Non-profitmaking organisations Books

Fundraise For Australia is the first Australian fundraising textbook that captures all the unique fundraising vehicles, approaches, and regulations that exist within the Australian for-purpose sector, ensuring new and early career fundraisers have the...

""Anweisung zur Waldwirtschaft"" (1833) von Heinrich Cotta ist ein Buch, das sich mit der nachhaltigen Bewirtschaftung von W�����ldern befasst. Es ist ein Leitfaden f�����r Forstwirte und Waldbesitzer, der detaillierte Anweisungen zur Holzwirtschaft, zur...

Non-profit Organizations and Co-production:The Logics Shaping Professional and Citizen Collaboration develops a novel framework for analyzing the practices of co-production between citizens and professionals in the non-profit sector. Analysing...

Due to its potential transformative nature, empathy has increasingly received attention in business, psychology, neuroscience, education, medicine, social sciences and design, to mention only a few. During the last two decades, discussions about the role...

Research in Public Administration and Public Management has distinctive features that influence the choices and application of research methods. The standard methodologies for researching from the social sciences can be difficult to follow in the complex...

This book is a guide regarding leading effectively as you articulate your vision to your team and the roles that they play in order to reach your goal.  This book uses the game of football and some of its valuable, player positions to emulate the...

Understanding your kingship to unlock your leadership!Stephen D. Owens will help you to understand how the role of leadership has been transformed. When you become a part of the Kingdom of God you are in the correct posture to unlock your leadership...

Leading a nonprofit is challenging and rewarding work. Nonprofit board members, CEOs, Executive Directors and fundraising leaders - and those who aspire to those roles - are expected to engage donors to raise money effectively.  Yet, most have...

Nonprofits provide valuable help and enrichment to the individuals they serve.  Like any other organization, nonprofits are subject to an ever-increasing number of risks.  This book can best be described as a practical and concise "how...

WINNER - AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2019 (BEST LEADERSHIP BOOK)"Finally, a book that answers not only the 'how-to' of getting a board seat but asks the reader to truly understand why they would bother taking on the responsibility that follows and...

After reading this book, leaders will be empowered with a growing understanding of the role anxiety plays in systemic change even as they are equipped to lead with less anxiety.

This book brings global leaders in the cultural field into dialogue with academics and experts to offer profound insight and perspectives on the complex issues the cultural sector faces in a rapidly accelerating and destabilising twenty-first century...

This text provides a guide to strategic communications for nonprofit organizations that is rooted in the desire to serve and do good.

This book looks at what drives effective management of public-private partnerships (PPPs). It examines widely cited Singaporean cases pertaining to successful PPPs as well as those in failure (and subsequently contracted back in the public-sector...

The Business of Givingdescribes the systems and processes philanthropists need to adopt in order to achieve their goals. It provides a "toolkit" for philanthropic investment taking the reader through each stage of their decision making. Its techniques...

In September 2009, the United States alongside the East African Countries of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda launched a coalition operation in Kitgum, Uganda. Their mission was to prepare the region for the challenges of a pandemic or equally...

Struggling to accept the label of ‘leader’ in your life? Feeling out of your depth? Wonder when you will be free from feeling inadequate or like an imposter?You are seen-- woman serving faithfully but resisting a title. You are seen-- mother...

The core resources and capabilities of any nonprofit organization lie in their human capital; their knowledge, skills and behaviors are critical to the achievement of the organization's mission and performance. Thus, effective management of this key...

Despite predictions that 'new public management' would establish itself as the new paradigm of Public Administration and Management, recent academic research has highlighted concerns about the intra-organizational focus and limitations of this approach...

Police Leadership as Practice applies a leadership-as-practice approach (emphasising leader-employee relationships) to law enforcement. This book provides a progressive and collaborative leadership text for students of law enforcement, as well as...

At last! A comprehensive guide to the art, craft, and business of consulting with nonprofits and community groups . . . Nonprofit consulting requires specialized skills and knowledge of how the sector works. This guide gives you the resources and tools...

Discover the new purposeful leadership principles that over 10k leaders worldwide, leading 100k people, have used to break through the ceiling. Without burning out and being happier than ever before. Conventional leadership styles aren’t working in...

This book explores innovations in public management, including establishing a corporate vision, strategizing an organization and change management.Chapters provide a valuable frame of reference for the 21st-century manager of public services by assessing...

