Описание: Linking four continents over three centuries, Selling Empire demonstrates the centrality of India to the making of a global British imperial system. Eacott recasts the British empire`s chronology and geography by situating the development of consumer culture, the American Revolution, and British industrialization in the commercial intersections linking the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Essential tools and guidance for effective nonprofit financial management
Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations provides students, professionals, and board members with a comprehensive reference for the field. Identifying key objectives and exploring current practices, this book offers practical guidance on all major aspects of nonprofit financial management. As nonprofit organizations fall under ever-increasing scrutiny and accountability, this book provides the essential knowledge and tools professional need to maintain a strong financial management system while serving the organization's stated mission. Financial management, cash flow, and financial sustainability are perennial issues, and this book highlights the concepts, skills, and tools that help organizations address those issues. Clear guidance on analytics, reporting, investing, risk management, and more comprise a singular reference that nonprofit finance and accounting professionals and board members should keep within arm's reach.
Updated to reflect the post-recession reality and outlook for nonprofits, this new edition includes new examples, expanded tax-exempt financing material, and recession analysis that informs strategy going forward.
Articulate the proper primary financial objective, target liquidity, and how it ensures financial health and sustainability
Understand nonprofit financial practices, processes, and objectives
Manage your organization's resources in the context of its mission
Delve into smart investing and risk management best practices
Manage liquidity, reporting, cash and operating budgets, debt and other liabilities, IP, legal risk, internal controls and more
Craft appropriate financial policies
Although the U.S. economy has recovered, recovery has not addressed the systemic and perpetual funding challenges nonprofits face year after year. Despite positive indicators, many organizations remain hampered by pursuit of the wrong primary financial objective, insufficient funding and a lack of investment in long-term sustainability; in this climate, financial managers must stay up-to-date with the latest tools, practices, and regulations in order to serve their organization's interests. Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations provides clear, in-depth reference and strategy for navigating the expanding financial management function.
Описание: This book is a practical, how-to guide for those interested in writing, procuring, and implementing grants. The second edition has also been expanded to include a new chapter on how to become a grant writer. From gathering basic information about an organization through accepting and implementing the grant award, expert advice is provided then illustrated through step-by-step guides along with numerous examples. This publication is designed to be used by those writing grants on behalf of libraries as well as nonprofit organizations. Information about types of grants available through government agencies and foundations as well as how to locate funding opportunities has all been updated in this second edition. The process of identifying a fundable project and how to carefully select potential sources of funding are explained. Proven writing strategies show how to make your grant application stand out from the rest. Making sure that program implementation is as smooth as possible is shared in order to eliminate any potential obstacles that may arise. Several appendices show samples of strategic plans, narratives, budgets, needs assessments, evaluations, and much more! Examples are tailored to libraries and nonprofit organizations. The author has shared her 20] years experience successfully procuring and implementing foundation and government grants. It is the most current and practical publication of its kind available today and will prove to be enormously useful in these tough economic times when decreased available funding opportunities are resulting in increase competitiveness. (n.b., This book is not intended for those seeking funding for science-based or social science-based projects that involve experiments and may involve human and/or animal subjects.)
Описание: Does your brand strategy make sense? If you ask 10 people in your organization, how many different answers would you get * Can everyone in your organization explain how all the pieces (programs and services) fit together * Do you feel like you're the best kept secret in town? * Have you been debating a name change for years? * If you put all of your collateral on a table, would it look like it came from the same place? Is it consistent with the look and feel of your web site * Do you have brand guidelines that are consistently used by everyone creating communications? If your answers leave you less than confident that your stakeholders completely understand who you are and what you stand for, Building Your Brand: A Practical Guide for Non-Profit Organizations can help. This practical, user-friendly guide is specifically designed to help senior leaders and marketing staff build and maintain a strong, accurate brand. . .to have the ""right"" reputation with the people who matter most to your success. Starting at the very beginning (Why does a strong brand matter?), Michele Levy draws on her experience with scores of nonprofit (and for profit) organizations to help nonprofit leaders understand how to sort through all the information at their disposal and arrive at the most powerful expression of their own brand.
Описание: The bestselling guide to nonprofit planning, with proven, practical advice Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations describes a proven method for creating an effective, organized, actionable strategy, tailored to the unique needs of the nonprofit organization.
