Are you searching for the secrets to being strategic, effective, and happy in your nonprofit communications work? Look no further. You'll find the answers inside. Kivi Leroux Miller -- whose previous books, The Nonprofit Marketing Guide and the award-winning Content Marketing for Nonprofits, are considered "the bibles" of nonprofit marketing and communications -- reveals what she's learned from coaching hundreds of nonprofit communications directors and teams. Effective nonprofit communication is about much more than list targeting, relevant messaging, email open rates, and social media scheduling. The most successful communications directors and teams are those who are Collaborative, Agile, Logical, and Methodical. They are CALM. Inside: * Take the CALM not BUSY Assessment to get your personalized CALM Score.
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9780692961056
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Paperback
The Nonprofit Policy Sampler
By Lawrence, Barbara
For nonprofit organizations, policies are tools for setting priorities, making decisions, and defining and delegating responsibilities. Too often, policies are created to ensure a bad decision made during a crisis is never repeated. But policy-making need not be reactive. Boards that practice proactive policy-making can save themselves a great deal of anguish in a crisis situation that demands an immediate response. The Nonprofit Policy Sampler is designed to help. This exhaustive resource provides key elements and practical tips for 70 policy topic areas, along with more than 300 sample policies, job descriptions, committee charters, codes of ethics, board member agreements, mission and vision statements, and more. Each topic includes a choice of sample documents so you can select an appropriate sample from which to start drafting or revising your own policy. All samples, which have been professionally and legally reviewed, are included in the accompanying downloadable content.
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9781586861445
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Book
Giving 2.0
By Arrillaga-andreessen, Laura
Gold Medal Winner; Philanthropy, Charities, and Nonprofits; 2012 Axiom Business Book Awards Giving 2.0 is the ultimate resource for anyone navigating the seemingly infinite ways one can give. The future of philanthropy is far more than just writing a check, and Giving 2.0 shows how individuals of every age and income level can harness the power of technology, collaboration, innovation, advocacy, and social entrepreneurship to take their giving to the next level and beyond. Major gifts may dominate headlines, but the majority of giving still comes from individual households ordinary people with extraordinary generosity. Even in 2009, at a time of deep recession, individual giving averaged almost $2,000 per household and drove 82% of the $300 billion donated that same year.
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9781118119402
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Hardcover
Start Your Own Nonprofit Organization
By Kimball, Cheryl
Whether you want to serve a community need, assist citizens, or advocate for animals—your aspiration is a noble one and likely an ideal mission for a nonprofit organization. The experts at Entrepreneur show you how to turn your desire for change into a successful—and satisfying—business.This indispensable guide helps you determine if your business idea is nonprofit or for-profit, understand and identify their business mission and vision, staff and run a lean operation, select and manage a board of directors, manage finances to the satisfaction of the IRS, find a location and set up shop, master fundraising, use social media and other cost-effective outreach, and manage sustainability and growth. All startup steps are supported by insider knowledge from successful entrepreneurs, dollar-stretching tips, missteps to avoid, resources, and more.
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9781599185279
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Print book
Streetsmart Financial Basics for Nonprofit Managers
By Mclaughlin, Thomas A
The complete guide to the basics of nonprofit financial management Let's be honest. Most books about financial management are densely written, heavy on jargon, and light on practicality. Expert financial consultant and author Tom McLaughlin takes a different approach with his fourth edition of "Streetsmart Financial Basics for Nonprofit Managers. " This comprehensive guide provides effective, easy-to-use tips, tools, resources, and analyses. The light, humorous tone in "Streetsmart Financial Basics for Nonprofit Managers" makes it an accessible resource for nonprofit executives, board members, students, and those new to the field. This book forgoes useless, pretentious verbiage in order to outline real-world strategies that work. This edition includes: New insights, updates, vignettes, case studies, and examples to deal with the implications of nonprofit financial management An examination of nonprofit business models in relation to growing demands from the government and other funders How to construct business plans for virtually any nonprofit entity Customizable resources--including financial worksheets, forms, and Excel templates to help nonprofit managers complete their day to day assignments A guided tour through common aspects of nonprofit management, such as financial analysis, accounting, and operations Practical and informative, "Streetsmart Financial Basics for Nonprofit Managers" is the go-to financial management reference for nonprofit managers, boards of directors, and funders.
