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Not-for-Profit Management
Do you want to manage your nonprofit organization more effectively? These resources will help you deliver high quality services, secure more funding, position your agency, develop a useful board, and lead your staff and volunteers.
General Management:
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First, Break All the Rules (Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman)
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Now, Discover Your Strengths (Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton)
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t (Jim Collins)
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Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done (Larry Bossidy)
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Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change (William Bridges)
Nonprofit Management & Service Delivery (Online):
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Center for Nonprofit Management (California)
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Center for Nonprofit Management (Dallas, TX)
Nonprofit Management & Service Delivery:
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Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies (Paul R. Niven)
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Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step: Maximizing Performance and Maintaining Results (Paul R. Niven)
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Creating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan: A Workbook for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (John M. Bryson)
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Harvard Business Review on Nonprofits (Harvard Business Review)
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High Performance Nonprofit Organizations: Managing Upstream for Greater Impact (Christine W. Letts)
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How to Manage an Effective Nonprofit Organization: From Writing and Managing Grants to Fundraising, Board Development, and Strategic Planning (Michael A. Sand)
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Improving the Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness of Not-for-Profits: Conducting Operational Reviews (Rob Reider)
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Managing a Nonprofit Organization in the 21st Century (Thomas Wolf)
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Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principles and Practices (Peter F. Drucker)
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Nonprofit Law & Governance For Dummies (Jill Gilbert, JD, CPA Welytok)
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Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations: Theory and Cases (Sharon M. Oster)
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Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations, Second Edition (Michael Allison)
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Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical Guide and Workbook (Michael Allison)
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Strategic Tools for Social Entrepreneurs: Enhancing the Performance of Your Enterprising Nonprofit (J. Gregory Dees)
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Sustaining Nonprofit Performance: The Case for Capacity Building and the Evidence to Support It (Paul Charles Light)
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The Complete Guide to Nonprofit Management (Smith, Bucklin & Associates, Inc.)
Marketing:
- Branding for Nonprofits (DK Holland)
- Marketing Nonprofit Programs and Services (Douglas B. Herron)
- Nonprofit Internet Strategies: Best Practices for Marketing, Communications, and Fundraising Success (Ted Hart)
- The Jossey-Bass Guide to Strategic Communications for Nonprofits (Kathy Bonk)
Volunteer Management:
- Better Safe … Risk Management In Volunteer Programs & Community Service
- Beyond Police Checks : The Definitive Employee and Volunteer Screening Guidebook
- From the Top Down: The Executive Role in Volunteer Program Success (Susan J. Ellis)
- Simply Strategic Volunteers: Empowering People For Ministry (Tony Morgan and Tim Stevens)
- The (Help!) I-Don’t-Have-Enough-Time Guide to Volunteer Management (Katherine Noyes Campbell and Susan J. Ellis)
- The Volunteer Management Handbook (Tracy Daniel Connors)
- The Volunteer Recruitment (and Membership Development) Book (Susan J. Ellis)
- What We Learned (the Hard Way) about Supervising Volunteers: An Action Guide for Making Your Job Easier (Collective Wisdom Series)
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Volunteers Wanted (Jo Bryan Rusin)
Leadership & Human Resource Management:
- Collaborative Leadership: How Citizens and Civic Leaders Can Make a Difference (David D. Chrislip and Carl E. Larson)
- Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High (Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler)
- Enlightened Leadership: Getting to the Heart of Change (Ed Oakley and Doug Krug)
- Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (Joan Pynes)
- Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box (The Arbinger Institute)
- Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time (Ken Blanchard)
- Principle Centered Leadership (Stephen R. Covey)
- Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager : Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Self Leadership (Ken Blanchard, Susan Fowler, and Laurence Hawkins)
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership (John C. Maxwell)
- Winning With People: Discover the People Principles that Work for You Every Time (John C. Maxwell)
Fundraising:
- Beyond Fundraising: New Strategies for Nonprofit Innovation and Investment, 2nd Edition (Kay Sprinkel Grace)
- Conducting a Successful Capital Campaign (Kent E. Dove)
- Effective Fundraising For Nonprofits: Real World Strategies That Work (Ilona M. Bray)
- Financial Empowerment: More Money for More Mission : An Essential Financial Guide for Not-For-Profit Organizations (Peter C. Brinckerhoff)
- Fundraising for Nonprofits: How to Build a Community Partnership (P. Burke Keegan)
- Fundraising for Social Change (Kim Klein)
- Generating and Sustaining Nonprofit Earned Income: A Guide to Successful Enterprise Strategies (Sharon M. Oster)
- How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters (Mal Warwick)
- Successful Fundraising : A Complete Handbook for Volunteers and Professionals (Joan Flanagan)
- Storytelling for Grantseekers: The Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fundraising (Cheryl A. Clarke)
- The Zen of Fundraising: 89 Timeless Ideas to Strengthen and Develop Your Donor Relationships (Ken Burnett)
- Venture Forth!: The Essential Guide to Starting a Moneymaking Business in Your Nonprofit Organization (Rolfe Larson)
- Writing for a Good Cause: The Complete Guide to Crafting Proposals and Other Persuasive Pieces for Nonprofits (Joseph Barbato)
Accounting/Budgeting:
- Beyond Budgeting: How Managers Can Break Free from the Annual Performance Trap (Jeremy Hope)
- Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations: Policies and Practices (John Zietlow, Jo Ann Hankin, and Alan G. Seidner)
- Not-for-Profit Accounting Made Easy (Warren Ruppel)
- The Budget-Building Book for Nonprofits: A Step-by-Step Guide for Managers and Boards (Murray Dropkin)
- The Cash Flow Management Book for Nonprofits: A Step-by-Step Guide for Managers and Boards (Murray Dropkin)
Board Development:
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Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations (John Carver)
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Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards (Richard P. Chait)
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Nonprofit Boards: Roles, Responsibilities, and Performance (Diane J. Duca)
- Nonprofit Boards That Work: The End of One-Size-Fits-All Governance (Maureen K. Robinson)
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Sarbanes-Oxley for Nonprofit Boards (Peggy M. Jackson)
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The Board Member’s Playbook: Using Policy Governance to Solve Problems, Make Decisions, and Build a Stronger Board (Miriam Carver)
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The Fundraising Habits of Supremely Successful Boards: A 59-minute Guide to Ensuring Your Organization’s Future (Jerold Panas)
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The Strategic Board: The Step-by-Step Guide to High-Impact Governance (Mark Light)
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The Ultimate Board Member’s Book: A 1-Hour Guide to Understanding and Fulfilling Your Role and Responsibilites (Kay Sprinkel Grace)
Amazon.com Lists:
Start a Nonprofit
Are you interested in starting your own not-for-profit organization, or 501(c)(3)? These resources should get you going.
Books:
- How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation (Anthony Mancuso)
- Starting and Building a Nonprofit (Peri Pakroo)
- Start and Grow Your Faith-based Nonprofit (Jill Esau and Stanley W. Carlson-Thies)
- The Nonprofit Handbook (Gary Grobman)
- Nonprofit Kit for Dummies (Stan Hutton and Frances Phillips)
Online Resources:
- Foundation Center
- WikiHow
- Nonprofit Information Network (for more than just Connecticut)
- How to Incorporate as a Nonprofit
- NOLO–How to Form a Nonprofit
- UWEX, Learner Resource Center
More 501 (c) (3) info:
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