Book Description
This edition emphasizes methods by which financial decisions are reached within a system, as well as ways in which different types of information are used in budgetary decision-making.
Customer Reviews:
Good Textbook.......2007-03-08
The book explains the topic in a clear manner. It creates understanding of the budgeting system even for non-finance people.
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"This book is highly recommended for development professionals, as well as board members and administrators who believe that a few million can easily be raised by development personnel in their spare time."--National Society of Fund Raising Executives Journal on the 1st edition
Conducting a Successful Capital Campaign has been the definitive resource on capital campaigns for a decade. Now, in the long-awaited second edition of the best-selling guide, Kent Dove offers an updated and expanded blueprint for planning and managing a successful capital campaign. He not only gives authoritative guidance to every aspect of a capital campaign but also provides new discussions on such important topics as linking strategic planning to fundraising, conducting external market surveys, defining leadership roles, establishing a campaign and solicitation process, and more. Other enhancements include:
- A dramatically expanded resource section that includes samples of a strategic plan, market surveys, case statements, financial reports, pledge forms, newsletters, program brochures, a complete volunteer kit, and a post-campaign evaluation
- New chapters on technology in fundraising, leadership gifts, and developing lasting relationships with donors
- Updated examples and real-world lessons from diverse organizations that have conducted their own capital campaigns
- The Dove Preparedness Index (DPI), a unique measurement tool that helps organizations simply and accurately assess their readiness to embark on a capital campaign
- The new Continuous Lifetime Giving Program Model, including an analytical and segmented marketing approach to its implementation
- A modernized version of the 80/20 rule, addressing the size and number of gifts that are needed to conduct a successful capital campaign
Packed with checklists, formulas, and tables, Conducting a Successful Capital Campaign is sure to make difference in your capital campaign.
Customer Reviews:
Solid Basics, a must for any Board.......2007-08-09
This book provides the fundamental outline to a successful Capital Campaign. It is not a how-to and will clearly state that a seasoned professional consultant should still be considered a vital part of any effort. But, short of that, any Board of Directors should have this book as a guide to understanding the depth of their own responsibilities, how to manage a consultant, the seriousness of the effort and planning ongoing giving programs. I did not give it a 5 only because it does not spell out oversite structures for committees. William
A must have resource for a Capital Campaign.......2007-03-21
I had a copy of the first edition of this excellent book but when I enbarked on a new Capital Campaign I bought the new edition. It is a book which anyone - experience and otherwise - must have if you have to venture into capital campaigning.
Even if you been there and done that, it is excellent as a check to see if you're on track.
The updated version has looked at Capital Campaigns in the light of the changing world of philanthrophy.
In Australia, our Capital Camapigns may not be as large as some in USA but never the less are run in just the same way.
A must have reference and the best one out there as far as I'm concerned.
Capital Campaign bible..........2006-09-21
Kent Dove's book is the bible for how to do capital fund raising. I have been asked as a development officer and consultant to do it other ways, and his is the ONLY way that works. I'm buying the updated book with joy that it has been published.
The Best Guide for Plannind Major Gift Campaigns.......2005-07-21
In the short time I've had this book, I've used it extensivly to plan a forthcoming $25 million campaign in a college within a university. After 15 years of experience in major gift fund raising, I've finally found the book that includes ALMOST everything we need to launch a very successful effort. I deeply appreciate Mr. Dove's efforts to update his work and provide this useful guide.
Useful but disappointing.......2002-11-30
Although there is useful information in this book, I found it disappointing compared with the recommendations that I read.
Part 1, which is about 200 pages, is the text of the book and covers planning and implementing your campaign. Part 2 which is about 300 pages is a collection of about 35 sample documents.
I found the text, which included chapters by other authors, rambling and verbose, giving lists of functions and lists of alternatives without reaching conclusions. I skimmed this part and found little worth reading carefully. (In contrast, I just read Tony Poderis concise and excellent "Its A Great Day to Fundraise" from cover to cover.) The author attempts an academic approach, with unhelpful citations. Examples of somewhat useful items were an outline of a case statement and examples of gift charts.
