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2007 Publications of the Week
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December 30, 2007 -
January 5, 2008 |
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The Nonprofit Board Member's Guide to Lobbying and
Advocacy by Marcia
Avner and Kirsten Nielsen
From the publisher: The
Nonprofit Board Member's Guide to Lobbying and Advocacy shows board members
how to use their power and privilege to move their organization's work
forward. The Nonprofit Board Member's Guide to Lobbying and Advocacy is
second in a series of books on the topic from the Wilder Publishing Center.
The first book, The Lobbying and Advocacy Handbook for Nonprofit
Organizations, is aimed at nonprofit executives, managers, and lobbyists.
Marcia Avner has more than 30 years influencing public policy. She is public
policy director for the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and assistant
professor in nonprofit management at Hamline University. The book includes:
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Concepts, principles, and
strategies specific to board members of 501 (c) 3 charities
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An eight-step process
that enables boards to plan for advocacy to be proactive instead of
reactive |
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First-person success
stories and from-the-field advice from board members across the U.S.
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Information about the
laws that govern lobbying by nonprofits |
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Detailed worksheets that
lead readers through critical processes |
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An appendix of lobbying
tips and tactics |
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December 23 - 29,
2007 |
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People to People Fundraising: Social Networking and Web
2.0 for Charities by
Ted Hart, James M. Greenfield and Sheeraz D. Haji
From the publisher: Giving
donors the chance to participate in and contribute to the success of a
charity beyond the online gift is proving to be successful for many
nonprofits. Find out how to make the most of your online fundraising efforts
with the expert advice found in People to People Fundraising: Social
Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities. Featuring a Foreword by James Austin
of Harvard University, this hands-on guide is filled with creative ideas,
techniques, and suggestions to help readers harness the power of social
networking for your nonprofit, including:
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Evaluating your Web site
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Blogs — an important
development in fundraising |
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How to leverage an
individual supporter's social network |
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Online marketing to
ethnic and special interest communities |
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How to influence
single-gift Web donors to become monthly donors
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Why ePhilanthropy
succeeds — seven pillars of e-success |
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Connecting with planned
gift donors and prospects |
Based on the authors'
decades of combined real-life experiences plus scores of international case
studies demonstrating ePhilanthropy success stories from around the world,
People to People Fundraising provides a wealth of proven, practical
techniques to help you boost your organization's success.
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December 16 - 22, 2007 |
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Making Critical Decisions: A Practical Guide for
Nonprofit Organizations
by Roberta M. Snow and Paul H. Phillips
From the publisher: Roberta
Snow and Paul Phillips present a clear and structured way to manage the
challenges of limited resources, competing demands, and the need for
accountability while remaining true to a nonprofit’s mission. Making
Critical Decisions offers nonprofit leaders a proven model for making hard
choices that minimize risks while maintaining progress toward the
organization’s goals as well as a practical framework for understanding and
implementing the decision-making process. The book includes qualitative and
quantitative tools and offers illustrative case examples throughout that
clearly show how this method can be applied to different types of nonprofit
organizations.
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December 9 - 15,
2007 |
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The Creative Community Builder's Handbook: How to
Transform Communities Using Local Assets, Arts, and Culture
by Tom Borrup
From the publisher: Art and culture can be a powerful catalyst for
revitalizing the economic, social, and physical conditions in communities.
This handbook gives you successful strategies, best practices, and "how-to"
guidance to turn cultural gems into effective community change. Part 1 of
this unique guide distills research and emerging ideas behind culturally
driven community development and explains key underlying principles. You'll
understand the arts impact on community well-being and have the rationale
for engaging others. Part 2 gives you ten concrete strategies for building
on the unique qualities of your own community. Each strategy is illustrated
by two case studies taken from a variety of cities, small towns, and
neighborhoods across the United States. You'll learn how people from all
walks of life used culture and creativity as a glue to bind together people,
ideas, enterprises, and institutions to make places more balanced and
healthy. These examples are followed in Part 3 with six steps to assessing,
planning, and implementing creative community building projects. Detailed
guidance, hands-on worksheets, and a hypothetical community sample walk you
through the entire process. Each section includes additional resources as
well as an appendix listing books, web sites, organizations, and research
studies.
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December 2 - 8,
2007 |
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Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact
Nonprofits by Leslie
Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant
From the publisher: An innovative guide to how great nonprofits achieve
extraordinary social impact. What makes great nonprofits great? Authors
Crutchfield and McLeod Grant searched for the answer over several years,
employing a rigorous research methodology which derived from books on
for-profits like Built to Last. They studied 12 nonprofits that have
achieved extraordinary levels of impact—from Habitat for Humanity to the
Heritage Foundation—and distilled six counterintuitive practices that these
organizations use to change the world. This book has lessons for all readers
interested in creating significant social change, including nonprofit
managers, donors and volunteers.
Leslie R. Crutchfield (Washington, D.C.) is a managing director of Ashoka
and research grantee of the Aspen Institute. Heather McLeod Grant (Palo
Alto, CA) is a nonprofit consultant and advisor to Duke University’s Center
for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship and the Stanford Center for
Social Innovation.
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November 25 - December
1,
2007 |
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Funding Effectiveness: Lessons in Building Nonprofit
Capacity by Grantmakers
for Effective Organizations
From the publisher: From
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO), a community of grantmakers
dedicated to building strong organizations, comes a guide to promising
practices in capacity building. Written for leaders of both grantmaking and
nonprofit organizations who are dedicated to improving the sector's
effectiveness, Funding Effectiveness offers a compelling collection of
essays from many of the most highly regarded practitioners in the field.
Throughout the book these experts share their personal and their
organizations' lessons learned in the area of organizational effectiveness,
and they offer practical suggestions and action steps for implementation.
