. AND IN MY PAST AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE BEEN CALLED MISSION POSSIBLE. COMING UP AND MISSION POSSIBLE. I STARTED LAST YEAR BECAUSE I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE NONPROFITS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. A LOT OF THEM ARE GETTING CAUGHT AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO TO GET THE MONEY TO MAKE UP FOR THOSE CUTS. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HELP PEOPLE GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND NONPROFITS. WE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT MISSION POSSIBLE IS I LOOKED FOR THE BEST SPEAKERS. YOU KNOW, THEY NEED DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT CAN GET UP THERE AND THAT'S GOING TO BE LEGAL. SOME OF THESE GOING TO TALK ABOUT BOARD WORK. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY. WANT THESE NONPROFITS TO COME IN THERE. NOW THEY'RE APPRECIATED. WE LOVE WHAT THEY DO. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS. SO ALL THE SPEAKERS THEY HAVE 20 MINUTE, EACH ONE ARE GONNA TEACH THEM THINGS THEY NEED TO KNOW ON ALL DIFFERENT SUBJECTS AND HOW TO RUN A NONPROFIT. WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AS ONE COMMUNITY >> JEANNE SWEENEY OF THE ABOVE BOARD CHAMBER OF FLORIDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.