Описание: The Lobbying and Advocacy Handbook for Nonprofit Organizations, Second Edition, is your complete road map to shaping public policy at the state and local level. It gives detailed, step-by-step instructions for developing an effective plan and putting it into action. With this handbook, you will discover how lobbying can help fulfill your mission; learn how to initiate, support, or defeat bills; develop effective lobbying skills; gather and mobilize support for your positions; learn how to use the media effectively; influence gov't administrators to back your policy positions; comply with state and federal regulations; and set up systems in your nonprofit to support lobbying. In addition to updated worksheets, case studies, and resources, new material in the second edition includes nonprofit civic engagement and voter mobilization; designing the Policy Committee that works for your nonprofit; utilizing social media in your communications strategies; administrative advocacy: working with governmental agencies; and understanding the why, what and how of collaboration. "A must read for every nonprofit board and executive team seeking effective, practical and legal advice on how to achieve their organization's mission by engaging with elected officials and policymakers at every level of government." -Emmett Carson, Ph.D. CEO and President, Silicon Valley Community Foundation "The Lobbying and Advocacy Handbook is essential reading for every non-profit Executive Director and staff member. It explains the imperative and mechanics of advocacy and will be an invaluable tool for everyone who wants to ensure that all voices get heard in our democracy." -Deepak Bhargava, Executive Director, Center for Community Change "In this revised edition Marcia Avner . . . reveals in practical terms how safe and easy advocacy is and how advocacy can strengthen the nonprofit in other important ways." -Tim Delaney, President and CEO, National Council of Nonprofits "A must-have for any nonprofit professional who values the importance of advocacy efforts." -Lindsey Hodel, Director, Colorado Participation Project "An essential resource that should be on the desk of every nonprofit leader." -Gary Bass, Executive Director, Bauman Foundation and former Executive Director of OMBWatch "This handbook is an important part of the work that we do: teaching current and future nonprofit leaders the value and practice of nonprofit advocacy. It's been used successfully here at Georgetown . . . Students and nonprofit leaders alike appreciate its practical and well organized guidance." -Kathy Postel Kretman, Ph.D., Director, Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership, Georgetown University "Nonprofit advocacy has never been more essential than it is today. Avner's excellent handbook is a practical and realistic source of knowledge, guidance and support that makes it possible for any nonprofit, regardless of prior experience, to be effective in the important work of advocacy and lobbying." -David O. Renz, Ph.D., Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership, Henry W. Bloch School of Management, University of Missouri-Kansas City "I have used Avner's book as a textbook in my graduate school class because it gives such clear, practical advice on how to change public policy for the better with your staff and board. If you're trying to figure out how to do it, these are the tools for you." -Sheila Smith, Executive Director, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts "Marcia Avner . . . and the book put us on the leading edge of nonprofit advocacy." -Wy Spano, Founder and Co-Director, Masters in Advocacy and Political Leadership Program, University of Minnesota-Duluth "Practical and useful, this is a clear and up-to-date guide on all aspects of advocacy. It's a must-have for nonprofit executives." -Elizabeth Boris, Director, Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, Urban Institute
Автор: Francois Название: Financial Sustainability For Nonprofit Organizations ISBN: 0826129838 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780826129833 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 11504.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Nonprofit organizations face fierce competition for funding, especially during times of financial crisis. In order to effectively further their goals and make a long-term impact in the communities they serve, these organizations must remain financially viable and sustainable. This book equips students training to become better nonprofit leaders with the information and conceptual frameworks needed to ensure their organizations are financially sustainable. Using practical tips and illustrative case examples, it guides the reader to an understanding of the structures and processes of nonprofit organizations, and includes detailed coverage of financial analysis, budget management, cash flow, financial accountability and reporting, investing, fundraising, and organizational growth. This book is ideal for students, faculty, and practitioners in social service administration, human service leadership, public and community health, public administration, organization management, and health care administration and management.
Автор: Mccandless Baluch Название: Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations ISBN: 0415896177 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415896177 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 26796.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book offers an in-depth look at how the distinctive nature of NPOs shapes the development and implementation of their HR practices. Using examples from an exploratory multiple case study of NPOs selected across different fields, it addresses the learning and adapting processes through which NPOs alter their HRM.
Название: Performance Management in Nonprofit Organizations ISBN: 1138787981 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138787988 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22968.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This research-based book examines the design, implementation, and working of accounting, accountability, governance, and performance management measures of nonprofit organizations. It presents critical commentaries, contemporary and retrospective views, and useful insights from leading scholars in the field.
Описание: Using a three-stage approach which involves an exploratory survey and multiple case studies, this book reveals that charitable organizations are positioning themselves in distinctive ways that are not adequately explained by contemporary perspectives on strategic positioning derived from commercial strategy and marketing management literatures.
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