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November 18 - 24,
2007 |
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Becoming Culturally Oriented: Practical Advice for
Psychologists ands Educators
by Nadya A. Fouad and Patricia Arredondo
From the publisher: In
Becoming Culturally Oriented: Practical Advice for Psychologists and
Educators, Nadya A. Fouad and Patricia Arredondo provide a comprehensive
framework for helping psychologists and others in the helping professions to
increase and improve culturally responsive practice, research, and
education. Research shows that racial and ethnic minorities have less access
to mental health services than do Whites and are more likely to receive poor
quality services. Compounding these problems is the fact that ethnic
minority psychologists are poorly represented among psychologists as a
whole, relative to their numbers in the general population. To address these
concerns, APA
has developed the Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research,
and Organizational Change for Psychologists as a blueprint for psychologists
pursuing their work in increasingly diverse communities.
The Guidelines are written
in aspirational language, but to date, an associated program for applying
the guidelines has been missing. In this book, Fouad and Arredondo show how
educators, practitioners, administrators, and researchers can use each of
the guidelines as a basis for consciousness-raising and self-examination as
well as for broadening culturally responsive practices on an organizational
level. Addressing each guideline in turn, the authors provide case studies,
checklists, and questions for self-examination and discussion, designed to
foster planning and implementation of more culturally informed psychological
services and teaching practices. The book will also be useful for nonprofit
program staff in a variety of professional settings as well.
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November 11 - 17, 2007 |
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Nonprofit
World Magazine
From the publisher:
Nonprofit World is a bi-monthly magazine published since 1983 by the Society
for Nonprofit Organizations. It provides busy nonprofit leaders with concise
and practical articles whose advice can be easily implemented. In addition
to current issues, subscribers also receive access to an online archive of
over 700 searchable and printable articles dating back to 1996 - an
indispensable resource for any nonprofit leader or board member.
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November 4 - 10,
2007 |
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Keep Your Donors: The Guide to Better Communications and
Stronger Relationships
by Tom Ahern and Simone Joyaux
Keep Your Donors: The Guide
to Better Communications and Stronger Relationships, written by fundraising
experts Tom Ahern and Simone Joyaux, is a new, winning guide to making
disappointing donor retention rates a thing of the past. For the first time
in one book, nonprofit professionals will find an in-depth analysis of the
two things that matter most to long-term fundraising success: relationship
building at all levels of the organization and a thorough look at effective
fundraising communications. This practical and provocative book shows
nonprofit professionals how to:
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Master the strategies and
tactics that make fundraising communications profitable
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Create a "culture of
philanthropy" |
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Apply hard-core marketing
principles to fundraising |
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Understand the most
complete discussion of emotional triggers ever written and the science
behind them |
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Create plans for
relationship-building and donor communications |
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Build a truly
"donor-centered" program |
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Write a case for support
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Those seeking their CFRE
credential will find this book doubly helpful. The authors based their work
in part on the CFRE and AFP job analyses,
which document the roles, knowledge, and competencies required for effective
fund development.
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October 28 - November
3, 2007 |
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Financing Nonprofits: Putting Theory into Practice
by Dennis R. Young
From the publisher:
Nonprofits often struggle financially, overwhelmed by the need to muster a
complex combination of income streams that range from grants and government
funding to gifts-in-kind and volunteer labor. Financing Nonprofits draws
upon a growing body of scholarship on the economics and organizational
theory of nonprofit organizations to offer a set of practically applicable
principles that can guide nonprofits towards firmer financial ground.
Organized under the auspices of the National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise,
Financing Nonprofits is both an invaluable resource to nonprofit leaders and
an ideal classroom resource for students of nonprofit finance.
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October 21 - 27, 2007 |
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Generating and Sustaining Nonprofit Earned Income: A
Guide to Successful Enterprise Strategies
by Sharon M. Oster, Cynthia W. Massarsky, and Samantha L. Beinhacker
From the publisher: In
collaboration with the Yale School of Management-The Goldman Sachs
Foundation Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures, this comprehensive guide
identifies best practices for generating a reliable income stream and
ultimately reducing nonprofit organizations' dependence on traditional
sources of funding. Edited by renowned scholar and consultant Sharon Oster
and Cynthia Massarsky and Samantha Beinhacker, deputy directors of The
Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures, Generating and Sustaining Nonprofit
Earned Income: A Guide to Successful Enterprise Strategies will teach
readers sound business planning strategies that can significantly benefit
their organization's internal capacity and financial health.
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October 14 - 20, 2007 |
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Grassroots Grants: An Activist's Guide to Grantseeking,
2nd Edition by Andy
Robinson
From the publisher: In the
revised second edition of the bestselling guide to grantseeking, author and
activist Andy Robinson walks you through the challenges of incorporating
grants into a complete fundraising program, using grant proposals as
organizing plans, designing fundable projects, building proposals piece by
piece, and fostering effective communication with funders who support the
activist community. This updated edition keeps pace with the changing times
and contains all new budgets and model proposals, interviews with funders
from the grassroots community and timely information about grantseeking on
the Internet. Andy Robinson has worked with a variety of nonprofits as a
fundraiser, grantwriter, editor, and community organizer. All told, he has
raised more than $4 million for grassroots organizations and written 150
successful proposals.
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October 7 - 13, 2007 |
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Transforming Museum Volunteering: A Practical Guide for
Engaging 21st Century Volunteers
by Ellen Hirzy
The American Association of
Museum Volunteers (AAMV) Board of Directors announces the publication of,
Transforming Museum Volunteering: A
Practical Guide for Engaging 21st Century Volunteers. This new
book, written by noted museum author Ellen Hirzy and published by AAMV, is a
tool for museums and cultural institutions of all types and sizes who wish
to leverage the talents and skills of 21st century volunteers. Museum
volunteerism has changed in recent years to encompass a broader range of
people who have many different interests, backgrounds, and even
availability. The book contains practical information, sample forms,
resources, and a toolkit for engaging 21st Century volunteers.
