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Praise for the Second Edition of The Executive Director’s Guide to Thriving as a Nonprofit Leader

“This book is a gift for nonprofit leaders in all stages of their careers. With clarity and profound simplicity, it dissects the otherwise overwhelming role of the nonprofit executive director into understandable components that can then be made workable (and even fulfilling!). It is a highly readable and practical road map for success.”
—Molly Polidoroff, executive director, Center for Excellence in Nonprofits

“The Executive Director’s Guide to Thriving as a Nonprofit Leader not only clearly and concisely identifies the most critical issues of nonprofit leadership, but it also provides the resources and answers to those challenges. It will be required reading for both the most seasoned executive as well as the emerging leader.”
—Bill Coy, director of leadership practice, La Piana Consulting

“I provide The Executive Director’s Guide to Thriving as a Nonprofit Leader to all new executive directors placed by my firm. They find it to be a great resource during their orientation to a new organization, new people, and new challenges, and it continues to be a support as issues come up in their work over the years. It’s comprehensive and sensible, and the authors’ great knowledge and respect for nonprofit executives shine through.”
—Susan Egmont, consultant, Egmont Associates

Praise for the Previous Edition

“How would I describe this book? Practical. Helpful. Encouraging. Realistic. Thought-provoking. Accessible. Focused. Honest. Refreshing. It should be on every nonprofit leader’s desk.”
—Barry Z. Posner, former dean and professor of leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, and coauthor, The Leadership Challenge

“In this new age of nonprofit management, executive directors are getting over their fantasies and past their fears, crafting change-the-world ideas and executing them every day. Mim and Margaret now provide real-life, real-time help in coaching and guiding executive directors from survival to success. I can’t think of a more important contribution in today’s drive to strengthen the sector.”
—Roni Posner, former executive director, The Alliance for Nonprofit Management

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A nonprofit’s real-world survival guide and nitty-gritty how-to handbook

This down-to-earth book shows how to hack through the bewildering jungle of marketing options and miles-long to-do lists to clear a marketing path that’s right for your organization, no matter how understaffed or underfunded. You’ll see how to shape a marketing program that starts from where you are now and grows with your organization, using smart and savvy communications techniques, both offline and online. Combining big-picture management and strategic decision-making with reader-friendly tips for implementing a marketing program day in and day out, this book provides a simple yet powerful framework for building support for your organization’s mission and programs.

• Includes cost-effective strategies and proven tactics for nonprofits
• An ideal resource for thriving during challenging times
• Fast, friendly, and realistic advice to help you navigate the day-by-day demands of any nonprofit

Written by one of the leading sources of how-to info and can-do inspiration for small and medium-sized nonprofit organizations, Kivi Leroux Miller is,among other things, a communication consultant and trainer, and president of EcoScribe Communications and Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com.

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Shows leaders and managers of public and nonprofit organizations both how and why they should use strategic planning to improve the performance of their organizations. This expanded edition includes many examples to illustrate both successful and unsuccessful planning efforts, while new chapters address planning implementation, strategy evaluation and reassessment, and key leadership roles vital to effective strategic planning. In addition, the author presents a planning process used successfully by many public and nonprofit organizations–the Strategy Change Cycle–along with detailed guidance on its application.

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Losing Your Executive Director Without Losing Your Way is a practical guide for board members and executives who must guide their nonprofits through the difficult transition of replacing the key member of their organization and shows how to make this transition a positive event. The authors Carol Weisman and Richard I. Goldbaum—acclaimed experts on the  topic of governance—explain how boards can bridge the gap between executive directors and learn to use the transition period as a strategic opportunity. 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 ED take charge of the organization.

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Learn how to find sources of grants, the eight parts of a strong grant request, and what brings success. This book is based on well-tested methods and includes step-by-step instructions, plus an example of a grant request. The author has over fifteen years experience in getting grants.

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Whether you are a volunteer who has never written a proposal or an experienced staff person who has written many, Get Grants Now offers a helpful perspective on seeking foundation and corporate grants to support the mission of your nonprofit. Based on more than 30 years as a volunteer, Board member, staff and consultant in the wonderful world of nonprofits, Jane B. Ford’s experience and conversational writing style combine to make this book both a useful tool and an enjoyable read. Her eleven-step process for securing grants begins with the understanding of the importance of mission to all funding, and concludes with a useful and amusing chapter that offers five keys to writing well. In between, you will find detailed guidance, useful resources, easy-to-use forms, valuable sample documents and pertinent stories from the author’s decades of grant seeking, designed to help you not only write proposals but enjoy the process as well. Get Grants Now belongs in the resource library of every nonprofit organization that uses – or wants to use – grant funding to support their work.