Being a head of school is both challenging and rewarding work. Heads of school and those who aspire to the role are expected to engage alumni and parents and raise money effectively; yet, most have received little or no training or support in advancement...

""Our Working Girls And How To Help Them, With Special Reference To Clubs And Classes"" is a book written by Flora Lucy Freeman in 1908. The book is a comprehensive guide on how to help working girls in the early 20th century. The author focuses on the...

Until now, research has given us only a limited understanding of how managers actually make sense of and apply management knowledge; how networks of interaction amongst managers help or hinder processes of knowledge diffusion and the sharing of best...

Underlining the relationship between the public and nonprofit sectors, Effective Nonprofit Management: Context, Concepts, and Competencies, 2nd Edition comprehensively explores of the practical art of forming, managing, and leading nonprofit...

Recent studies estimate that more than 75% of current nonprofit executives plan to leave their positions in the next five to ten years. What will you do when you need to recruit a new executive for your nonprofit’s leadership team?Hiring and...

With roughly half of all income for non-profit arts organizations in the United States coming from earned revenue rather than donations and state funding, the issue of pricing is paramount to success in the arts industry, yet pricing is not...

This powerful guide: 'The CEO's 31-Day Power Plan: Unlocking Success through Essential Traits' is more than a book; it's a strategic roadmap for CEO's and aspiring leaders.From visionary thinking to self-reflection, each day unveils a key trait essential...

Unlock the Secrets to Success with Insights from Visionary LeadersIn Lead from Within: Entrepreneurs Share Proven Traits for Success, you'll embark on an extraordinary journey through the minds of accomplished leaders who have redefined the very...

Leadership is not something you merely do; it is something in which you need to grow. It is something you need to live out. Leadership is a journey with people, through relationships, making and building organizations.Join World Vision Australia's former...

Do you need to transform your communications department into a specialist digital and social media team? The newly revised Public Sector Marketing Pro is the definitive guide for government and public sector agencies, politicians, political parties and...

Barry Taylor spent the early years of his working life as a director of companies and charities in the City of London, including time as treasurer of the then London Marriage Guidance Council.Since1985 he has worked with charities in Glastonbury,...

Sports clubs and voluntary organisations, in many cases, have become large and complex entities with strong membership numbers and significant budgets. Yet they are still operated by people who are essentially volunteers and, although they do so with the...

Das Buch ""Der Achtst�����ndige Normalarbeitstag"" von Bernhard Rost aus dem Jahr 1896 besch�����ftigt sich mit der Forderung nach einer Verk�����rzung der Arbeitszeit auf acht Stunden pro Tag. Rost argumentiert, dass eine solche Verk�����rzung notwendig...

Membership in Service Clubs provides the first rigorous assessment of the activities of Rotary, a global service organization founded in 1905 that implements projects and helps build goodwill and peace throughout the world. Using data for a district,...

Cures for Ailing Organizations is a first aid manual that guides nonprofits and social enterprises out of common difficulties that hinder their work. Until now, organizations working to help our world have been left to struggle on their own and when they...

The no-cost way to improve your organization on a daily basis Most nonprofits are already benchmarking informally. This unique book defines a formal way to benchmark. You'll learn how to prepare your organization, measure performance, and implement best...

Start the Conversation No “how-to" manual exists on cultural competency. And, compared to other topics in nonprofit management, little exists on the skills and strategies needed to address racism and inequity. Building cultural competency is an...

Let's face it, the collaboration process can be a pain in the neck. The Nimble Collaboration: Fine-Tuning Your Collaboration for Lasting Success, shows collaborations how to become leaner, more responsive, more flexible, and ultimately, more productive...

How do you land a career that enables you to follow your passion, earn a living wage, and make a difference in the world? 150 leading social entrepreneurs give you their best advice on how to go beyond the nine to five job. Whether your dream is to...

Nonprofit organizations are conventionally positioned as generators of social and cultural forms of capital for the common good. As such they occupy a different space to other types of organizations such as corporate firms that exist primarily to...

This book explores leadership and management in social sector organizations, which include, NGOs, non-profits, social enterprises, social businesses, and cross-sector collaborations focusing on advancing human dignity and social justice. It provides...

This book offers deep insights into the functioning of humanitarian organizations (HOs) from a managerial perspective. Presenting an in-depth case study on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), it demonstrates how HOs can professionalize...