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September 30 - October
6, 2007 |
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Yours, Mine, and Ours: Creating a Compelling Donor
Experience by Barry J.
McLeish
From the publisher: Written
by nonprofit marketing guru Barry McLeish, Yours, Mine, and Ours
provocatively challenges nonprofit managers' assumptions about what
successful nonprofit management looks like in light of new donor strategies.
Keeping up with the sea change in the business of philanthropy has become a
full-time job for fundraisers and for managers of nonprofits. McLeish's book
explores the expanded expectations of twenty-first-century donors and offers
a road map to guide development professionals in building meaningful
relationships that will insure years of engaged support. This book goes
beyond conventional concepts of branding and marketing into the creation of
authentic partnerships between donors and organizations. Filled with
revealing case studies that highlight examples of current nonprofit
practices, this book shows you how to:
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Harness the capabilities the Internet offers and face the numerous
issues and opportunities it presents |
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Design a compelling donor experience that leads to increased giving
through stakeholder collaboration, shared values, and new knowledge
creation |
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Achieve both immediate and long-term goals in today's competitive
fundraising climate |
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Promote and expertly present your nonprofit as effectively as do
more "glamorous" causes |
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September 23 - 29, 2007 |
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The Source 12: Twelve Principles of Governance That Power Exceptional Boards
by Boardsource
From the publisher: Exceptional boards add significant value to their
organizations, making discernible differences in their advance on mission.
How does a board rise to this level? Are there standards that describe this
height of performance? The Source: Twelve Principles of Governance That
Power Exceptional Boards defines governance not as dry, obligatory
compliance, but as a creative and collaborative process that supports chief
executives, engages board members, and furthers the causes they all serve.
The Source enables nonprofit boards to operate at the highest and best use
of their collective capacity. These principles offer chief executives a
description of an empowered board that is a strategic asset to be leveraged.
They provide board members with a vision of what is possible and a way to
add lasting value to the organizations they lead.
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September 16 - 22,
2007 |
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The Community Economic Development Handbook: Strategies
and Tools to Revitalize Your Neighborhood
by Mihailo Temali
From the Publisher: The
step-by-step guide to turning any neighborhood around! In this concrete,
practical, jargon-free handbook, author Mihailo Temali describes a proven
way to make any community a better place to live. If you don't already have
a community economic development (CED) organization in place, Temali tells
you how to set one up. Then he defines four pivot points that are crucial to
neighborhood economies. Other CED professionals share their insights in
“From the Field” notes. Appendices point you toward useful resources, show
you how to use the Internet to research your regional economy, and include
dozens of worksheets that will help you move from reading about CED to doing
it.
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September 9 - 15, 2007 |
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Message Matters: Succeeding at the Crossroads of Mission
and Market by Rebecca
K. Leet
From
the publisher: It may be true that everyone should care about your mission,
but virtue alone won’t catch the attention of your target audiences or
prompt their action. Message Matters: Succeeding at the Crossroads of
Mission and Market helps you do
both. It shows you how to
develop messages that resonate with your audiences’ desires so they take the
action you want. Message Matters gives you a simple framework for making
strategic decisions and guides you through five steps to produce a powerful,
activating message. You'll learn how to:
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Clarify the action you want
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Pinpoint who you want to take action
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Discover what your audience wants, hopes for, and desires
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Find the shared desires between your organization and your audience
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Convey your message effectively |
The ideas and approach in
Message Matters build on the author’s years of work across the spectrum of
professional communications and management and address the everyday
challenges facing today’s organizations.
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September 2 - 8, 2007 |
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Information Gold Mine:
Innovative Uses of Evaluation
by Paul W. Mattessich, Shelly Hendricks and
Ross VeLure Roholt
From the Publisher:
Information Gold Mine highlights 14 nonprofits that have used program
evaluation in exciting, creative ways. You'll find five examples of using
evaluation for improving services, five examples of influencing policy, and
four examples of marketing a program. Written for non-technicians-service
delivery practitioners, program designers, and managers-Information Gold
Mine provides real examples and contains the ideas, suggestions, and actual
words of your nonprofit colleagues. Topics include:
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Specific changes organizations made based on evaluation findings;
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Barriers they faced and how they overcame them;
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Practical advice including their most important learning and what
would they have done differently; |
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You’ll also find lists of specific questions to ask if you want to
improve services, influence policy and legislation or market a program. |
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August 26 - September
1, 2007 |
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The
Community Leadership Handbook: Framing Ideas, Building Responsibilities, and
Mobilizing Resources by
James F. Krile, with Gordon Curphy and Duane R. Lund
The Alliance for Nonprofit
Management has just named The Community Leadership Handbook by James F.
Krile as recipient of Honorable Mention for the 2007 Terry McAdam
Book Award. This book was our pick of the week in August 2006 and we’d like
to feature it again.
From the publisher: This
significant guide puts the tools of democracy into everyone’s hands. Based
on the best of Blandin Foundation’s 20-year experience in developing
community leaders, it gives community members the tools to bring people
together to make changes. Topic and tools covered include:
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Identifying Community Assets
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Community Problem Analysis
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Appreciative Inquiry |
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Translating Vision to Action
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Interpersonal Communication for
Leaders |
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Managing Interpersonal Conflict as a
Leader |
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Building Social Capital Across
Cultures |
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Building Coalitions and Effective
Community Teams |
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Recruiting and Sustaining Volunteers
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Getting the Most from Your Meetings |
Whether you are an active
community member who wants to make a difference, a nonprofit leader serving
the community, a leadership advisor, a government liaison called on to
convene the community, a business leader, a public servant, or a foundation
program officer specializing in community needs, you will find in this book
the tools and theories essential to getting your work done.
