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This book details a path to launching a successful nonprofit organization. Many tips are included such as how to choose a structure, incorporated or unincorporated, whether to seek 501(c)(3) status or not and why, how to secure a documentary or reality television show, grant opportunities and grant-writing tips, and how to get media exposure as well as fundraising tips.

Success in business demands the effective management of people. James C. Morgan, who for nearly three decades led the high-tech powerhouse Applied Materials to both financial success and to the designation as one of America's most admired companies and best places to work, provides a simple, straightforward set of principles and tips that he says can help anyone be a better manager. Rich in stories and practical examples, it's a must-listen for those seeking a timeless and proven management manual.

Mission Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose aims to help the jobseeker - whether a student, a mid-career professional or a retiring Baby Boomer - take advantage of the many career opportunities burgeoning in the non-profit sector by answering these questions and more: Is now the right time for me to transition into the nonprofit sector? Will my skills transfer to the nonprofit sector? How do I even begin to move from the corporate to nonprofit sector?

We often focus on how our gifts can help those in need. But the act of giving actually improves our own lives as well. In The Giving Way to Happiness, Jenny Santi overturns conventional thinking about what it takes to be happy by revealing how giving to others - whether in the form of money, expertise, time, or love - has helped people from all walks of life find purpose and joy.

In How to Fundraise: 9 Steps to Asking for Support for Nonprofits, you'll learn the fundamentals of fundraising. This book covers a variety of topics including why fundraising is important, identifying your target demographic of givers, and building the right fundraising team to make your campaign successful. We'll learn many things such as how to set smart goals when fundraising, establishing financial budgets, and how to connect to influencers.

A toolkit of proven strategies and practices for building capacity and creating transformation. Recent years have seen a proliferation of information on how to make change in business, in social and environmental movements, and on a more personal scale. But, even with all this attention, two out of three change efforts fail to achieve their desired result. How can you make your own effort buck this trend?

After years of being told to emulate the corporate world, not-for-profit CEOs like Nancy Lublin now find the shoe on the other foot. Tough times have forced businesses to slash their headcount, marketing budgets, and other resources. Managers at small startups and Fortune 100 companies alike are now expected to do more with less - but how? No one is more qualified to answer that question than the leaders who always thrive on a shoestring.

The inspirational story of a former Microsoft executive’s quest to build libraries around the world and share the love of books What’s happened since John Wood left Microsoft to change the world? Just ask six million kids in the poorest regions of Asia and Africa. In 1999, at the age of 35, Wood quit a lucrative career to found the nonprofit Room to Read. Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as "the Andrew Carnegie of the developing world", he strove to bring the lessons of the corporate world to the nonprofit sector - and succeeded spectacularly.

For small organizations, public relations may feel like a luxury to be indulged in at some point in the distant future. Author Jennifer Farmer argues you don't need a multi-million dollar budget to have a successful public relations program.

As recent events in Japan, the Middle East, and Haiti have shown, Twitter offers a unique platform to connect individuals and influence change in ways that were unthinkable only a short time ago. Twitter for Good is a groundbreaking book that contains the most effective tactics for tapping into the power of Twitter as a real-time information network.

This audiobook comes from the Inventing Your Horse Career series, an enlightening and entertaining equine audio experience developed by Horse Sense and Cents. In this title, you'll enjoy tips, ideas, and stories provided by the chief executive officer of the Certified Horsemanship Association, Christy Landwehr. This material has been drawn from the original nine CD package available through Horse Sense and Cents.

Have you believed for years you were meant to live for so much more, but continued to settle for an ordinary life? Or, are you looking for a new level of living a beyond ordinary life? In Doing Good, Great, you will be inspired by the lives of those who refused to be average and encouraged to make an awesome impact on your world, just like them, and to live a life beyond ordinary.

Are you increasing the zeal of your donors? Do your donors bring you more qualified donor prospects? Are they raving fans of your nonprofit? Before there was Facebook or Twitter, there was Creating Donor Evangelists! Learn how...by turning your fundraising effort on its head!

When you were young, did you dream of being ordinary - of living an average life? Of course not. You didn't settle for ordinary or average then... refuse to do so now. You were born to be extraordinaryIn Living Beyond Ordinary: Discovering Authentic Significance and Purpose, leadership authority Scott George unpacks in inspiring detail the principles and practices of those who live beyond ordinary lives.

Every day millions of ordinary people exhibit extraordinary generosity. Regardless of age, income, religion, and beliefs, we want to touch the lives of others. Yet philanthropy is often reactive - we write checks when natural disasters strike, we give to our schools and places of worship, or we support friends running a marathon for a cure. How can we transform these occasional acts of giving into consistent generosity that creates enduring impact? Moreover, how can we harness the most exciting opportunities?

Business guru Peter Drucker referred to the Salvation Army as "The most effective organization in the U.S." The Salvation Army has long been revered for its passionate adherence to its mission and purpose of delivering humanitarian and spiritual aid to anyone, no matter who they are. In this important book, former commissioner of the Salvation Army in the U.S. Robert Watson outlines those principles that not only guide that organization, but also can apply to companies, ministries, and organizations anywhere.

The CAE certificate is one of the most selective and unique credentials in business today. There are, in fact, only 4,000 Certified Association Executives, a mere 2.5% of all professionals managing associations and non-profit organizations. If you aspire to become one of them, it's an excellent ambition. I'd like to help you succeed.

You can make a difference on a daily basis, and it's not as difficult as you might think. Simple Giving includes more than 40 ideas to make the world a better place. Most people think they have to donate a lot of time and money in order to make a difference. But there are simple ways to integrate giving into our personal and professional lives that don't involve either.

The Sunday collection in every Catholic church throughout the world is as familiar a part of the Mass as the homily and even Communion. There is no doubt that historically the Catholic Church has been one of the great engines of charity in history. But once a dollar is dropped in that basket, where does it go? How are weekly cash contributions that can amount to tens of thousands of dollars accounted for? Where does the money go when a diocese sells a church property for tens of millions of dollars?

Everyone has heard of Habitat for Humanity, the faith-based housing initiative that has built homes for more than a million of the world's poor. Many are familiar with its founders, Millard and Linda Fuller. But few know the amazing love story behind the movement a story that began accidentally and will conclude in a world forever changed by its impact. By age 29, Millard Fuller was a self-made millionaire. But that success came at a cost.