Conventional measurements of knowledge are usually based on tangible qualitative and quantitative research, where progress is manifested incrementally with little visible impact. Though workplace challenges are rarely examined from a spiritual perspective, both experience and research efforts have shown that this vein of thinking can deepen personal intuition and provide real breakthroughs and transformations for those who might otherwise feel stuck in their work environment or wider career. Dra...
Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors here The emergence of social enterprises over the past 25 years has been an exciting and significant development in the economy at a local, national and international level. How should we understand the growing popularity of social enterprise? Are alternative business models even more relevant in an uncertain business climate? How does Social Enterprise fit into the wider social context? In 12 comprehensive chapters the authors discuss and i...
The ability to lead people successfully is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career. Written by Carol O'Connor, a leading expert on leadership as both a coach and a practitioner, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need to know to in order to be a great leader. The highly motivational 'in a week' structure of the book provides seven straightforward chapters explaining the key points, and at the end there are optional questions to ensure you have taken it all in. Th...
Changing the way we use, develop, and fund technology for social change is possible, and it starts with you. The Tech That Comes Next: How Changemakers, Philanthropists, and Technologists Can Build an Equitable World outlines a vision of a more equitable and just world along with practical steps to creating it, appropriately leveraging technology along the way. In the book, you'll find: Strategies for changing culture and investments inside social impact organizationsWays to change technology de...
Team Secrets of the Navy SEALs is written especially for business professionals in today's cutthroat business environment. From his learned wisdom as a veteran SEAL, the author guides the reader through the keys to leadership success and the role of a leader in building a well-organized, competent, resourceful group of professionals who work together creatively to achieve results. The business world can be ruthless, but with the team secrets of the "best of the best" you can expect fast results...
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People 2-Volume Collection (HBR's 10 Must Reads)
by Harvard Business Review
If you read nothing else on managing people, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review. Managing people is fraught with challenges, even if you're a seasoned manager. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People 2-Volume Collection provides enduring ideas and practical advice on managing people to help you handle these difficulties and maximize your employees' performance. Bringing together HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People, Vol. 1 and HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People, Vo...
Transformational Governance – How Boards Achieve Extraordinary Change (ASAE/Jossey-Bass)
by Beth Gazley and Katha Kissman
The trusted handbook for nonprofit board service is backnewly revised and updated! Doing Good Even Better is approachable wisdom, fresh from the recently retired chair of Habitat for Humanity International. Edgar Stoesz (Stãyce) has made Doing Good Even Better a guidebook. In short, pointedly-written chapters, Stoesz covers: Helping Directors Understand Their Governance Role A Plan to Fulfill the Purpose Reporting Back to the Members Planning Effective Meetings Great Boards Have a Good Fight (...
Start, Maintain and Grow Your Nonprofit Organization - Make Every Day Count!
by MS Mph Orellana-Paape
Responsive Fundraising: The Donor-Centric Framework Helping Today’s Leading Nonprofits Grow Giving provides a three-step solution for nonprofit fundraisers looking to overcome the growing generosity crisis. Since the 1950s, nonprofits have relied on impersonal outreach to inspire generosity from their donors. They leveraged direct mail, mass marketing and event fundraising to drive donations. In the early 2000s, with the introduction of social media, smartphones and a hyper-connected world,...
Unleash your leadership by identifying and overcoming the limitations you place on yourself in the workplace. Women are called by God to flourish in areas of leadership. And for the first time in modern history, women are making their way into strategic positions of influence and leadership within the ministry, public, corporate, charity and voluntary sectors. Certainly, there are still external disadvantages that women leaders face in the professional world, and there's still a lot of work t...
Shared Space and the New Nonprofit Workplace
While the economy has boomed since the Great Recession, so too have real estate rents and gentrification in cities across North America; nonprofits priced out of formerly affordable neighborhoods lack adequate workplaces to meet their missions. Shared Space and the New Nonprofit Workplace presents a comprehensive overview of shared space as an innovative model and effective long-term solution for nonprofit organizations' need for stable and affordable office and program space. In particular, it...
Over the past two decades, there has been a shift of paradigm in public administration and public sector accounting around the world with the increasing emphasis on outcomes as opposed to inputs and outputs focus. Understanding of how government departments and agencies develop and implement outcomes-based approaches to their services and programs to strengthen public accountability, financial scrutiny and good governance worldwide is limited. Covering a selection of international practices on...
With microeconomic insights into the functioning of nonprofit organizations, this book focuses on both empirical and theoretical economic aspects of their operation. It considers the possible definitions of nonprofit organizations, the economic rationale behind their existence, and the significance of their work. The final chapters analyze the economic idiosyncrasies of nonprofit organizations' management, highlighting the fields of strategic management, marketing, accounting, and finance.
A Proactive Approach to Helping Neighbors Help Themselves In September of 1989, Hurricane Hugo tore through South Carolina, leaving a trail of destruction in its path. But in its wake also came hope, courage, and cooperation. In Charleston, the hurricane uncovered the plight of the poor and impoverished, and in response, a local priest led his church and community leaders to form ECCO, East Cooper Community Outreach. In The Winds of Change, Executive Director Jack Little tells the story of ECCO,...