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August 19 - 25, 2007 |
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Why Nonprofits Fail: Overcoming Founder's Syndrome,
Fundphobia and Other Obstacles to Success
by Stephen R. Block
From the Publisher: In Why
Nonprofits Fail, author and nonprofit expert Stephen Block explains that
many well-intentioned leaders hold on to views of their nonprofit
organizations that perpetuate problems rather than help fix them. According
to Block, the first step to success is to challenge one's own personal
paradigms and ideas and be open to unique and alternative approaches to
solving problems. This much-needed book helps nonprofits get back on track
and offers advice about the seven most common stumbling blocks, including:
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Founder's syndrome
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Fundphobia
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Financial misfortune
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Recruitment
disorientation |
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Cultural depression in
nonprofit organizations |
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Self-serving political
performance |
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Role confusion between
the board and executive director |
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August 12 - 18, 2007 |
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Grantwriting
Beyond the Basics Book 3: Successful Program Evaluation
by Michael K. Wells, CFRE
From the Publisher: Program
evaluation is the key to an organization’s success. Analyzing program
outcomes can help you implement cost efficiencies and improve in areas that
need extra attention. It gives you the opportunity to evaluate whether what
you’re doing is working, and if it’s not, to make the necessary changes. A
strong evaluation section in your grant proposal tells the grantor that the
organization is succeeding in its mission, or if it’s not, that it has a
plan in place to improve future outcomes. The publication includes an
extensive chapter on resources, a comprehensive glossary, and an annotated
bibliography. Topics include:
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What funders want |
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Coordinating grants and evaluation
planning |
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Logic models and theory of change
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Developing an evaluation plan
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Writing your evaluation section
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Using logic models to show how your
program works |
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The growing use of evidence-based
planning |
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Evaluation instruments and how to use
them |
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July 29 - August 11,
2007 |
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Grantwriting Beyond the Basics Book 2: Understanding
Nonprofit Finances by
Michael K. Wells
From the Publisher: Michael
Wells, author of Proven Strategies does it again with book two in the
Grantwriting Beyond the Basics series, Understanding Nonprofit Finances.
Concisely written in highly accessible language and loaded with hands-on
examples, tables, figures, and forms, Understanding Nonprofit Finances is
the most comprehensive book to date on the topic for grantwriters and other
nonprofit professionals. According to grantmakers, failure to present the
budget clearly and tie it to the narrative is a mistake commonly made by
even the most seasoned grantwriter, which can result in an unfunded grant.
Understanding Nonprofit Finances prepares the grantwriting professional to
do it right the first time around. One by one, Wells removes the barriers to
understanding how the budget works and why it's such a key part of any grant
proposal.
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July 22 - 28, 2007 |
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Grantwriting Beyond the Basics: Proven Strategies
Professionals Use to Make Their Proposals Work
by Michael K. Wells
From the publisher: Proven
Strategies is the first in the series Grantwriting Beyond the Basics
designed to inspire grantwriters to take your grant development strategies
to the next level. As the introductory volume, it is more broad in scope,
dealing with a wider array of topics than the others. In his clear, easily
accessible writing style, veteran grantwriter Michael Wells reveals the
strategies he has used in his 30 years of nonprofit experience, to secure
millions of dollars in funding for his clients. His unique approach to
program design and management puts this book in a category all its own,
offering a sound foundation on which to base your proposal, and paving the
way to funding success. Topics covered include:
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Current trends affecting
grantwriting |
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Honing your skills as a
professional grantwriter |
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Researching to establish
need |
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Using logic models in
grant development |
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Matching evaluations to
your project and organization |
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Using the budget to tell
your story |
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Grants tracking for the
small organization |
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Grants as part of a
capital campaign |
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Resources for
grantwriters |
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July 15 - 21, 2007 |
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Robin Hood Marketing: Stealing Corporate Savvy to Sell
Just Causes by Katya
Andresen
From the publisher: Katya Andresen, a veteran marketer and nonprofit
professional, demystifies winning marketing campaigns by reducing them to
ten essential rules and provides entertaining examples and simple steps for
applying the rules ethically and effectively to good causes of all kinds.
The Robin Hood rules steal from the winning formulas for selling socks,
cigarettes, and even mattresses, with good advice for appealing to your
audiences’ values, not your own; developing a strong, competitive stance;
and injecting into every message four key elements that compel people to
take notice. Andresen, who is also a former journalist, also reveals the
best route to courting her former colleagues in the media and getting your
message into their reporting. Katya Andresen is vice president of marketing
at Network for Good, the Internet’s leading charitable giving site. She
developed the Robin Hood rules in working with dozens of local, national,
and international causes in the United States, Eastern Europe, and Africa.
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July 8 - 14, 2007 |
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Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age
by Allison Fine
The Alliance for Nonprofit
Management has just named Momentum by Allison H. Fine as winner of the 2007 Terry McAdam Book Award. This book was our pick of the week in September 2006 and
we’d like to feature it again.
From the publisher: How can
we move from serving soup until our elbows ache to solving chronic social
ills like hunger or homelessness? How can we break the disastrous cycle of
low expectations that leads to chronic social failures? The answers to these
questions lie within Momentum, a fresh, zestful way of thinking about and
organizing social change work. Today's digital tools—including but not
limited to e-mail, the Web, cell phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs),
even iPods—promote interactivity and connectedness. But as Momentum shows,
these new social media tools are important not for their wizardry but
because they connect us to one another in inexpensive, accessible, and
massively scalable ways.
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July 1 - 7, 2007 |
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Branding for Nonprofits: Developing Identity with
Integrity by D.K.
Holland
From the publisher:
Branding for Nonprofits: Developing Identity with Integrity
provides the processes, tools, and thinking needed to brand to rebrand.
