Jossey Bass imprint: 1362 books
Storytelling for Grantseekers
A Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fundraising
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2009
Grantwriters often have little or no training in the practical task of grantseeking. Many feel intimidated by the act of writing, and some don't enjoy writing. In Storytelling for Grantseekers, Second Edition, Cheryl Clarke presents an organic approach to grantseeking, one that views the process through...
Brandraising
How Nonprofits Raise Visibility and Money Through Smart Communications
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2009
In the current economic climate, nonprofits need to focus on ways to stand out from the crowd, win charitable dollars, and survive the downturn. Effective, mission-focused communications can help organizations build strong identities, heightened reputations, and increased fundraising capability. Brandraising...
Strategic Communications for Nonprofits
A Step-by-Step Guide to Working with the Media
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
This is a new edition of Strategic Communications for Nonprofits, which was first published in 1999. It is an up-dated, nuts-and-bolts guide to helping nonprofits design and implement successful communications strategies. The book offers a unique combination of step-by-step guidance on effective media...
The Zen of Fundraising
89 Timeless Ideas to Strengthen and Develop Your Donor Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
If all that has ever been said and written about the art and science of fundraising could be distilled down to just what really matters—what fundraisers everywhere need to know—there would be only a small number of true gems deserving of the description, “nuggets of information.”
Leading...
The Non Nonprofit
For-Profit Thinking for Nonprofit Success
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
A top business leader shares the business principles he used to launch both a top company and a thriving nonprofit
Nonprofit leaders know that solving pervasive social problems requires passion and creativity as well as tangible results. The Non Nonprofit shares the same business principles...
Managing to Change the World
The Nonprofit Manager's Guide to Getting Results
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
Why getting results should be every nonprofit manager's first priority
A nonprofit manager's fundamental job is to get results, sustained over time, rather than boost morale or promote staff development. This is a shift from the tenor of many management books, particularly in the nonprofit...
Reinventing Your Board
A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Policy Governance
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
In the second edition of this best-selling Policy Governance operating manual, John Carver and Miriam Carver make this exciting approach to effective governance even more accessible and user-friendly, gleaning lessons learned in years of practice to help readers understand and use this invaluable...
Leading Across Boundaries
Creating Collaborative Agencies in a Networked World
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2010
Praise for Leading Across Boundaries
"Leading Across Boundaries is a terrific resource for nonprofit leaders. It is filled with great stories of collaboration, and also with the how-to's to make them work!"
–Arlene Kaukus, former president, United Way of Buffalo and Erie County,...
CAE Study Guide 2015
Preparation Reference for the Certified Association Executive Exam
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
The ASAE CAE preparation guide featuring 100 exam questions
This is the ASAE test prep resource for the CAE exam, which leads to certification as an association executive. The ASAE CAE Study Guide (2015): Preparation Reference for the Certified Association Executive Exam + Practice Test Bank...
Charity Case
How the Nonprofit Community Can Stand Up For Itself and Really Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
A blueprint for a national leadership movement to transform the way the public thinks about giving
Virtually everything our society has been taught about charity is backwards. We deny the social sector the ability to grow because of our short-sighted demand that it send every short-term dollar...
Content Marketing for Nonprofits
A Communications Map for Engaging Your Community, Becoming a Favorite Cause, and Raising More Money
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Nonprofits are communicating more often and in more ways than ever before . . .but is anyone paying attention?
In her follow-up to The Nonprofit Marketing Guide: High-Impact, Low-Cost Ways to Build Support for Your Good Cause, Kivi Leroux Miller shows you how to design and implement a content...
The Budget-Building Book for Nonprofits
A Step-by-Step Guide for Managers and Boards
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
This best-selling nuts-and-bolts workbook, now in its second edition, has become the gold standard for nonprofit managers and boards who must work through the budget cycle. The book offers practical tools and guidance for completing each step of the budgeting process. Designed to be comprehensive...
by Mary Tschirhart, Wolfgang Bielefeld
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
This essential resource offers an overall understanding of nonprofits based on both the academic literature and practitioner experience. It shows how to lead, manage, govern, and structure effective and ethical nonprofit organizations. Managing Nonprofit Organizations reveals what it takes to be entrepreneurial...
Fundraising When Money Is Tight
A Strategic and Practical Guide to Surviving Tough Times and Thriving in the Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2009
A Nonprofit Survival Kit for Hard Times
"This is a must-read for all of us in fundraising. Mal Warwick includes practical approaches for difficult economic times, from zero-based thinking about our programs to strategies for relating to our donors and making certain our fundraising programs...