Particularly weak was a chapter entitled "Technology in Fundraising" which claimed that it was about the single most important support factor in fundraising. We learn that we need a broad team to select this technology; that we need to attend user groups of the system we are considering; that we need to meet current users; that we need to test the system at our site; that the system should be easy to support; that to install the system we need leadership, time, funding, involvement, communication, expertise, testing, training, defined reports, standards, process, etc.; and on and on and on with more generalities. We are NOT told what it is reasonable to expect such a system to do, what features have proved useful, or any other specific information that someone who had actually used such a system might provided.
The sample documents, which were largely from an Indiana University campaign, struck me as examples that I would not want to follow, although I found some useful items.
Book Description
Unlike other areas of fund-raising, planned giving brings fund-raising professionals into contact with lawyers, accountants, financial planners, consultants, and wealthy donors. They need to be able to speak the same language as the donors and their advisors while still keeping their own organization's goals in mind. This book can help them address these and other vital issues related to starting, marketing, administering, and expanding a planned giving program.
This book is supplemented annually.
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"An impressive collection. Roderick M. Kramer and Tom R. Tyler have brought together a set of forefront studies that illuminate the causes and consequences of trusting behavior. This book will help shape the agenda for many years." --Mayer N. Zald, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan "Trust is like bone in an organization--undergirding, supporting, and enabling flesh and blood growth and function. This volume does a remarkable job of illustrating how healthy (versus unhealthy) trust systems develop and of tracing the profound consequences. It represents an invaluable resource for professionals interested in the dynamics of organizational effectiveness." --Robert B. Cialdini, Regents Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University "Roderick Kramer and Tom Tyler have produced an authoritative and stimulating collection of essays that raise the critical questions about trust. In the process, they challenge rational choice and social science generally to develop better models of negotiation and decisionmaking. Trust in Organizations goes a long way towards providing the foundations for such theorizing." --Margaret Levi, Department of Political Science, University of Washington Organizational theorists have long recognized the central role that trust plays in organizational life. They have noted that trust facilitates exchanges among individuals, enhances cooperation and coordination, and contributes to more effective social and organizational relationships. Researchers agree that there is a need for a better understanding of trust in organizations. Trust in Organizations is an essential guide that will provide students and professionals in organization studies, management, and public administration with a wealth of knowledge concerning the importance of trust. Editors Roderick M. Kramer and Tom R. Tyler have assembled a cross-disciplinary group of scholars--from social psychology, behavioral economics, sociology, and organizational theory--to bring together some of the newest and most exciting conceptual perspectives in this field. These contributions also reflect a variety of new methodological approaches to the study of trust. This volume's broad coverage includes discussion of the psychological and social antecedents of trust, the effects of social and organizational structures on trust, and the broad effects of trust on organizational functioning.
Customer Reviews:
Valuable Trust Text.......2000-05-03
This volume is vitrually the only work dealing specifically with trust in the organizational context. Much research on this construct takes a) a purely psychological approach, or b) a philosophical view. This volume provides multiple perspectives useful for the organizational theorist or manager looking for a deeper insight. Not a lightweight -- a seminal text for trust researchers.
Valuable Trust Text.......2000-05-03
This volume is vitrually the only work dealing specifically with trust in the organizational context. Much research on this construct takes a) a purely psychological approach, or b) a philosophical view. This volume provides multiple perspectives useful for the organizational theorist or manager looking for a deeper insight. Noit a lightweight -- a seminal text for trust researchers.
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Drowning in student loans? Can’t afford to get married, buy a home, have children? Up to your ears in credit card debt? At last, a book for the under-35 generation that explains why it’s not their fault, and what can be done about it.
Strapped offers a groundbreaking look at the new obstacle course facing young adults. Getting ahead, argues commentator and policy maven Tamara Draut, is getting harder. A college degree is the new high school diploma–and costs a fortune to obtain. Good jobs are scarcer thanks to stagnant wages and disappearing benefits. And, the cost of everything–starter homes, health coverage, child care–keeps going up. Witty and wise, Strapped brims with ideas for fashioning a new kind of America in which every young person can go to college, buy a home, and start a family. The future starts here.
Customer Reviews:
Review.......2007-10-22
Very well written. It gives an eye-opening account of why people are so strapped by debt.