Author D.K. Holland—a pioneer in the field—helps nonprofits approach the
rebranding process with confidence and enthusiasm. The publication addresses
the connection between branding and fund-raising. Case studies reveal
real-life situations in which nonprofits have successfully created branding
opportunities out of dilemmas, creating a distinctive, clear identity that
furthers their mission. Inspiring and demystifying, this book is the
essential tool for nonprofits seeking to communicate their important work in
a bold voice. D.K. Holland has been developing award-winning branding,
licensing, promotion, and product development for major clients for more
than thirty years. Today she works exclusively with nonprofits.
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June 24 - 30, 2007 |
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Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-Based Wisdom for Nonprofit
Capacity by Susan
Stevens, Ph.D. Kenny
From the publisher: Nonprofit
Lifecycles: Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity, winner of the 2002
Terry McAdam Book Award for best new nonprofit book, weighs in with a
developmental perspective on nonprofit capacity and its relationship to
increased organizational performance. Offering practical insights and
thought-provoking case illustrations, this book presents seven nonprofit
lifecycle stages and the predictable tasks, challenges, and inevitable
growing pains that nonprofits encounter and can hope to master on the road
to organizational sustainability. More than ten thousand nonprofit and
foundation officers have attended the Growing-Up Nonprofit TM seminars in
which Susan Kenny Stevens originally introduced the hands-on wisdom of
lifecycle theory. Now, as foundations and nonprofits seek to understand the
principles of capacity and capacity-building activities, Stevens again
showcases the lifecycle approach she pioneered more than two decades ago.
Susan Kenny Stevens is a nationally recognized consultant, author and
lecturer on management, financial and organizational issues pertaining to
philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. Her books and case studies are used
nationally and internationally in university-based nonprofit management
courses.
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June 17 - 23, 2007 |
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Beyond Fundraising: New Strategies for Nonprofit
Innovation and Investment, 2nd Edition
by Kay Sprinkel Grace
From the publisher: Do you or
your volunteers fear rejection or feel like a beggar when fundraising? Do
you worry about soliciting donors too often? Are you tired of the relentless
cycle of fundraising activities necessary to generate revenues for your
programs? Beyond Fundraising: New Strategies for Nonprofit Innovation and
Investment, Second Edition dispels these concerns and helps you:
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Learn how to position your organization in the community as a
constructive, vital, and successful social investment |
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Develop an investor relationship with donors and engage their
values-based commitment capacity to make a difference in their
communities |
In this revised and updated
Second Edition, fundraising expert Kay Sprinkel Grace presents her
internationally field-tested core beliefs, principles, and strategies for
developing long-term relationships with donor-investors and volunteers.
Share in the wisdom and experience that have helped countless nonprofit
organizations grow their base of support and go beyond fundraising into true
donor and fund development.
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June 10 - 16, 2007 |
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Nonprofit Essentials: Recruiting and Training Fundraising
Volunteers by Linda
Lysakowski
From the publisher: Research
and practice tell us that organizations that engage volunteers in
fundraising have more sustained success. This book is a substantive
contribution to the literature of volunteer fundraisers. Linda Lysakowski
brings into focus the realities of enlisting volunteers to ensure success in
a campaign. She clearly outlines logical steps that lead to inspiring
passion in the volunteer, who is so essential to reaching a goal. The author
has woven the guidance of the great masters of philanthropy and volunteer
management partnered with her extensive life experience. This is a must-have
resource for development officers and nonprofit leadership essential for
both volunteers and management. Especially useless are the 'In the Real
World' examples of concepts in action that can be implemented locally.
Topics include: Finding and recruiting fundraising volunteers; Volunteer
positions in the capital campaign; Volunteers in other fundraising roles;
Role of the board in fundraising; Training and educating volunteers, and
more.
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June 3 - 9, 2007 |
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Fired-Up Fundraising: Turn Board Passion Into Action
by Gail Perry
From the Publisher:
Fired-Up Fundraising: Turn Board Passion into Action enthusiastically
lays out a clear series of steps that help you introduce your board to a new
perspective on fundraising. Written by nonprofit authority Gail Perry,
Fired-Up Fundraising: Turn Board Passion into Action presents Passion-Driven
Fundraising -- fundraising that engages board members, leads change, and
achieves unprecedented results for your organization. This book:
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Renews readers' passion
for the change they want their nonprofit to make in the world
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Discusses proper
selection of board members and the establishment of clear, early
expectations |
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Clearly walks you through
the process of creating a fundraising board |
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Introduces a system of
clear and workable steps to fire up your board and turn them into the
"Dream Team" you want |
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Includes examples of easy
ways for board members to get involved in fundraising as well as sample
board commitment letters |
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Provides a special
chapter presenting all of the book's exercises for your use as a
powerful retreat designed to motivate, inspire, and empower board
members |
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May 27 - June 2, 2007 |
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The Budget-Building Book for Nonprofits: A Step-by-Step
Guide for Managers and Boards
by Murray Dropkin and Jim Halpin
From the Publisher: This new
edition of the bestselling nonprofit financial guide provides step-by-step
guidance for nonprofit organizations seeking to build effective budgets. It
addresses the importance of budgets and budgeting and walks the reader
through basic types of nonprofit budgets, implementation, tracking, and
reporting. It includes worksheets, sample budgets, lists, and other tools.
This edition also includes new chapters on zero-based budgeting and capital
budgeting, as well as a CD with electronic versions of budgeting tools and
software to make budget-building easier. Murray Dropkin is President of CMS
Systems, a consulting firm that specializes in improving the operational and
financial operations of both nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Jim
Halpin has spent the last 30 years developing accounting software and other
applications for a wide variety of industries.
