Jossey Bass imprint: 1362 books
The Power of Legacy and Planned Gifts
How Nonprofits and Donors Work Together to Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2010
The Power of Legacy and Planned Gifts provides practical knowledge and tools nonprofits need to connect with loyal donors, resulting in a stream of future income that will sustain and advance their mission. Filled with illustrative real-world examples and cases, as well as worksheets to guide the...
The Practitioner's Guide to Governance as Leadership
Building High-Performing Nonprofit Boards
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
THE PRACTITIONER'S GUIDE TO GOVERNANCE AS LEADERSHIP
The Practitioner's Guide to Governance as Leadership offers a resource that shows how to achieve excellence and peak performance in the boardroom by putting into practice the groundbreaking model that was introduced in the book, Governance...
How To Be Great At Doing Good
Why Results Are What Count and How Smart Charity Can Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Get ready to question everything you’ve been told about charity, and to find out how you can truly succeed at making the world a better place.
Many of us donate to charitable causes, and millions more work or volunteer for non-profit organizations. Yet virtually none of us have been taught...
Improving Healthcare Team Performance
The 7 Requirements for Excellence in Patient Care
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Practical, proven techniques for improving team performance in the health care world
Teams and collaboration have become an expectation in most healthcare facilities and environments. It is accepted that high performance, patient focused teams are critical to quality patient care. However,...
Putting Patients First
Best Practices in Patient-Centered Care
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
The second edition of Putting Patients First showcases what Planetree facilities and the Planetree organization have learned about the commitments, conditions, practices, and policies that are needed to do more than give lip service to being--patient-centered.--It should be read by every student,...
Managing Projects in Africa
Essentials from the Project Management Journal
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
This special issue of the Project Management Journal presents a collection of six articles on managing projects in Africa. Providing a window into the important project activity taking place there, these articles extend both the empirical and theoretical understanding of the African project context...
Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations
A Strategic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Since the first edition was published in 1997, Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations has become the go-to reference for public and nonprofit human resources professionals. Now in its fourth edition, the text has been significantly revised and updated to include information...
The Literacy Cookbook
A Practical Guide to Effective Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
Proven methods for teaching reading comprehension to all students
The Literacy Cookbook is filled with classroom-tested techniques for teaching reading comprehension to even the most hard-to-reach students. The book offers a review of approaches that are targeted for teaching reading, writing,...
Innovation Leaders
How Senior Executives Stimulate, Steer and Sustain Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Innovation leaders promote and address the innovation agenda in their company. Through personal conviction or competitive necessity they are obsessed with providing superior value to customers through innovation. They know how to mobilize their staff behind concrete innovation initiatives and do not...
Celebrating Every Learner
Activities and Strategies for Creating a Multiple Intelligences Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2010
Howard Gardner's groundbreaking theory applied for classroom use
This important book offers a practical guide to understanding how Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) can be used in the classroom. Gardner identified eight different types of intelligence: linguistic, logical,...
Trust Matters
Leadership for Successful Schools
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Make your school soar by escalating trust between teachers, students, and families
Trust is an essential element in all healthy relationships, and the relationships that exist in your school are no different. How can your school leaders or teachers cultivate trust? How can your institution...
by Doug Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012
A comprehensive guide for integrating educational technology in the K-12 classroom
This is a must-have resource for all K-12 teachers and administrators who want to really make the best use of available technologies. Written by Doug Johnson, an expert in educational technology, The Classroom...
The Innovator's Field Guide
Market Tested Methods and Frameworks to Help You Meet Your Innovation Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
A step-by-step guide to successfully transforming any organization
It is well recognized that succeeding at innovation is fundamental in today's hyper-competitive global marketplace. It is the only way to outperform current and emerging competitors sustainably. But what we call “innovation”...
eXtreme Project Management
Using Leadership, Principles, and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Today’s new breed, eXtreme projects are different. They feature high speed, high change, high complexity, high risk, and high stress. While traditional projects follow the classic model of ready, aim, fire, eXtreme project managers succeed by shooting the gun and then redirecting the bullet while...