Good Story, Bad Conclusions.......2007-09-29
The first 2/3 of this book is basically well researched and many of the author's assertions are quite convincing, particularly about the evils of the credit card and college loan industries. The last 1/3 of the book is abysmal. The section "Creating More Good Jobs" is horribly inadequate, and the main point is just that more people should unionize. When did that ever CREATE jobs? The section "Spread the Wealth Incentives" suggests eliminating tax deductions for mortgage interest, property taxes, IRAs, 401(k) plans ... and instead making taxpayers give young people tax refunds (even if they do not pay taxes) and matching their home down payments. Another recommendation is that taxpayers should give $2 for every $1 that a young person saves. The section "Building a Family Trust" demands universal child care and 6 months of paid parental leave paid for by - you guessed it - taxpayers. The author particularly falls short in her "solutions" for college. What exactly (page 219) is the "American ideal of college for everyone"? You can imagine her solution ... taxpayers should fork over their hard-earned money to any young person who wants to go to college. If the author is so interested in having the Government solve all the problems experienced by young people, then perhaps the Government should establish a quota system for college degrees. Too many young people suffer from college debt because colleges tricked them into paying for worthless degrees - political science, anthropology, psychology, lesbian studies, journalism, sociology - when the Government should have been protecting these hapless young people by disallowing them from college. People thereby allowed to attend college would be able to pay back their loans, since they would be able to get jobs with their "real" degrees, and the author's lust for Big Government intrusion would be satisfied.
Good book, but doesn't focus enough on specific point.......2007-08-24
I just finished reading this book after a few hours (I am a voracious reader), and wasn't surprised at all by its revelations, rather, I am disturbed by the prospects of the future. I had already heard that many people I'd known from workplaces in the past and present (age ranges from about twenty to thirties, or even mid-thirties), were heading to other states, Texas and the South especially, because of the extremely high cost of living in my city. Most could not afford housing here. Most could not "make it," unless somehow supported by parents who were either already rich or just very unusually generous; some moved back in with their parents or cohabitated with groups of others around their age range in small apartments and dingy little houses. Most of us in this age range went into serious debt; this happened to me during my last year at a private university; I certainly didn't receive enough money from student loans either, so I had to survive on credit cards. This is all very familiar to me from Draut's book (which looks like she autographed it herself). Thank God I don't have kids or else I'd probably have to kill myself! I mean, the state we're in right now is just deplorable. Even after we get our entry-level jobs, we're stuck with incredibly high car loans and rental fees, not to mention paying back student loans (mine is more than $30,000 right now). In sum, I truly understand what Draut is writing about here, but I have more to add to what she's telling us. Unlike others, I have been somewhat politically aware and trying to be involved, but then I noticed that no one else really seemed to care! This can be a bit unnerving, but I guess I understand the reason for complacency -- why fight what you can't win against? In the end, I think the entire problem lies in greed. The baby boomers have been typically typecast as being greedy, wanting more more more, at our expense too, at their own childrens' expense. Just take a look at all of the products and surgical procedures for anti-aging -- they'd do anything to stave off death and look young forever by purchasing Creme de la Mer at $300.00 an ounce or getting some plastic surgery instead of helping out their own kids. They want us to grow up (and we're trying) but they refuse to do so. And take a look at who voted for Bush! Was it people from our age range? They also want more when they retire. I'm interested to see how things will turn out, despite the fact that I'm a bit terrified to see how things are going to be for those who can't even afford to buy new houses and save money for their own children, retirement or savings -- still, the b.b. generation *will* expect those who can't afford these things to support them in their retirement years. As one example, Draut writes about communities of "grays" who don't want younger families around, so prices soar and younger people move away! Is that humanity? God, that's awful. I treat animals better than these people treat eachother! I know my review will garner hatred from those in the b.b. group, but let it be known that the truth speaks louder than words; while doing a search for "baby boomers greedy," I came upon many articles of the same nature. As one noted: "Boomers have destroyed much of America . . . They will go down in History as the worst generation ever." Another said, "Sorry but as a Generation X, I don't need to see the media portray the boomers, I have seen it first hand and it is not pretty. My parents are boomers and turned out great luckily, but most have not."