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May 20 - 26, 2007 |
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Creating Caring and Capable Boards: Reclaiming the
Passion for Active Trusteeship
by Katherine Tyler Scott
From the Publisher:
Creating Caring and Capable Boards is
for the millions of people who serve on nonprofit boards and for the
executive staff who work with those boards. It offers readers a new and
proven model of board leadership. Based on more than ten years of practical
experience, this step-by-step process can help board members to refine their
understanding of the organization, strengthen their commitment to mission
and goals, and improve their ability to lead cohesively and effectively.
Author Katherine Tyler Scott explores the historical context of board
service, explains the duties of board trustees, and offers straightforward
exercises to help trustees fulfill their unique roles. Much more than a
guide, this book invites boards to renew their commitment to improving the
social sector through caring and competent leadership.
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May 13 - 19, 2007 |
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Nonprofit Marketing Best Practices
by John J. Burnett
From the Publisher:
Nonprofit Marketing Best Practices teaches proven marketing techniques
that can help your nonprofit stand out among the growing number of
organization competing for funding, programs, and volunteers. Introducing
services marketing as the foundation for nonprofit marketing planning, this
essential handbook addresses vital issues including: how to market
intangibles, defining services and service products, the unique
characteristics of service products, the marketing-related needs and wants
of nonprofits, best practices marketing strategies and tactics, and ,
marketing successes, marketing failures, and company demographics.
Nonprofit leader John Burnett
shares everything he's learned during more than three decades managing and
consulting nonprofits of every shape and size. Filled with winning marketing
concepts, Nonprofit Marketing Best Practices follows an accessible format
that actually instructs readers on how to put strategies into effect for
their organization.
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May 6 - 12, 2007 |
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Strategic Tools for Social Entrepreneurs: Enhancing the
Performance of Your Enterprising Nonprofit
by J. Gregory Dees, Jed Emerson and Peter Economy
From the publisher: As a
follow-up to their book Enterprising Nonprofits, the authors of Strategic
Tools for Social Entrepreneurs provide a full set of practical tools for
putting the lessons of business entrepreneurship to work in your nonprofit.
The book offers hands-on guidance that helps social sector leaders hone
their entrepreneurial skills and carry out their social missions more
effectively than ever before. This practical and easy-to-use book is filled
with examples, exercises, checklists, and action steps that bring the
concepts, frameworks, and tools to life. Detailed explanations of all the
tools and techniques will help you personalize and apply them to your
nonprofit organization–making it stronger, healthier, and better able to
serve the needs of our communities.
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April 29 - May 5, 2007 |
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Nonprofit Essentials: The Development Plan
by Linda Lysakowski
From the Publisher: One of
the most significant factors in the success of any fundraising program is
the ability and willingness of the organization to take the time to develop
an integrated development plan with realistic budgets, timelines, and areas
of responsibility. Part of the AFP/ Wiley Fund Development Series, Nonprofit
Essentials: The Development Plan takes the reader through the development
planning process and helps both novice development officers and seasoned
professionals to create a plan that contributes to an organization's
realization of its mission. Exhorting readers to ensure their plan is a
living instrument and not just a document sitting on a shelf, nonprofit
expert Linda Lysakowski includes examples of typical development plan
formats as well as timelines for the planning process to help users identify
the level of detail that will be required. Whether large or small, your
organization will benefit from Nonprofit Essentials: The Development Plan.
This professional guide's nuts-and-bolts presentation equips your
organization to create a dynamic development plan that fosters enthusiasm,
cultivates a sense of confidence, and helps track success.
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April 22 - 28, 2007 |
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Generations: The Challenge of a Lifetime for Your
Nonprofit by Peter C.
Brinckerhoff
From the
publisher: Generational change presents as many opportunities for nonprofits
as challenges. In Generations: The Challenge of a Lifetime for Your
Nonprofit, nonprofit mission expert Peter Brinckerhoff tells you what to
expect and how to plan for it. From iPod policies to recruiting younger
board members, Brinckerhoff shows how you can address generational trends,
today, to keep your nonprofit organization relevant and able to meet the
changing needs of your staff, volunteers, donors, and the community you
serve. You’ll come away with an understanding of six key generational
trends and how they will impact your nonprofit. Individual chapters provide
in-depth information on how to deal with generation issues in each area of
your organization—staff, board, volunteers, clients, marketing, technology,
and finances. This hands-on guides includes the Generational Self-Assessment
Tool. This tool gives you a baseline to measure your success as you bring
generations into your planning.
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April 15 - 21, 2007 |
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The Ultimate Board Member's Book
by Kay Sprinkel Grace
From the Publisher: Kay
Sprinkel Grace’s work will take your board members only one hour to read,
and yet they’ll come away from The Ultimate Board Member’s Book with a firm
command of just what they need to do to help your organization succeed. It’s
all here in 114 tightly organized and jargon-free pages: how boards work,
what the job entails, the time commitment involved, the role of staff,
serving on committees and task forces, fundraising responsibilities,
conflicts of interest, group decision-making, effective recruiting,
de-enlisting board members, board self-evaluation, and more. In sum,
everything a board member needs to know to understand their role and serve
capably is explored. Real world, not theoretical, concrete not abstract, The
Ultimate Board Member's Book focuses on issues and concerns that all board
members will inevitably face and grapple with.
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April 8 - 14, 2007 |
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Meeting Excellence: 33 Tools to Lead Meetings That Get
Results by Glenn M.