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9781119061151
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Print book
The Nonprofit Dashboard
By Butler, Lawrence
Like the instrument panel on the dashboard of a car, a dashboard report presents a quick, comprehensive overview of an organization's status and overall direction, giving more meaning to the information the board receives. This book, for board members and senior staff, presents ma
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9781586861315
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How to Write Fundraising Materials That Raise More Money
By Ahern, Tom
You already know the most valuable trait for a successful fundraiser. That would be integrity. But what ranks second? It would have to be persuasiveness. Whether in writing, in person, or on the phone, you are CONSTANTLY making the case for your project or organization. And helping you hone your persuasive skills is at the heart of Tom Ahern's book. Ask him why he wrote it and he'll tell you this. Too many fundraisers both verbally and in writing fall flat when asked the question: Why should I support you? They stammer, equivocate, lapse into jargon they do everything but make a convincing case to the would-be donor. If that describes you, then your capital campaign, annual drive, planned giving program, even your website is raising far less than it could if you adopted Tom's field-tested advice for selling your mission and vision.
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9781889102313
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Paperback
Keep Your Donors
By Ahern, Tom
Written by fundraising experts Tom Ahern and Simone Joyaux, Keep Your Donors is a new, winning guide to making disappointing donor retention rates a thing of the past. This practical and provocative book will show you how to master the strategies and tactics that make fundraising communications profitable. Filled with case studies and based in part on the CFRE and AFP job analyses, Keep Your Donors is your definitive guide to getting new donors - and keeping them - for many years to come.
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9780470080399
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Hardcover
The Fundraiser's Guide to Irresistible Communications
By Brooks, Jeff
The Fundraiser's Guide to Irresistible Communication reveals ways of communicating that are proven to motivate donors to give generously, wholeheartedly, and repeatedly. Jeff Brooks, one of America's top fundraising writers, takes you on a step-by-step tour of the unique strategies, writing style, and design techniques of irresistible fundraising messages. This easy-to-read and entertaining book will help you skip years of learning curve and start writing, designing, and thinking like a seasoned fundraising pro on the very next project you tackle. Whether you're new to fundraising or a battle-scarred veteran, this go-to resource will boost your confidence, your career, and your revenue. Complements Tom Ahern's book, Seeing Through a Donor's Eyes.
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9781889102023
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Paperback
Fundraising for Social Change
By Klein, Kim
Since it was first published in 1988, Fundraising for Social Change has become one of the most widely used books on fundraising in the United States. Fundraising practitioners and activists 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 fifth edition offers the information that has made the book a classic: proven know-how on asking for money, planning and conducting major gifts campaigns, using direct mail effectively, and much more. The book has been significantly changed to include new technology - e-mail, online giving, and blogs - and contains expanded chapters on capital and endowment campaigns, how to feel comfortable asking for money, how to recruit a team of people to help with fundraising, and how to build meaningful relationships with donors. In addition, this essential resource contains new information on such timely topics as ethics, working across cultural lines, and how to create opportunities for fundraising more systematically and strategically.
The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need
By Karsh, Ellen
CALM not BUSY
By Miller, Kivi Leroux
Are you searching for the secrets to being strategic, effective, and happy in your nonprofit communications work? Look no further. You'll find the answers inside. Kivi Leroux Miller -- whose previous books, The Nonprofit Marketing Guide and the award-winning Content Marketing for Nonprofits, are considered "the bibles" of nonprofit marketing and communications -- reveals what she's learned from coaching hundreds of nonprofit communications directors and teams. Effective nonprofit communication is about much more than list targeting, relevant messaging, email open rates, and social media scheduling. The most successful communications directors and teams are those who are Collaborative, Agile, Logical, and Methodical. They are CALM. Inside: * Take the CALM not BUSY Assessment to get your personalized CALM Score.
The Nonprofit Policy Sampler
By Lawrence, Barbara
For nonprofit organizations, policies are tools for setting priorities, making decisions, and defining and delegating responsibilities. Too often, policies are created to ensure a bad decision made during a crisis is never repeated. But policy-making need not be reactive. Boards that practice proactive policy-making can save themselves a great deal of anguish in a crisis situation that demands an immediate response. The Nonprofit Policy Sampler is designed to help. This exhaustive resource provides key elements and practical tips for 70 policy topic areas, along with more than 300 sample policies, job descriptions, committee charters, codes of ethics, board member agreements, mission and vision statements, and more. Each topic includes a choice of sample documents so you can select an appropriate sample from which to start drafting or revising your own policy. All samples, which have been professionally and legally reviewed, are included in the accompanying downloadable content.
Giving 2.0
By Arrillaga-andreessen, Laura
Gold Medal Winner; Philanthropy, Charities, and Nonprofits; 2012 Axiom Business Book Awards Giving 2.0 is the ultimate resource for anyone navigating the seemingly infinite ways one can give. The future of philanthropy is far more than just writing a check, and Giving 2.0 shows how individuals of every age and income level can harness the power of technology, collaboration, innovation, advocacy, and social entrepreneurship to take their giving to the next level and beyond. Major gifts may dominate headlines, but the majority of giving still comes from individual households ordinary people with extraordinary generosity. Even in 2009, at a time of deep recession, individual giving averaged almost $2,000 per household and drove 82% of the $300 billion donated that same year.
