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The Best Dick
A Candid Account of Building a $1m Business
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Mike Sharman invites you to share in the hustle, in this business book The Best Dick. From the enthusiastic, entrepreneurial beginnings of a bootstrapped startup founder - a relatively inexperienced 26 year old - to a seasoned, professional, storyteller, who has built a boutique social media advertising...
Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre et collaborative
Retour sur le succès d’un projet totalement innovant
Language: French
Release Date: June 27, 2016
Un guide pratique et accessible pour tout comprendre de Wikipédia et de son fabuleux succès !
Fondée en 2001 par deux Américains, l’encyclopédie en ligne Wikipédia représente à l’heure actuelle un site web incontournable, l’un des plus consultés au monde. Le concept est simple,...
by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
This book chronicles stories of community development in Washington, DC. It gives insight into a movement that dreamed big, weathered setbacks, and persevered, bringing unimagined rebirth to neighborhoods such as Columbia Heights and the H Street Corridor. A clear and compelling account, it is a must read for anyone interested in resident led movements and neighborhood revitalization.
by Ian Greener
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Taking a critical approach, it examines the key concepts and ideas of public management. Comparative case studies introduce students to public management ideas from the US, the UK, and Europe. The new edition is fully updated to reflect the financial crisis and its impact on the way public services are now being reformed across the world.
Change Philanthropy
Candid Stories of Foundations Maximizing Results through Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
A how-to guide for creating and funding social justice program grants
This groundbreaking book shows how to increase funding for social justice philanthropy. Social justice philanthropy provides direct services to alleviate suffering and works to transform the systems and institutions that...
Philanthropy in Democratic Societies
History, Institutions, Values
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
Philanthropy is everywhere. In 2013, in the United States alone, some $330 billion was recorded in giving, from large donations by the wealthy all the way down to informal giving circles. We tend to think of philanthropy as unequivocally good, but as the contributors to this book show, philanthropy...
The Foundation
A Great American Secret; How Private Wealth is Changing the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2007
Private foundations have been the dynamo of social change since their invention at the beginning of the last century. Yet just over 10 percent of the public knows they even exist; and for those who are aware of them, as well as even those who seek grants from them, their internal workings remain a...
Community Building: What Makes It Work
A Review of Factors Influencing Successful Community Building
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1997
This practical guide shows you what really does (and doesn't) contribute to community building success. It reveals 28 keys to help you build community more effectively and efficiently. You won't find another single report that pulls out common lessons from across community building initiatives about...
From Waidale to the World
The Waidale Missionary Trust 1967-2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2018
The extraordinary story of how God used two ordinary Southland farmers to begin a mission initiative that would grow, multiply and expand to reach around the world.
Harry White and Clarence Gardyne wanted to find a practical way to support Andrew and Margaret Dunn who were ready to go to Papua...
Overturning Tables
Freeing Missions from the Christian-Industrial Complex
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
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The Shepherd and His Staff
A Guide to the Biblical Principles and Practices of Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2017
This book is about leadership. It is, in fact, about the greatest leader model who ever lived. Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges were the first to encourage us to follow Jesus as the ultimate example of leadership for all purposes. Theodore Mistra applied this principle to his own career and learned that...
Wine to Water
How One Man Saved Himself While Trying to Save the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
The captivating story of an ordinary bartender who's changing the world through clean water.
Doc Hendley never set out to be a hero. In 2004, Hendley-a small- town bartender- launched a series of wine-tasting events to raise funds for clean-water projects and to bring awareness to the world's...
Keep Your Donors
The Guide to Better Communications & Stronger Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Written by fundraising experts Tom Ahern and Simone Joyaux, Keep Your Donors is a new, winning guide to making disappointing donor retention rates a thing of the past. This practical and provocative book will show you how to master the strategies and tactics that make fundraising communications profitable....
by Ace McCloud
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2017
Are you sick of being disrespected and not living up to your true potential? Do you wish you knew how to develop the qualities of a great leader?
Whether you want to (1) lead more effectively, (2) be respected, or (3) know exactly what you can do to be a great leader, then this is the book...