Parker and Robert Hoffman
From the Publisher: Meeting
Excellence is a comprehensive resource that provides a wide range of
ready-to-use tools that have been developed and tested by a meeting
initiative within Novartis Pharmaceuticals. It is based on years of research
observing team meetings, examining existing meeting documents, and
conducting a number of intensive individual interviews in the U.S. and
Europe. This important book offers the information and tools needed to
prepare, facilitate, and follow up on all your meetings. Step by step,
Meeting Excellence shows how to:
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Create an action-focused meeting agenda
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Ensure that everyone participates in discussion
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Deal with disruptive and inattentive people
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Develop a climate of trust among meeting participants
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Create and deliver effective meeting presentations
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Stay on track to achieve your meeting goals
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Achieve clear communication during a multicultural meeting
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Choose among various web-based meeting tools |
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April 1 - 7, 2007 |
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Nonprofit Marketing Best Practices
by John J. Burnett
From the publisher: In
today's challenging economic climate, every nonprofit organization needs an
organization-wide commitment to a comprehensive marketing strategy to
increase awareness and support. Written for every nonprofit organization,
large or small, Nonprofit Marketing Best Practices teaches proven marketing
techniques that can help nonprofit organizations stand out among competitors
vying for funding, programs, and volunteers. This user-friendly guide
demonstrates how services marketing serves as the foundation for nonprofit
marketing planning. The book contains principles and applications to help
readers implement the concepts discussed, including the marketing-related
needs and wants of nonprofit organizations, marketing strategies and
tactics, and company demographics, among many others. It is a hands-on guide
to the best practices in nonprofit marketing-what to do, what not to do, and
how to do it better.
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March 25 - 31,
2007 |
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Nonprofit Law Made Easy
by Bruce R. Hopkins
Written by Bruce R. Hopkins,
Nonprofit Law Made Easy is a must-read guide for executives, board
members, officers, accountants, fundraisers, and others who handle legal
issues that affect the way nonprofit organizations are formed and operated.
Nonprofit Law Made Easy presents in-depth discussions on such hot
topics as acquiring and maintaining tax-exempt status, reporting
requirements, charitable giving, disclosure requirements, unrelated business
activities, fundraising, corporate governance principles, and board member
liability. It also includes crucial information on avoiding nonprofit law
traps and navigating governance and liability issues.
Packed with practical tips
and hard-to-find, authoritative advice, Nonprofit Law Made Easy
demystifies complex legal issues with plain-language explanations of laws
and regulations for non-legal professionals.
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March 18 - 24,
2007 |
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Capital
Campaigns from the Ground Up: How Nonprofits Can Have the Buildings of Their
Dreams by Stanley
Weinstein
From the publisher:
Capital Campaigns from the Ground Up provides guidance on every
aspect of planning and implementing a campaign for funding and completing a
significant building project. The book lays out a detailed road map for
successfully managing all aspects of project realization. Moving easily from
preparation to design to fundraising, Capital Campaigns from the Ground Up
presents a comprehensive approach to coordinating these efforts. This
practical, clearly written handbook will help the reader:
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Think strategically in
the early preparation stage |
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Balance building and
fundraising concerns |
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Build a committed team of
volunteers, a cohesive board, and a solid donor base
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Make a strong case for
support, utilize media resources, and communicate a clear mission
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Determine what has worked
in past successful campaigns |
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March 11 - 17,
2007 |
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Major Donors: Finding Big Gifts in Your Database and
Online by Ted Hart,
James M. Greenfield, Pamela M. Gignac, and Christopher Carnie
From the publisher: Written
by an experienced group of experts for their nonprofit peers, Major Donors:
Finding Big Gifts in Your Database and Online supplies all types of
nonprofit organizations with the best strategies for navigating the
ever-changing world of fundraising on the Internet. Truly international in
its examples, research, advice, and knowledge, this book is rich with
avenues and ideas about approaching prospective givers—and generous with
cross-cultural tips about conducting cultivation and solicitation in various
countries.
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March 4 - 10,
2007 |
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Working Across Boundaries: Making Collaboration Work in
Government and Nonprofit Organizations
by Russell M. Linden
From the publisher:
Working Across Boundaries is a
practical guide for nonprofit and government professionals who want to learn
the techniques and strategies of successful collaboration. Written by
Russell M. Linden, one of the most widely recognized experts in
organizational change, this no nonsense book shows how to make collaboration
work in the real world. It offers practitioners a framework for developing
collaborative relationships and shows them how to adopt strategies that have
proven to be successful with a wide range of organizations. Filled with
in-depth case studies, the book clearly shows how organizations have dealt
with the hard issues of collaboration. Working Across Boundaries
includes:
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Information on how to select potential
partners |
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Guidelines for determining what kinds
of projects lend themselves to collaboration and which do not
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Suggestions on how to avoid common
pitfalls of collaboration |
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Strategies proven to work consistently
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The phases most collaborative projects
go through |
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The nature of collaborative leadership
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February
25 - March 3,
2007 |
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Nonprofit Essentials: Endowment Building
by Diana S. Newman
From the publisher:
Nonprofit Essentials: Endowment
Building is a comprehensive guide on how to start, grow, and maintain an
endowment. It demonstrates how to put theory into practice with numerous
real-life examples and success stories. It provides both practical, hands-on
advice and a philosophical, inspirational framework to guide novice and
experienced mission-based organizations. The publication shows how
endowments can provide multiple opportunities for donor involvement when the
solicitation program is well designed and integrated with other fund
development and program goals. Emphasizing the critical ethical issues
inherent in marketing and structuring endowment gifts, it is an excellent
reference manual and training guide for development staff.
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February 18 - 24,
2007 |
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Mapping the New World of American Philanthropy: Causes
and Consequences of the Transfer of Wealth
by Susan U. Ph.D. Raymond and Mary Beth Martin
From the Publisher: Mapping
the New World of American Philanthropy offers clear insight into the
anticipated transfer of wealth between generations, and its practical
implications for philanthropy in regards to demographics, the expected
trends, the potential impact on the nonprofit system, the impact on
governmental policy, and the expanding role of family foundations, women,
and donor-advised funds. Noted industry expert Susan Raymond, as well as
other field leaders, provide candid insights into what is likely to happen
and how nonprofits can prepare.
