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Newly revised and updated, this valuable resource, profiling 12 nonprofits that have achieved remarkable levels of impact, including Habitat for Humanity and the Heritage Foundation, offers a wealth of information for creating significant social change.
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Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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"Why getting results should be every nonprofit manager's first priority. A nonprofit manager's fundamental job is to get results, sustained over time, rather than boost morale or promote staff development. This is a shift from the tenor of many management books, particularly in the nonprofit world. Managing to change the world is designed to teach new and experienced nonprofit managers the fundamental skills of effective management, including: managing...
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Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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"An honest assessment for how to determine your individual relationship with charitable giving in today's world. From world-renowned philanthropists Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies comes a comprehensive guide on how to be a canny, street-smart, effective philanthropist, regardless of your income level. It is also a perfect companion for nonprofit program and development executives who would like...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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An entertaining, informative, and eminently useful guide that draws on psychology, data, and real-world experience to explain what really drives successful fundraising. In The Forgotten Foundations of Fundraising, Jeremy Beer and Jeff Cain, cofounders of American Philanthropic, a leading consulting firm for nonprofit organizations, offer practical lessons and unconventional wisdom for both nonprofit leaders and novices in the art and science of raising...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"What if nonprofits could avoid crises and devote more resources to the causes they want to advance? What if instead of being merely reactive, nonprofits could be proactive-confronting issues with radical candor, then taking reasonable steps to address their most important challenges? What if nonprofits could create virtuous cycles of action, leading team members to think like owners and strive for continuous improvement? What if, instead of being...
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Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Based on interviews with over 60 industry thought leaders, Building Smart Nonprofits: A Roadmap for Mission Success describes, in practical terms, how nonprofits can deploy developing trends and best practices to strengthen operational and financial sustainability"--
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Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"This book is written for nonprofit executives and board members who want effective design strategies that combine financial and programmatic realities to put together a mix that will deliver the highest impact with the highest financial sustainability. It offers an understanding of the concept of an organization-wide business plan and be includes specific, step-by-step tools to help them develop, modify, and adopt plans. The book includes analyses...
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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"In each chapter, you will find honesty, wit, compassion, and actions you can put into motion ASAP to improve your ability to share your leadership effectively. Garry offers a recipe for a real partnership between an executive director and a board chair. She draws on her own staff and board experience and her work with hundreds of clients to share what it takes to be a first class fundraiser and public speaker. She will also offer practical advice...
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Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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For-profit institutions measure their success primarily by monetary gains. But nonprofit institutions are different; they aim for social profit. But how do you measure the success of a social profit institution, where missions are focused on the well-being of people, place, and planet? It is one of the most difficult tasks faced by nonprofit administrations, who find themselves confused, even paralyzed, by the current demand for outcomes measurement,...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Providing information that builds exceptional nonprofit boards, this book present case studies from different parts of the world that illustrate effective practice, identifies and discusses interesting and significant differences, and explores global governance trends with implications for us all. --
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BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
TEDx speaker Aubrey Bergauer -- "the Steve Jobs of classical music" -- reveals how to run a successful arts business in the post-pandemic era, adapting for-profit methods for not-for-profit goals. In the US alone, the arts are a $763 billion sector whose 100,000+ organizations serve almost every community in the nation. There's no reason arts organizations should struggle to make ends meet. And now, with arts-tested strategies from Aubrey Bergauer,...
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