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Learn how to manage and leverage risk

Like all organizations in today’s volatile marketplace, nonprofits are under tremendous pressure to be more accountable for their operations, specifically to funders, donors, clients, and the public at large. Proper risk management can not only help nonprofits create a sound and transparent financial structure, but also exploit new development opportunities that may not otherwise be realized. Managing Risk in Nonprofit Organizations shows managers how to implement sound risk management procedures in every aspect of their organization.

The authors divide their guide into three sections–The Nature and Purposes of Risk Management, Recognizing the Context for Risk Management, and Risk Financing for Nonprofits. A large array of potential risks is covered, including:

• Human resource issues
• Fundraising
• Internet use
• Mergers
• Volunteer management

Senior level managers and executives at nonprofits, board members, and professional risk managers will find Managing Risk in Nonprofit Organizations to be an invaluable guide to this vital topic.

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“Anybody who manages or sits on the board of a nonprofit organization will find great insight in this book on the four pillars of leadership. ” John McIlquham, President, NPT Publishing Group, Inc. Does your nonprofit organization suffer from a “non-profit mentality?” Are you too preoccupied with daily challenges to focus on your mission, build your vision, nurture relationships with constituents, and – last but not least – create a positive operating margin?Dennis C. Miller has solutions for nonprofit organizations that know they must up their game in a world where they are competing with profit-driven institutions for limited talent and resources. Miller brings the nonprofit sector squarely into the 21st century and points the way forward, showing those who run or work for nonprofits:¿ Why much more emphasis should be placed on training and on rewarding high performing employees.How all nonprofits must periodically reevaluate their mission – to see if it is ambitious enough or perhaps too ambitious.Why measuring and then communicating success can enhance fundraising.How establishing your “brand” is as crucial for nonprofits as it is for the Fortune 500.Why you must think of your organization as if it had a “stock price” that can rise or fall.Often, people don’t realize the potential for taking their nonprofit organization to new heights. But by the end of reading Miller’s guide they will learn to soar. They will be able to create a more positive image and a greater demand for their services, have more people wanting to become employees, board members and volunteers, achieve recognition for excellence in their field, and see an increase in donors and dollars.

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A hot topic in the business world, reengineering is the radical redesign of an organization’s processes, structure, and culture. The realities of the nonprofit world are not all that different from those of the corporate world. Shrinking budgets, changing societal needs, and scandals are forcing nonprofits to heed the call of reengineering. To stay alive, and competitive, nonprofits must re-examine their raisons d’tre, how they carry out their missions, their organizational structures, and their business processes. Those involved in strategic planning and reengineering a nonprofit range from paid staff to volunteer board members, all with varying degrees of hands-on involvement in the organization. Developed out of the author’s extensive experience, this book is a guide to the major issues and concerns facing nonprofits who are considering or in the midst of reengineering. It examines the organizational structure of nonprofits (board members, executive staff, and volunteers), the business processes and activities (allocation of resources, strategies for growing the organization, and means of delivering services), and the corporate culture of nonprofits (what the organization is and should be doing, self-assessment, and continuous improvement). This book takes our Nonprofit Series trade titles to a more sophisticated level. Hopkins/Organization 2E, Greenfield/Fundamentals, and Smith, Bucklin/Management are more basic, introductory level books. This book is for more developed nonprofit organizations, but has trade potential because of the timeliness of its subject.

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An essential resource on the new law facing nonprofits

An inability to adequately penalize nonprofits and individuals who collect excessive compensation or other benefits from tax-exempt organizations has led to the creation of intermediate sanctions–fines and legal actions intended to eliminate nonprofit abuse. Nonprofit legal expert Bruce R. Hopkins explains the constitution and application of these new rules in The Law of Intermediate Sanctions: A Guide for Nonprofits.

This comprehensive, easy-to-use guide summarizes, analyzes, and explains the federal tax law on intermediate sanctions. Among other topics, the author addresses:

• The statute, legislative history, regulations, and court opinions of intermediate sanctions
• The influence of law concerning private inurement, private benefit, and private foundation self-dealing
• Real-world examples of intermediate sanctions in practice
• How nonprofits may seek to avoid excess benefit transactions or adequately document that excess benefit does not occur

Nonprofit executives, attorneys, accountants, and members of boards of directors will find The Law of Intermediate Sanctions to be an unparalleled resource on the new measures targeting nonprofit abuse.

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