Not A Self-Help Book.......2007-02-06
Tamara Draut's main assertion (I think it's actually more of an observation, really) seems fairly inarguable: things have gotten tougher, economically, over the last few decades. And not just for youthful big-spenders with an unhealthy sense of entitlement, an incorrigible narcissism resulting from being spared the rod as children and a subsequent inability to adapt vigorously enough to market forces. I'm not sure if any of the negative comments take issue with Draut's description of the fundamental economic differences between 2006 and, say, 1976.
The negative reactions seem to circle around the question of whether or not "Strapped" is a self-help book. It's not. It's clearly not a book about how to get ahead, win friends and influence people. There are no doubt plenty of more rewarding tomes on how to increase one's net worth and raise children with impecabble moral values. Which is why harping on Draut for not offering more strategies for success seems curiously beside the point. Personally, I prefer Horatio Alger, Emerson's "Self-Reliance" and a few old, eminently-cherishable Hopalong Cassidy paperbacks.
Will there be financially successful individuals in every generation? Indubitably. Does this tell us anything about general economic forces, patterns and trends? Afraid not. That is, unless you believe that some collective attitudinal sea-change is responsible for the income polarization that we've seen over the last 25 years and the skyrocketing cost of unthinkable luxuries like tuition and health care.
Individuals will adapt to these changes of course. How could they not? Draut chronicles some of these downwardly-mobile, not terribly sympathetic, predominantly middle-class individuals who have moved back in with mom, cut up their credit cards etc. The cross-section doesn't seem particularly broad, in either racial or class terms. Whiny? Perhaps. Take it or leave it. There aren't first-person interviews in picturesque, thriving Appalachia or deep in the bowels of the Lower Ninth Ward.
And the title? Whine-r-riffic!
Let's take a walk on the supply-side. Conservatives and libertarians would have you believe that property taxes are somehow the root of worsening income inequality and America's global economic decline, that it's imperative that we starve the left hand of the government (social "entitlements" like Medicare and Social Security) to feed its right (military, corporate welfarist) hand. That the seemingly unstoppable rightward drift of American politics and economic policies over the last few decades hasn't contributed to a growing sense among Americans that something is dreadfully, systematically wrong.
As for solutions, Draut is indeed a liberal animal, proffering what would have seemed like commonsense solutions to restore the equality of opportunity (socialist? hardly) available to some during the long post-WWII boom. Whether or not set the clock back or forward (toward more ambitious goals perhaps) is obviously beyond the scope of Draut's book, but I think these are questions worth pursuing regardless of the fact that a little elbow grease, entrepreneurial spirit and delayed gratification might potentially improve individual financial outcomes.
Mixed feeling but good read!.......2007-01-27
I have 3 Gen X kids and relate to this book, it's right on the big current issues. But I hope readers will try to figure out how to save themselves, I see don't any message but the politicians letting us down. The problem Tamara covers however may not be a political issue as much the dawn of a new competitive generation of global competition raising standard of other countries as our economy and government deals with the problems of international trade and our own internal problems. Which is wonderful for business but hard on average workers. How can our society do more for the people when the real problem may be a bigger age changing event?
Tamara needs to follow up this book with a "How young people can make the system work for them in spite of problems" and not count on the government for entitlement because that is not going to happen in our lifetimes. It's not a good time for young people, not a good time for Democrats, and not a good time for Republicans. We need new thinking in our government and were not getting it because all we have is the old guard career politicians in-fighting and bashing of each other to get votes. Politicians are more intent on getting re-elected and satisfying big campaign contributors rather than watching the store and helping our young people get a leg up.
But I think this book has relevance! I recommend this as a good read. Tamara is a talented writer and has done her homework. Just think for yourself how not to become a victim of things that you can not control.
Book Description
Grant writing skills are essential in gaining funding from government and foundation grants for a nonprofit organization. In the past, there were no college degrees in grant writing and very few, if any, books on how to write a grant. The process of learning how to write a grant was mostly trial and error, but times have changed. Today, grant writing is a science – a skill that reflects a precise application of facts or principles.
