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Nonprofit leaders are beginning to confront the most important unfinished business of their sector. Having invented scores of successful model programs to address virtually every type of social problem or goal, they are discovering that large-scale, sustained impact remains elusive. Today, the only way to get the full benefit of successful programs, however, is for nonprofit leaders to begin building high-performance organizationsænonprofits that are capable of creating sustained, effective impact. That requires reversing decades of under-investment in the capacity of nonprofits. A sector that has been indifferent, if not hostile, to the needs of its organizations, where leaders are forced to manage upstream, against countless obstacles, now needs to apply its ingenuity and passion to the challenge of creating high-performance organizations.
Drawing on management techniques used by successful managers in both businesses and nonprofits, High Performance Nonprofit Organizations outlines approaches that nonprofits can use to build their capacity for learning, innovating, ensuring quality, and motivating staff. Illustrated with case studies and examples, the book outlines processes for achieving these goals, including:
- human resources management-to attract and develop employees truly in synch with an organization's mission
- benchmarking-to identify practices that best meet a nonprofit's needs
- responsiveness and quality systems-to continuously review and upgrade quality of service
- product development-to tap the talents of every employee to create effective programs
The authors argue that these processesæfar from corrupting a nonprofit with practices that evolved to make companies more profitableæactually help an organization convert its values and integrity into results for clients and communities. These adaptive capacities help nonprofits deliver on their mission, building the model organization that will make the biggest impact with model programs.
High Performance Nonprofit Organizations goes further, laying out an agenda for changing the nonprofit environment, making it more supportive of its managers and more aware of the potential of organizational capacity. The authors assess the special opportunity of several stakeholders-including the nonprofit board, foundations, and the national office of multisite nonprofitsæto create a new culture that values organizational performance. For the nonprofit manager trying to build an organization that is truly responsive to its clients and community, High Performance Nonprofit Organizations is an essential review of best practices. For the board member, foundation program officer, or nonprofit leader trying to create sustained impact, it is a provocative challenge to deal with the sector's unfinished business with a new approach.
Customer Reviews:
High Performance Nonprofit Organizations: Managing Upstream for Greater Impact.......2006-03-10
Good coverage of the topic. An easy-to-read format with good examples to illustrate the principles and/or concepts.
The authors are american and are writing from an american perspective with all the examples based in the US. While most of the principles are transferable to the canadian situation, it is not a crisp as if canadian examples would have been included. This singular focus did take away from the impact that the book had for me and my area of interest.
Best rendition of barriers of high performance in nonprofits.......1999-10-17
This is the best treatment I've seen of the barriers nonprofit leaders have in implementing high performance strategies in a nonprofit organization. The authors rightly point to the convergence of the bias of funders and nonprofit leaders to only invest in programs and not organizational performance improvement. They present a well-researched case that this mono-focus on investing in new programs and not the structural needs of nonprofits results in less than desireable outcomes. Our intention at the Center for Excellence in Nonprofits is to use this book to help educate the philanthropic community and nonprofit leaders in the need to better balance the altruistic urge to use every penny for client service with the need to develop the internal capacity of these organizations to continously improve their deliver systems.
Excellent thought-provoking book for non-profit directors.......1998-12-23
A great, thought-provoking look at non-profits with helpful, action-oriented examples and clear writing. What I like about this work is its focus on building organizational capacity - both as funded and prioritized by the organization itself and through foundation support.
The authors provide the insight that non-profits all too often focus exclusively on expanding their program offerings without providing for the needed organizational capacity to really pull them off. As a non-profit manager, it helped me to think through the capacity challenges we face everyday - and to think of how to create opportunities for both management and foundation support for capacity building.
The ideas they espouse will change the world of non-profits by helping to make them financially and structurally sound, while achieving high performance mission-driven results - if we listen!
A great book! Read it! Enjoy it!
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- Angst and Recovery
- Poetry Worth Reading!
- This book rocks!!
- Transition to Middle School Captured in Verse
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Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems
Kristine O'Connell George
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Award-winning poet Kristine O'Connell George, author of several successful picture books, now turns her attention to the middle school experience. The first year brings an array of challenges: making new friends, moving from class to class, tests and homework, changing for PE, gossip, school dances, and, of course, budding romance. Short, accessible poems in a variety of forms, but all in a single voicethat of a new middle schoolerevoke the memorable moments of the school year, exploring situations and emotions that will resonate with preteens. Lively illustrations complement this perceptive, humorous, poignant record of an important transitional year.
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Angst and Recovery.......2005-07-08
I've purchased this book twice. I purchased it last year because my daughter needed a book of poetry for a reading class assignment. Both she and I found it a perfect read, not only for her assignment, but also because it spoke to her feelings as a new middle schooler. My second purchase was as a gift for a friend of my daughter's who is an avid reader, though I don't know how she feels about poetry. (I guess we'll know soon.) The book is so current that I'm confident that she'll enjoy it.
