The proliferation of nonprofit organizations coupled with a rapidly changing economy has resulted in fierce competition among these organizations to develop beneficial exchange relationships with clients. Aggressive marketing strategies have resulted in both positive outcomes like "partnering" and negative outcomes like "chugging." Focuses on marketing issues, problems, and strategies facing nonprofit organizations. Special emphasis is placed on charitable...

"Leading and Managing Nonprofit Organizations will provide leaders and managers with practical strategies for ensuring organizational success. Dann's 30+ years of experience developing and advancing organizational success is brought to bear to enable the reader to advance their own practice-based leadership capabilities. The book is filled with practical strategies to assure successful leadership practice with universally applicable examples of how...

"This book is a practical, how-to guide for those interested in writing, procuring, and implementing grants. The second edition has also been expanded to include a new chapter on how to become a grant writer. From gathering basic information about an organization through accepting and implementing the grant award, expert advice is provided then illustrated through step-by-step guides along with numerous examples. This publication is designed to be...

"This book was written in New York City, by a public health physician working at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the assistant dean of career services at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, during a time period when our city's schools and theatres closed, ambulance sirens wailed day and night, and thousands of our fellow New Yorkers perished in a pandemic, something public health experts had been warning...

Plan, deploy, and run Office 365 using an agile project management approach. This soup-to-nuts guide teaches you how to apply agile techniques in order to make your Office 365 implementation a success, even as the Microsoft Office 365 platform continues to evolve and introduce new features. The author's approach to teaching time- and resource-saving concepts mirrors the process a team might typically encounter in delivering software projects. Learning...

Due to the nature of not-for-profits, fraud may be more common than it seems. This book shows how to recognize red flags of fraud, including cyber fraud. It offers a comprehensive learning approach using real-world examples, explanations of audit standards, and informative case studies that analyze several unique frauds which occurred in the not-for-profit industry. Key topics covered are: misappropriation of benefits, pledges and contributions, cyber...

Based on a true story, "In May 2011, unbeknownst to his owner, [Goldendoodle] Dozer slipped out of his yard in Highland, Maryland, enticed by the sight of people running past. The runners were participating in the Maryland Half Marathon, a race benefitting the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center. Dozer joined the two thousand runners in the race, inspiring everyone along the thirteen-mile race course"--Dust jacket flap.

"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...