Grant Writing For Dummies can help anyone who has to seek and secure grant funds in order to keep an agency’s doors open for business or to fund a special project. This reference guide is also for people who want to make a career of freelance grant writing. The easy-to-use format, thorough approach, clear advice, and voice of experience will help anyone to:
- Get the scoop on government and foundation grants
- Go for the gold with multiple grant requests
- Make the case for your grant request
- Use words that make founders say “yes”
Figure out the rules of the grants game to put together your grant application. Reach your goal of receiving funding for your organization from a government or foundation grant. Grant Writing For Dummies also covers the following topics and more:
- Searching for government grants
- Conveying your needs for grant funds
- Fashioning the essentials such as cover letters and abstracts
- Presenting the budget
- Double-checking your grant proposal or application before you submit it
- Win or lose – how to play your next card
Every year, the federal government distributes billions of dollars in grant money to nonprofit organizations. Grant Writing For Dummies guides you along your quest for funding with all the essential information you need to achieve success.
Customer Reviews:
Good Intro.......2007-04-25
This is a good intro, without much information on actual grants for specific purposes. If you are an educator, non-profit, or individual interested in grants related to technology, for innovation, curriculum, development, emerging technologies, I recommend Technology Grant News: Everything Technology: Awards-Contests-Grants-Scholarships. Technology Grant News: Everything Technology [2007]:Awards ¿ Contests ¿ Grants -Scholarships ¿ Fellowships
Grant writing for dummies....as a reference.......2006-11-13
This is a good starter book, but it does not provide quality resources for you to practice the skills gained. You should build your skills with quality templates, references, wording techniques. I would caution readers to move on to a good intermediate work like Government Funding and You. This book will provide you with the skills to put together a quality grant with the potential LAND that grant. This book is an excellent start, but Government Funding and You is a crucial next step.
Awarded $250,000 Federal grant because of this book!.......2006-08-26
I was working at a NON-PROFIT organization and the departing Executive Director refused to submit a renewed grant request to a Federal agency. I was tasked to do it instead within one week. I had no support of the staff or Board of Directors because they did not have a clue of the process. I had never written a grant. So, I purchased this book and read it over the weekend. It was easy to read and made sense. I simply followed the book...identified a problem/an unmet need and a way to solve it. Thank you! The agency was awarded $250,000 to fund two of the full-time employees over a 2 year period.
Love this series!.......2006-07-22
Each one of the "Dummies" books has been so helpful, not only for me but for my daughter who is in high school. Everything from religion to business. "Grant Writing for Dummies" is in keeping with the others: very informative, gets to the point for the layperson, and is done in a very easy-to-use format. So far, I haven't come across one book in this series that isn't helpful!
I Can Do This!.......2005-07-26
I found this book extemely helpful and easy to read. It reduced the mystery of the grant world to something even I could understand. Based on the title, I have to say that I can do this!
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". . . the presentation is lucid and the examples and math are not taxing. Furthermore, the pedagogical and other improvements in the text are more than marginal; they are major, and make the purchase of this second edition well 'worth it' even if you have the first."
--EVALUATION AND PROGRAM PLANNING, Vol 26.1
"Listing all of its virtues would be superfluous. Levin and McEwan have produced an excellent resource for teaching, a valuable handbook for practitioners, and a solid guide to research."
--David Plank, COMPARATIVE EDUCATION REVIEW, Feb. 2002
"Every student in evaluation studies and all who aspire to become professional evaluators must have some minimal knowledge of cost-effectiveness. The content of this book should admirably serve that purpose and should be required reading in all programs that prepare professional evaluators both inside and outside the field of education. The purpose of the book is to familiarize the reader with the uses, concepts, and applications of cost-analysis approaches to educational evaluations. Careful attention is given to outlining the development and use of cost-feasibility, cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, and cost-utility as complimentary techniques for assisting educational decisions."
--Darrell R. Lewis, Educational Policy, University of Minnesota
"Those of you teaching cost analysis and management of human services systems should look carefully at this text. Human services professional managing systems are confronted with the problems of being increasingly more efficient. This text will help you teach those students entering the field about how to conduct analytical studies of their management practices. I award the authors many accolades for an excellent treatment of a very complex topic which is now translated into useable materials for management."