Poetry Worth Reading!.......2005-01-20
"Swimming Upstream" is a wonderful book filled with poems about 7th grade. It tells how 7th grade really is. How you go to a bigger school, have your own locker, home room, surviving the lunchroom,etc. I think kids will really enjoy this because it relates to them. I really liked this book. Everything these poems describe is true. This is a great book.
This book rocks!!.......2002-10-25
I really liked this book even though I'm a guy and it's about a girl. Some of the same stuff has happened to me in middle school as in the pomes.
Transition to Middle School Captured in Verse.......2002-10-19
The book may not qualify as great poetry, but it does a good job of showing the point of view of a child enduring the sometimes frightening, difficult, and at times even exhilarating transition to middle school. Sixth graders (or kids in the first year of middle school) are likely to really connect with the short poems in this book. It is easy to read and appealing.
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In recent years, water resource management in the United States has begun a shift away from top-down, government agency-directed decision processes toward a collaborative approach of negotiation and problem solving. Rather than focusing on specific pollution sources or specific areas within a watershed, this new process considers the watershed as a whole, seeking solutions to an interrelated set of social, economic, and environmental problems. Decision making involves face-to-face negotiations among a variety of stakeholders, including federal, state, and local agencies, landowners, environmentalists, industries, and researchers.
Swimming Upstream analyzes the collaborative approach by providing a historical overview of watershed management in the United States and a normative and empirical conceptual framework for understanding and evaluating the process. The bulk of the book looks at a variety of collaborative watershed planning projects across the country. It first examines the applications of relatively short-term collaborative strategies in Oklahoma and Texas, exploring issues of trust and legitimacy. It then analyzes factors affecting the success of relatively long-term collaborative partnerships in the National Estuary Program and in 76 watersheds in Washington and California. Bringing analytical rigor to a field that has been dominated by practitioners' descriptive accounts, Swimming Upstream makes a vital contribution to public policy, public administration, and environmental management.
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After too many vodka tonics at her best friend's baby shower, twenty-seven-year-old Sasha finds herself having a ladies' room epiphany. How quickly life can change, she thinks to herself: one minute she's writing a master's thesis about a TV comedy show for kids–and the next, the program actually gets optioned with her as the star. But Sasha’s awe at the twists of fate proves to be premature. The real shock comes the next day, when her routine visit to the ob-gyn reveals that she’s pregnant—even though she hasn't slept with anyone in more than two years.
To her unbelieving ears comes the doctor’s diagnosis: Sasha’s body has unwittingly hosted a cellular hitchhiker, a medical anomaly known as “lazy sperm.” And now that this plodding genetic contribution has finally fulfilled its destiny, it will be up to Sasha to summon the courage to revisit her past loves even as her future slowly takes shape inside her. Which of her exes will be the father and how will he take the astounding news? And what will the end of the mystery mean to Sasha? The answers are revealed in this wonderfully inventive debut about the bonds that linger between people even after they part ways, and how the future can change in the twitch of a tail.
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One for the Ages.......2007-05-17
This is a truly wonderful book. It is funny, thoughtful and just plain delightful. One might call it a perfect beach read, and it is...but it is also more than that. Sasha Salter will win you over and make you want more.
A Female Fairy Tale.......2007-05-11
This book is a delight! Two words...Lazy Sperm! A fantastic fairy tale for every woman who gets pregnant, thinks she might be pregnant, can't believe she's pregnant, or...just has ovaries. The story is soft and warm like the duvet I cuddled into on an overcast day to read this luscious little tale. I enjoyed this book immensely!
unique and intelligent.......2007-02-13
Is there a book award for most original premise of the year? If so, this book should win it. While the 'hook' is definitely unique and original, it's the characters that really pulled me into this novel. They pulled me into their world and took me on a wild ride. Although I finished the book a few days ago (over the weekend), I'm still thinking about Sasha and Jordan and Erika and Melanie and on and on...an intelligent, funny story!
Must read.......2006-12-29
This is the present I'll be giving to all my girl friends in 2007. This book is funny, poignant and sassy. I was hooked right away, and couldn't put the book down after chapter one. The ending is fabulous - I only wish there was more to read. I hope there is a sequel.
A joy to read.......2006-12-02
Reviewed by Ellen Hogan for Reader Views (11/06)
Life is hectic for Sasha Salter. She is the host of a children's television show called "Please Pass the Salter." Her days are filled with meetings, costume fittings, blockings and everything associated with her show. She does not have time for a personal life. On top of everything else she has just learned that she is to be profiled in a women's magazine as one of L.A.'s "20 under 30 - Ones to Watch," which means that reporter Melanie will be following in Sasha's footsteps for a couple of weeks; what could possibly go wrong?
As luck would have it, Sasha is scheduled for her yearly exam with her ob-gyn; Dr. Banks informs Sasha that she is pregnant. A totally dumbfounded Sasha asks how that can be since she has not had sex in over two years. Dr. Banks refers her to Dr. Rusmeuth who has been doing research in this field. The next problem is giving Melanie the slip so she can see the doctor. He tells her that she needs to get blood or tissue samples from all her past sexual partners for testing. So, Sasha calls her two best friends Erika who is expecting her first child and Jordan. They come to give her moral support as she gets the nerve up to confront her old lovers.