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February 11 - 17,
2007 |
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Not-for-Profit Audit Committee Best Practices
by Warren Ruppel
From the Publisher: Due to recent, very public
accounting scandals and the resulting Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other
regulations, public companies have strict guidance on financial governance
and accounting, including the functions and responsibilities of audit
committee members. Though not-for-profit organizations are subject to
increased scrutiny, there has been no detailed guidance for their audit
committees. This book fills the void and helps not-for-profit organizations
answer these questions: How should the audit committee be structured? Which
Sarbanes-Oxley requirements (if any) should the audit committee adopt? Which
best practices best fit the organization's structure and financial reporting
needs? Complete with checklists, sample questions, and an index for quick
reference, Not-for-Profit Audit Committee Best Practices covers:
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The audit committee's role in preventing and
detecting fraud |
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Important internal controls and the internal audit
function |
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The relationship of the audit committee and the
independent auditor |
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February 4 - 10,
2007 |
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Black Tie Optional: A Complete Special Events Resource
for Nonprofit Organizations
by Harry A. and Karen Feldman
From the Publisher:
Regardless of the kind of big event your organization has planned for its
next fundraiser, everything you need to know and do is in this thorough and
essential handbook. Now in a Second Edition, Black Tie Optional demystifies
the process and makes it as easy as possible to have a successful event that
generates money as well as new supporters. Authors and industry experts
Harry Freedman and Karen Feldman show you how to: decide on the best kind of
event for your organization, select the best location and date for your
event, develop budgets, reach and book celebrities, create invitations and
get publicity, set ticket prices, and organize and motivate your committees.
This handy, how-to manual takes you step by step through the entire process
of selecting and producing simple and complicated events and arms you with
all the information you need, including practical advice, real-world
examples from actual events, summary checklists, and worksheets.
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January 28 - February
3, 2007 |
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The Cash Flow Solution: The Nonprofit Board Member's
Guide to Financial Success
by Richard and Anna Linzer
From the publisher: Many nonprofits rely on
conventional methods of making and managing money—from donations to cash
reserves, endowments, and capital building campaigns—in hopes of securing
financial stability for the future. Yet these acquired funds often remain
tantalizingly out of reach for day-to-day operations; the balance sheet may
look good, but the actual cash available is often surprisingly low. In order
to achieve their missions, nonprofits need to fundamentally change the way
they think about money. Richard and Anna Linzer introduce a groundbreaking
approach to nonprofit financial management based on cash flow and the use of
credit that gives nonprofits the money they need, when they need it while
ensuring the long-term financial well-being of the organization. Their
revolutionary and effective financial model is explained in clear and
understandable terms for decision makers in both large and small nonprofit
organizations.
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January 21 - 27, 2007 |
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Selling Social Change (Without Selling Out): Earned
Income Strategies for Nonprofits
by Andy Robinson
From the publisher: In
Selling Social Change (Without Selling Out) expert fundraising trainer and
consultant Andy Robinson shows nonprofit professionals how to initiate and
sustain successful earned income ventures that provide financial security
and advance an organization's mission. Step by step, this invaluable
resource shows how to organize a team, select a venture, draft a business
plan, find start-up funding, and successfully market goods and services.
Robinson includes critical information on the tax implications of earned
income and the pros and cons of corporate partnerships. The book also
addresses when to consider outsourcing, collaborating with competitors, and
raising additional funds to expand the business.
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January 14 - 20, 2007 |
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Building Donor Loyalty: The Fundraiser's Guide to
Increasing Lifetime Value
by Adrian Sargeant and Elaine Jay
From the publisher: Building
Donor Loyalty is a hands-on guide written for professional fundraisers that
outlines the factors that drive donor retention, explains how to keep donors
committed to an organization, and offers suggestions for developing donor
value over time. It is based on data drawn from a research program which
included more than 20,000 nonprofit organizations and was funded by the
Aspen Foundation and the Indiana Fund through the Center on Philanthropy at
Indiana University. Building Donor Loyalty contains a variety of
illustrative case studies that demonstrate the power of effective donor
retention strategies and clearly explains each of the factors that can build
donor retention. It includes tools and techniques that have proven
successful when growing long-term relationships with donors and offers
practical advice for fundraisers who want to integrate this knowledge into
their own thinking, planning, and practice.
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January 7 - 13, 2007 |
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Grant Proposal Makeover: Transform Your Request from No
to Yes by Cheryl A.
Clarke and Susan
P. Fox
From the publisher: Nine out
of ten grant proposals are rejected. Grant Proposal Makeover shows how to
transform lackluster proposals into excellent ones–that have the potential
to be funded. This book stands out from other traditional grantwriting books
because it illustrates common flaws and problems in proposals and shows
exactly how to fix them. It also includes helpful tips and quotes from
foundation program officers and funding community insiders taken from an
international survey of foundation professionals.
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December 31, 2006 -
January 6, 2007 |
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Fundraising for Social Change, 5th Edition, Revised &
Expanded by Kim Klein
From the publisher: Since it
was first published in 1988, Fundraising for Social Change has become one of
the most widely used books on fundraising in the United States. Fundraising
practitioners and activists rely on it for hands-on, specific, and
accessible fundraising techniques, and it has become a required text in
dozens of college courses around the country. This fifth edition offers the
information that has made the book a classic: proven know-how on asking for
money, planning and conducting major gifts campaigns, using direct mail
effectively, and much more. The book has been significantly changed to
include new technology—e-mail, online giving, and blogs—and contains
expanded chapters on capital and endowment campaigns, how to feel
comfortable asking for money, how to recruit a team of people to help with
fundraising, and how to build meaningful relationships with donors. In
addition, this essential resource contains new information on such timely
topics as ethics, working across cultural lines, and how to create
opportunities for fundraising more systematically and strategically.
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