Start Your Own Nonprofit Organization
By Kimball, Cheryl
Whether you want to serve a community need, assist citizens, or advocate for animals—your aspiration is a noble one and likely an ideal mission for a nonprofit organization. The experts at Entrepreneur show you how to turn your desire for change into a successful—and satisfying—business.This indispensable guide helps you determine if your business idea is nonprofit or for-profit, understand and identify their business mission and vision, staff and run a lean operation, select and manage a board of directors, manage finances to the satisfaction of the IRS, find a location and set up shop, master fundraising, use social media and other cost-effective outreach, and manage sustainability and growth. All startup steps are supported by insider knowledge from successful entrepreneurs, dollar-stretching tips, missteps to avoid, resources, and more.
Streetsmart Financial Basics for Nonprofit Managers
By Mclaughlin, Thomas A
The complete guide to the basics of nonprofit financial management Let's be honest. Most books about financial management are densely written, heavy on jargon, and light on practicality. Expert financial consultant and author Tom McLaughlin takes a different approach with his fourth edition of "Streetsmart Financial Basics for Nonprofit Managers. " This comprehensive guide provides effective, easy-to-use tips, tools, resources, and analyses. The light, humorous tone in "Streetsmart Financial Basics for Nonprofit Managers" makes it an accessible resource for nonprofit executives, board members, students, and those new to the field. This book forgoes useless, pretentious verbiage in order to outline real-world strategies that work. This edition includes: New insights, updates, vignettes, case studies, and examples to deal with the implications of nonprofit financial management An examination of nonprofit business models in relation to growing demands from the government and other funders How to construct business plans for virtually any nonprofit entity Customizable resources--including financial worksheets, forms, and Excel templates to help nonprofit managers complete their day to day assignments A guided tour through common aspects of nonprofit management, such as financial analysis, accounting, and operations Practical and informative, "Streetsmart Financial Basics for Nonprofit Managers" is the go-to financial management reference for nonprofit managers, boards of directors, and funders.
The Nonprofit Dashboard
By Butler, Lawrence
Like the instrument panel on the dashboard of a car, a dashboard report presents a quick, comprehensive overview of an organization's status and overall direction, giving more meaning to the information the board receives. This book, for board members and senior staff, presents ma
How to Write Fundraising Materials That Raise More Money
By Ahern, Tom
You already know the most valuable trait for a successful fundraiser. That would be integrity. But what ranks second? It would have to be persuasiveness. Whether in writing, in person, or on the phone, you are CONSTANTLY making the case for your project or organization. And helping you hone your persuasive skills is at the heart of Tom Ahern's book. Ask him why he wrote it and he'll tell you this. Too many fundraisers both verbally and in writing fall flat when asked the question: Why should I support you? They stammer, equivocate, lapse into jargon they do everything but make a convincing case to the would-be donor. If that describes you, then your capital campaign, annual drive, planned giving program, even your website is raising far less than it could if you adopted Tom's field-tested advice for selling your mission and vision.
Keep Your Donors
By Ahern, Tom
Written by fundraising experts Tom Ahern and Simone Joyaux, Keep Your Donors is a new, winning guide to making disappointing donor retention rates a thing of the past. This practical and provocative book will show you how to master the strategies and tactics that make fundraising communications profitable. Filled with case studies and based in part on the CFRE and AFP job analyses, Keep Your Donors is your definitive guide to getting new donors - and keeping them - for many years to come.
The Fundraiser's Guide to Irresistible Communications
By Brooks, Jeff
The Fundraiser's Guide to Irresistible Communication reveals ways of communicating that are proven to motivate donors to give generously, wholeheartedly, and repeatedly. Jeff Brooks, one of America's top fundraising writers, takes you on a step-by-step tour of the unique strategies, writing style, and design techniques of irresistible fundraising messages. This easy-to-read and entertaining book will help you skip years of learning curve and start writing, designing, and thinking like a seasoned fundraising pro on the very next project you tackle. Whether you're new to fundraising or a battle-scarred veteran, this go-to resource will boost your confidence, your career, and your revenue. Complements Tom Ahern's book, Seeing Through a Donor's Eyes.
Fundraising for Social Change
By Klein, Kim
Since it was first published in 1988, Fundraising for Social Change has become one of the most widely used books on fundraising in the United States. Fundraising practitioners and activists 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 fifth edition offers the information that has made the book a classic: proven know-how on asking for money, planning and conducting major gifts campaigns, using direct mail effectively, and much more. The book has been significantly changed to include new technology - e-mail, online giving, and blogs - and contains expanded chapters on capital and endowment campaigns, how to feel comfortable asking for money, how to recruit a team of people to help with fundraising, and how to build meaningful relationships with donors. In addition, this essential resource contains new information on such timely topics as ethics, working across cultural lines, and how to create opportunities for fundraising more systematically and strategically.