She does get samples from several of them, finds out that one is getting married and that one has passed away. She also finds out that Jordan has been harboring feelings for her all these years that he has kept hidden. Now she has to deal with all these feelings on top of everything else plus decide if she wants to keep the baby. Dr. Rusmeuth and his wife ask that if she decides to give the baby up for adoption that they would like to be the parents. Sasha feels that they would look at the baby as a trophy and not love the baby as a person. She finally decides in the end to keep the baby herself.
Even though the premise of the book is a little far fetched, lazicum spermitazoa, it was really a very cute book. The characters are very well developed and believable. It kind of makes you wonder if maybe there could someday be a time that this might actually happen to someone.
"Swimming Upstream Slowly" is a delightful, lighthearted book -- a joy to read with a truly happy ending.
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Magic School Bus "Goes Upstream".......2000-07-31
The Magic School Bus "Goes Upstream" is one of the better books in the series, because of the science and the knowledge you receive. I am 9 years old, but I read all the books in the series when I was 7( although I read the new ones as they come out). The facts are easy to remember, for example, thier keen sense of smell allows salmon to "smell out" their food.Salmon have a lot of predators like bears and sharks.This book is better for younger kids then older kids,because they give you only simple, quick facts and nothing more.However, THIS BOOK IS GREAT!
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Upstream
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If You Have a Daughter, Please Read This Book.......2004-10-31
I found Upstream absolutely insightful, thoughtful, and, in spite of some unfortunate editing, completely readable. Sometimes we forget what it is like to be a teenager, and Upstream reminded me of how fragile a young girl's self-esteem can be, and how easily an eating disorder can take hold you. I'm glad I read the work, and I will share the it with my daughter.
Recommended Reading.......2004-10-28
A friend recommended this book to me, but I initially balked at the subject matter--anorexia. Personally, I have no idea, beyond the basics, what it means to have an eating disorder. Then I picked the book up and was pretty much hooked by the end of the first chapter. I found the writing very well done (though I do have issues with whoever proof-read the book), and the plot engrossing. It helped me begin to understand the mysteries of eating disorders. And I really enjoyed the main character and the little internal world she created for herself. I know the book has been criticized for the many typos, but, to me, that's the publisher's fault, not Ms. Hoekstra's. I would definitely recommend Upstream to anyone looking for an engrossing, well-crafted, educational read.
An Ok book .......2004-08-06
In the beginning I liked this book. Then I noticed what everyone else did- about a million grammatical and spacing errors- which really take away from the book. The characters were also poorly developed like amny others have said , its like the author started off with the character and then just left you hanging. For some reason however I still did enjoy the book and it was an easy read even with the errors - it only took me about a day and half.
Don't waste your money.......2003-05-30
I first came across this book at the local library. I am SO incredibly thankful I borrowed it first, before I bought it. It is a complete waste of money. As mentioned by another reviewer, the characters were poorly developed. They were briefly introduced and then often forgot about--seldom more was mentioned of them. While some of the main character's behaviors and thoughts were true to those with ED's, it is a misrepresentation to portray those of us with ED's as only thinking about food and weight 24/7. Yes, it's a big consumer of our thoughts, but we also can live relatively normal lives--school, friends, jobs, etc.
The worst part about this book was the editing. There is an error on literally every other page. There are mis-hyphened words, extra spaces between words, fragmented and run-on sentences, and grammatical errors--like missing quotation marks, commas, even periods. Also, half-way through the book (at least in my copy) page 125 was stuck in there, out of numerical order and upside down. I was extremely disappointed in this book. The errors were so aggravating, it took me nearly a week to read it, when a (well-written and edited) book of this size I could have finished in an evening. I read this and actually felt embarrassed for the author. I surely wouldn't want MY name on the cover of something this dissappointing.
Oh editor, Where art thou?.......2003-01-28
I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. I was so aggravated by all the typos and poor grammar that I couldn't get rid of it fast enough. One thing you can count on with this book is every other page or so has an error or two. Seriously, you could use it as a game. Besides that whole issue, it wasn't very interesting or informative. Don't waste your money on this one!
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An essential guide for evaluating outcomes and improving practice in the neonatal intensive care unit - an aspect of neonatal intensive care that is not covered in standard texts. Written by a neonatologist with experience in outcomes research, the book engages Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) workers with vitally important questions about their work:What is a good NICU?Could you achieve better results?How completely can you characterize the results of your NICU?
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Important and innovative insights for anyone in health care .......2004-11-23
This book is essential reading for clinicians, administrators, and researchers in all fields of health care. In a clear and easily understandable way, the author describes how to identify inefficient and unproductive steps in the process of health care delivery, and how to confirm whether the process as a whole is well designed for the health outcomes that it seeks. His explanations of the statistical tools that he advocates are outstanding. These issues are seldom discussed in medicine -- their significance is first starting to be recognized -- and this book fills an important gap.
If you work in or with a neonatal setting, you will see immediate applications and longlasting need for this book. If your specialty lies elsewhere, I strongly encourage you to translate these ideas to your setting.
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