--Jon S. Ebeling, Political Science, California State University, Chico
"Research shows that smaller class sizes generate benefits in the form of higher achievement. But does that mean that reducing class size is a cost-effective policy change? This book by Levin and McEwan provides the analytical tools and concepts for educational policy makers to address that and many other policy questions. It defines and distinguishes various concepts of cost analysis, including cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit and cost-utility analysis, and makes a compelling case for their usefulness to policy makers. The book offers an essential analytical foundation for all policy makers in education interested in spending money wisely and productively."
--Helen F. Ladd, Public Policy Studies & Economics, Duke University
Why should applied researchers be concerned with cost-effectiveness analysis? Answer: Because it will enable them to discover if a particular program or policy has attained maximum effectiveness for a given budget. Designed so that an individual can utilize this book as part of an informal course of self-study or in a formal course on the subject, Levin and McEwan provide readers with the step-by-step methods to plan and implement a cost-analysis study. Through the use of numerous examples drawn from the applied literature, the authors explain, demonstrate and illustrate the four major techniques of cost analysis: cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, cost-utility, and cost-feasibility. They examine issues that are pertinent to the choice of analysis and its implementation; the nature of costs, including how to identify, measure, and distribute costs; measuring effectiveness, utility, and benefits; and, lastly the challenges to incorporating cost evaluations in the decision making process. In-depth exercises are included at the end of each chapter to enable readers to sharpen their ability to evaluate policy options and program effectiveness. (The feedback to these exercises are provided in an Appendix at the end of the book). The authors also provide readers with recommended readings at the end of chapters and a comprehensive bibliography of methodological sources on cost analysis and educational cost studies at the end of the book. This book will enable readers to reduce the costs of reaching particular objectives, and expand what can be accomplished for any particular budget or resource constraint.
Customer Reviews:
Cost Effectiveness Book .......2007-07-30
The information on the Amazon web site regarding this book should make it clear that it covers CE analysis for educational situations; it has a very limited usefulness, as all examples given refer to education 'performance.'
A Required Reading on Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.......2001-01-12
This is an excellent book on the methods and applications of cost-effectiveness analysis. The book is lucid in its presentation, is filled with useful examples based on actual situations and analyses, enhances readers' understanding of the subject through succinct feedback to exercises, and provides an extensive bibliography of cost studies in education. It is highly recommended to readers who are interested in making informed decisions regarding more efficient utilization of resources and who are seeking an easy-to-read basic book to learn and apply the essential tools of cost-effectiveness analysis. It should be a required reading for students in evaluation programs in education and other fields.
Book Description
"Marilyn Bancel has written a highly accessible, readable guide to a very complex process, which is no mean feat. Even if you have been through a capital campaign before and think you're ready-and especially if you're new to the capital campaign process-read it! Preparing Your Capital Campaign provides valuable insights and practical planning tools that will bolster your capacity to take on a campaign's challenge."
--Clara Miller, president, Nonprofit Finance Fund
In this hands-on workbook, fund raising expert Marilyn Bancel shows you how to prepare your organization to embark on a successful capital campaign, detailing each step that must be taken before the launch.
Preparing Your Capital Campaign--part of the Excellence in Fund Raising Workbook Series--breaks down the preparation stage into practical, manageable parts, outlining in straightforward language such essentials as creating a campaign timetable, setting up the campaign committee, determining a campaign goal, and getting the whole organization ready for a fund raising drive. Packed with useful resources, this nuts-and-bolts workbook includes a campaign skills checklist, strategies for estimating fund raising costs, a sample campaign budget, and a list of Web sites tailored to the specific needs of fund raisers.
If you are brand-new to fund raising, the book offers a concise introductory chapter that lays out the basics and answers the key questions about capital campaigns. More experienced fund raisers will benefit from a wealth of reminders for avoiding common mistakes and a framework for staying focused on the factors that are most important for success. Preparing Your Capital Campaign will show you how to make the most of this critical fund raising strategy.
Customer Reviews:
A needed tool for anyone thinking about a campaign.......2002-01-10
Bancel lays out the information an aorganization needs in order to have a successful campaign. Before the case statement, before the quiest phase, even before the vote to have a campaign, Bancel focuses on the people, donors, staff and budget you need.
A worthwhile book. Get it.
