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Fundraising for Social Change by Kim Klien

6/24/2004

Fundraising for Social Change is one of the most widely used books on fundraising in the United States. Fundraising practitioners 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 fourth edition takes Fundraising for Social Change to new levels of usefulness, with added chapters on the relationship of the Development Director and Executive Director.

Called to Serve: Creating and Nurturing the Effective Volunteer Board by Max De Pree

3/23/2004

Shares a wealth of experience with volunteer boards, serving as a general guide to navigating the potential problems & pitfalls encountered by any fledgling or established volunteer board.

Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations by John Carver, Alan Shrader (Editor)

3/23/2004

John Carver's groundbreaking Policy Governance model has influenced the way public and nonprofit boards operate around the world. Carver debunks the entrenched beliefs about board roles and functions that hamper dedicated board members.

Streetwise Managing a NonProfit by John Riddle

3/23/2004

This handbook for non-profit management covers the basic organizational issues related to the success of non-profit operations. Legal and tax matters, employees and volunteer relations, fundraising, and budgeting are all discussed in practical terms and with a great deal of detail.

The Budget-Building Book for Nonprofits: A Step-by-Step Guide for Managers by Murray Dropkin, Bill LaTouche

3/23/2004

This nuts-and-bolts workbook guides nonprofit executives and boards through the budget cycle, offering practical instruction on completing each step of the process.

Reinventing Your Board: A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Policy Governance by John Carver, Miriam Mayhew Carver

3/23/2004

John Carver's revolutionary Policy Governance model, introduced in his best-selling book, Boards That Make a Difference, is recognized as a highly effective, results-oriented approach to nonprofit board governance. With Reinventing Your Board, John Carver and Miriam Mayhew Carver show how to put the model in motion and take organizations to new levels of achievement.

The High-Performance Board: Principles of Nonprofit Organization Governance by Dennis Dale Pointer, Dennis Dale Dale Pointer, James E. Orlikoff

3/23/2004

The High-Performance Board is a concise, quick read for board members and executives of nonprofit organizations who want great governance and are serious about achieving it.

Complete Guide to NonProfit Management by Smith Bucklin and Associates (Editor)

3/23/2004

A practical how-to-run-your-business book for nonprofits

Nonprofit Boards: Roles, Responsibilities, and Performance by Diane J. Duca

3/23/2004

This practical guide is dedicated to helping nonprofit board members, chairpersons, and executive directors develop and manage effective boards, empowered to respond to the special needs of their organizations.

Doing Good Better: How to Be an Effective Board Member of a NonProfit Organization by Edgar Stoesz, Chester Raber

3/23/2004

In this personably written manual, two veterans of many boards lucidly address the ideal relationship between a nonprofit organization and its board. They candidly cover the realities that often threaten that relationship, then suggest strategies for overcoming these common difficulties. They include many stories, guidelines, and suggestions.

Nonprofit Boards That Work: The End of One-Size-Fits-All Governance by Maureen K. Robinson, Naureen K. Robinson

3/23/2004

Nonprofit Boards That Work provides hands-on advice and real-world examples for nonprofit managers and boards to apply directly to their own organizations.

High Impact Philanthropy: How Donors, Boards and NonProfit Organizations Can Transform Communities by Kay Sprinkel Grace, Alan L. Wendroff

3/23/2004

Effective ways for nonprofit organizations of all kinds to attract the gifts their missions require.

Losing Your Executive Director Without Losing Your Way: A Nonprofit's Guide to Executive Turnover by Carol Weisman, Richard Goldbaum

3/23/2004

Using this invaluable resource, Board Chairs and members will learn what they need to know to recruit and train the new Executive Director and help the new ED take charge of the organization.

The Harvard Business School Guide to Careers in the Nonprofit Sector by Stephanie S. Lowell, Harvard University

3/23/2004

The Harvard Business School Guide to Careers in the Nonprofit Sector is a great resource for newly minted MBAs and alums interested in entering the nonprofit sector--whether as full-time managers, board members, or volunteers.

The Nonprofit Membership Toolkit by Ellis M.M. Robinson, Kim Klein

3/23/2004

Step-by-step, The Nonprofit Membership Toolkit shows how to create, manage, and sustain a dynamic membership program that will help a social change organization thrive.

The Nonprofit Leadership Team: Building the Board Chair-Executive Director Partnership by Fisher Howe, William H. Luers, Oliver Tessier

3/23/2004

The Nonprofit Leadership Team is written for nonprofit executive directors and CEOs, senior staff, board members and nonprofit consultants. It focuses on the key leadership team - the board and its chair and the executive director - and shows how they can work in partnership to lead an effective, healthy organization.

Core Concepts of Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting by Michael H. Granof, Penelope S. Wardlow, Penelope Wardlow

3/23/2004

Michael Granof and Penelope Wardlow's new text offers concise, accessible, and highly flexible coverage of the core concepts, practices, and principles of government and not-for-profit accounting.

The Art of Trusteeship: The Nonprofit Board Members Guide to Effective Governance by Susan Houchin

3/23/2004

From mapping out its mission to evaluating its success, this book gives nonprofit board members hands-on, strategic advice for building a thriving organization.

Board Liability: Guide for NonProfit Directors by Daniel L. Kurtz

3/23/2004

Learn about the Liabilities Board Members can experience as directors of a nonprofit organization.

The Board Member's Guide to Strategic Planning: Charting the Future for Your Nonprofit by Fisher Howe, Alan Shrader (Editor)

3/23/2004

This quick, easy-to-use, compact guide for busy nonprofit board members demonstrates how strategic planning need not be tedious, irrelevant, or expensive.

The Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool: Participant Workbook by Peter F. Drucker

3/23/2004

As a tool for clarifying the thinking of volunteer boards, the Drucker Self-Assessment Tool is unparalleled.

Board Overboard: Laughs and Lessons for All but the Perfect NonProfit by Brian O'Connell

3/23/2004

Board Overboard is a side-splitting spoof of nonprofit organizations written by Brian O'Connell - founding president of Independent Sector - who draws on forty years of working with nonprofit groups.

Running NonProfit Organizations: Fifteen Essential Steps and Concepts for Board Members and Managers by Herbert Heaton

3/23/2004

This book helps board members and managers of nonprofit organizations sketch their roles and fill them effectively.

NonProfit Mergers and Alliances: A Strategic Planning Guide by Thomas A. McLaughlin

6/29/2004

This book is a clear, practical, step-by-step guide to the merger process--from preliminary considerations to actual implementation for nonprofit organizations.

The Art of Governance by Nancy Roche (Editor), Jaan Whitehead (Editor)

8/31/2005

The Art of Governance is an essential guide for trustees in the performing arts and for the artists, managers and community leaders who work with them. This book provides the larger context in which trustees govern-the art, artists, history, institutions and national policies of the performing arts-and also explores more practical issues, such as board development, planning, finance and fundraising.