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Everything you need to know to launch your career infundraising Careers in Fundraising provides expert guidance on professionalopportunities in the field of fundraising, including topics onprofessional development, on-the-job issues, and the...

Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations is about exemplary leadership as found in both corporate and nonprofit organizations. The authors take a fresh approach to the study of leadership: they perform research in nonprofit organizations both to understand...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780557543922Author Matthew HinsleyFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm

Lotteries and state-sponsored gambling is big business. This is the first study that evaluates the business strategies of state lotteries on two fronts. First, it examines which of the lottery strategies produces the most consistent source of revenue for...

This book focuses on the training, education, and assistance needs of municipal governments as they prepare to face the challenges of the 21st century. These crises include increased citizen demands, dwindling financial support, technological advances,...

The Board Member's Playbook--written for board members who are either familiar with or new to John Carver's revolutionary Policy Governance model--offers real-world scenarios that address the challenges that confront boards of all types of organizations...

Explore the methods and processes to help nonprofits raise money in an environment that increasingly demands accountability, transparency, and results. The realities of today's economic environment have required that nonprofits, and those that raise...

Local governments are hard-pressed to balance their budgets in the 1990s. Part of any budget-balancing effort is accurate forecasting. In this new work, Howard Frank introduces time-tested forecasting techniques from the private sector and military in a...

Dr. James P. Gelatt discusses the five basic principles that should guide all nonprofit organizations: mission, leadership, management, professionalism, and financial stability. Each principle is thoroughly explored and is enhanced by instructive...

"A unique book with a unique approach, this is destined to become aclassic." --Charitable Gift Planning News In this deeply humane and informative book, Douglas White deftlyweaves together personal insight and level-headed advice in aprobing look at the...

Global Public Management offers a collection of cases illustrating managerial problems and policy situations that managers could face anywhere in the world. These cases are then analyzed by universal scholars and practitioners of public management. The...

Drawing on the findings of the most ambitious national study to date on nonprofit strategic restructuring, the authors provide nonprofit managers, board members, consultants, and foundation executives with research-based information to use in making...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087911977Author Dianna BautistaFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Indy PubPublisher Indy PubWeight(grams) 127g

Beginning with the decade of the nineties, the idea of strategic management of government and nonprofit organizations burst upon the scene. Traditionally, governments have been thought of as being unchanging, resistant to change, or at the most, changing...

Praise for Joining a Nonprofit Board ""As an individual who has served on various nonprofit boards, and as the president and CEO of a large nonprofit organization, I can attest to how valuable this book is. Marc Epstein and Warren McFarlan offer insight...

Administrators and directors of non-profit organizations (NPOs) face most of the same challenges and problems that confront their counterparts in profit making organizations. And while there are certain concepts of administration that are fairly...

Redesigning the Work of Human Services explores alternative organizational designs for the delivery of human services-designs that emphasize collaborative governance and partnerships among public and private agencies, local control and responsibility for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814432969Author Laurence PagnoniFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint AmacomPublisher HarperCollins FocusWeight(grams) 385gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Legislative initiative, in response to public demands for more accountability, require public agencies at all levels of government to measure organizational performance and to report on service efforts and accomplishments (SEA). What considerations...

Throughout the country, activists are making change and getting it in writing. Read how community groups have successfully developed and promoted more than 1,000 local policies that have: limited alcohol and tobacco billboards and liquor stores in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780557725830Author Trista HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979889424Author Doug EadieFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Doug Eadie & CompanyPublisher Doug Eadie & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982745373Author Eric SchmallFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Old Stone PressPublisher Old Stone PressWeight(grams) 191g

Over the past twenty years, a number of factors, including the attempts to reduce the size of the federal bureaucracy, have contributed to a growing concern over the federal government's ability to attract, motivate, and retain a talented and committed...

Designed specifically for labor management advocates and their clients in the public sector, this book is a comprehensive yet practical guide to the arbitration of grievances in public employment. The authors, both experienced arbitrators themselves,...

A professional book and text for anyone interested in marketing in the nonprofit sector. Rados covers the entire field, from explaining what marketing is to describing the role of marketing in the nonprofit organization. He provides specifics on pricing,...

This authoritative guide presents in--depth discussions on such hot topics as the timing of charitable deductions, estate and gift tax considerations, special property rules, and planned giving. Packed with practical tips and hard--to--find advice,...

An expert in securing grant money provides a clear, step-by-step course in grant writing that readers can "attend" from the comfort of their home or office-and proceed with at their own pace. Many organizations that desperately need financial support...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780976004363Author Jeremy ReisFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Write ThatPublisher Write ThatWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm

Policing, environmental protection, and tax administration have much more in common than practitioners in these areas often recognize. Their cultures and traditions have, for the past few decades, incorporated a classic enforcement mentality, based on...

In the past decade the global financial assistance for AIDS responses increased tremendously and the donor community provided greater resources to community responses. Yet little is known about the global magnitude of these resources and their allocation...

Though frequently used interchangeably, the terms tax-exempt organization and nonprofit organization do not carry the same legal definition. Nonprofit enterprises are those that do not distribute earnings in the form of dividends or distributions, so...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940069244Author Rolfe LarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Fieldstone AlliancePublisher Fieldstone AllianceWeight(grams) 771g

The author delivers on his goal of providing `a quick, easily read, plain-language overview of basic board mission and action.' The book is chock full of practical nuggets on the board's relation to the chief executive, including three key exhibits:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940069480Author Peter YorkFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Fieldstone AlliancePublisher Fieldstone AllianceWeight(grams) 386g

The first and only guide of its kind to offer nonprofit executives help with the vital task of cash flow management! Murray Dropkin - an expert in the field of nonprofit accounting and author of "The Budget-Building Book for Nonprofits" -...

Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission is a practical resource that will help nonprofit professionals make smart, strategic decisions about technology. The book shows how to effectively manage technology and...

Alan Rabinowitz provides the first comprehensive analysis of the nontraditional or social change philanthropists who help finance national campaigns and grassroots organizations that focus on improving American society and the environment, particularly...

This book offers a detailed analysis of the strategies and methodologies of successful collaborative grant writing, as well as practical guidance on the interpersonal leadership requirements of managing grantseeking projects. As it becomes increasingly...

Training in government is not a primary mission for a variety of reasons, and this book attempts to increase the importance of training in government organizations by showing how training can increase individual performance and overall productivity. Sims...