Nonprofit Organizations category: 797 books
by Mark Gerencser, Reginald Van Lee, Fernando Napolitano
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2008
A hurricane strikes a city; terrorists attack a nation; global warming threatens the environment--such problems are too large for any one authority to solve alone. Our increasingly globalized and interconnected world calls for a new type of tri-sector leadership in which business, government and nonprofits...
by Quentin Wodon
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
This book is the second installment in a set of two volumes on Rotary foundations and grants. The first volume provides an introduction for grant applicants and Rotarians to Rotary foundations based in the United States. These foundations include the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International as well...
You’re It!
Shared Wisdom for Successfully Leading Organizations from Both a Seasoned and a First-Time CEO
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
When is the right time to take on a leadership role? Will you ever feel ready?
When Franca Gucciardi accepted her first CEO position at the Loran Scholars Foundation, she quickly realized the immense task ahead of her and contacted her mentor, Alan Broadbent. What followed was a series of...
Network Theory in the Public Sector
Building New Theoretical Frameworks
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Networks have been described in terms of metaphors, governance arrangements and structural or institutional arrangements. These different perspectives of networks come out of a variety of disciplines, including political science, public administration, urban affairs, social welfare, public management...
Blessed Unrest
How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beau ty to the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2007
The New York Times bestselling examination of the worldwide movement for social and environmental change
Paul Hawken has spent more than a decade researching organizations dedicated to restoring the environment and fostering social justice. From billion-dollar nonprofits to single-person dot.causes,...
Driving Social Change
How to Solve the World's Toughest Problems
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
Strategies for long-term social impact
This important new book illustrates how to create the social breakthroughs needed to solve urgent global threats such as poverty, disease, and hunger. It then turns to three alternative, but complementary, paths to social breakthrough: social protecting,...
Beyond the Local Church
How Apostolic Movements Can Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2015
Many people have given up on the church. But that doesn't mean that they've given up on God or Christianity. In many cases, it was merely that local church congregations were not the best context for missional people to live out their sense of God's call. The good news is that God is raising up vibrant...
by Derrick Feldmann
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
Create real change in the new social movement paradigm
Social Movements for Good is a guidebook for driving change, by taking advantage of the social "currency" that makes movements go viral. Author Derrick Feldmann has spent a career showing organizations how to best reach donors,...
Five Good Ideas
Practical Strategies for Non-Profit Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Non-profits are big business. According to a recent Johns Hopkins report, third-sector institutions in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Japan, the U.S. and Canada have been growing at an average rate that is twice the growth rate of their GDPs. Canada is home to the second largest non-profit workforce...
by Alessandra Cavalluzzi
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Is it possible to change the world one company at a time? Absolutely, and this book will show you how. Whether you're a CEO, a human resources professional, or a leader dedicated to making a difference, A Million Dollars in Change will show you how to help make your company a great place to work...
Leadership Lessons of Abraham Lincoln
Strategies, Advice, and Words of Wisdom on Leadership, Responsibility, and Power
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
What is it about Abraham Lincoln that, 146 years after his death, continues to inspire us? Was it his commitment to honesty and his unfailing integrity? Was it his courage to stand up against the injustices of his day? Was it his ability to lead the American people through the perils of war and unify...
Peak Business Performance Under Pressure
A Navy Ace Shows How to Make Great Decisions in the Heat of Business Battles
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
In enemy airspace, high above the treetops of North Vietnam, two US F-4 Phantom jet fighters have downed their fifth enemy plane, thus securing their new status as Aces.” The skies are finally quiet, and the safety of the ocean is just ahead. But in that brief moment of victory, they are blindsided...
by John Capecci, Timothy Cage
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Living Proof is the first comprehensive guide to telling your personal story as an advocate for a cause or organization. New material for this expanded edition includes more advocate stories, additional help organizing talks and presentations, and new chapters on the barriers to personal storytelling,...
Strategic Fund Development
Building Profitable Relationships That Last
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
The completely revised and expanded edition of a fundraising classic
Strategic Fund Development became an instant classic the day the first edition was released. Now in this expanded third edition, it has been revised cover-to-cover with relevant new information and useful new tools and resources.
The...