A must-have for fundraisers.......2001-05-25
Ms. Bancel does an amazing job of leading the novice -- or even the not-so-novice -- fundraiser through a step-by-step process of preparing for that daunting event that every successful non-profit must eventually face: the capital campaign. Few books of this type are as pragmatic, and none have the carefully crafted, detailed "how-to" advice that Ms. Bancel provides...
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"Elegant, helpful, accessible, and most of all pragmatic."--Regina E. Herzlinger, Nancy McPherson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
"An indispensable resource for teachers and managers concerned with ensuring the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations.... Nonprofit organizations require professional knowledge and skill if they are to succeed in their missions. The new edition of this book is essential to that success."--Lawrence Lynn, Sydney Stein, Jr. Professor of Public Management, Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
"Bryce effectively weaves legal and ethical considerations into his comprehensive treatment of nonprofit strategy and finance. A sound knowledge of the rules of the game is increasingly important for nonprofit leaders in making strategic choices."--Gregory Dees, Miriam and Peter Haas Centennial Professor in Public Service, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
"A must read for practitioners--managers as well as directors--of nonprofit management, particularly those whose focus is on the money-strategy interface. It should also serve as a useful text for graduate courses in nonprofit management."--Raymond Horton, chair of the Management Division and director of the Public and Nonprofit Management Program, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
Now in its third edition, the highly successful Financial and Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations provides an encyclopedic account of all the key financial, legal, and managerial issues facing nonprofit executives. Organized into twenty detailed chapters, this comprehensive reference provides a firm grounding in the five fundamental pillars of effective nonprofit management: Mission, Money, Marketing, Management, and Membership. It then shows managers and trustees how to strengthen operations in each of these vital areas ethically, legally, and efficiently.
Many of the popular models and forms that appeared in the previous editions have returned in this latest volume. Bryce explores such diverse topics as nonprofit law, financial planning, fundraising, compensation and benefits, strategic planning, risk management, and more. He also adds several new features. These include:
- An expanded section explaining all the technical and legal foundations of managing a nonprofit
- Timely advice on developing ethical procedures to protect the organization against fraud and incompetence
- New and practical discussions on tax-exempt status, American and Canadian law for associations, corporate contributions, trust management, audits, anti-trust issues, program evaluation, partnerships, business revenue, and more
Written for serious nonprofit executives in general management, human resources, finances, and fundraising--as well as for nonprofit professors--this enduring handbook offers practical ideas and suggestions for achieving legal and financial success seamlessly.
Customer Reviews:
Straight forward , easy read..........2001-12-02
I looked at a lot of books on non-profits. This book provided a excellent concise guide to strategic, and financial planning for a nonprofit. The book is a must have reference on any non-profit managers shelf.
Book Description
Bringing together over 50 years of annual fund experience, master fundraiser Kent E. Dove has joined Carolyn P. Madvig and Jeffrey A. Lindauer to bring you a complete guide to planning and managing the most fundamental fundraising strategy: the annual giving program. Conducting a Successful Annual Giving Program, the third volume in the groundbreaking Dove on Fundraising Series, features a wealth of illustrative samples of fundraising tools, many of which have never before been offered in book form. Throughout the book, the authors address the key components of an annual giving program--including telemarketing, direct mail, special events, personal solicitation and matching gifts--and reveal how to integrate each component of the annual giving program into a coherent, fluid fundraising plan.
View an example of a teaching tool available in this title: Course Syllabus.
Customer Reviews:
Great Book, Slow Delivery.......2006-02-25
Book new and in perfect condition. Delivery slow, did not meet expectations.
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- History: Fiction or Science
- Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook: The Essential Guide to Caring for Everything in Your Home
- Irish Blessings: A Photographic Celebration
- 6 Hour Guide to Protecting Your Assets: How to Protect Your Hard Earned Assets From Creditors and Cl
- An Accounting Experience with the Apple II Microcomputer: A Service Firm
- Friends, Lovers, Chocolate: The Sunday Philosophy Club
Public Finance
| Economics
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
The Politics of Public Budgeting: Getting And Spending, Borrowing And Balancing
The Responsible Administrator: An Approach to Ethics for the Administrative Role
Health Policymaking in the United States, Fourth Edition
The New Politics of the Budgetary Process, Fifth Edition (Longman Classics Series)
Memos to the Governor: An Introduction to State Budgeting
