| Fundraising Strategies |
 Winning Grants: Step by Step.
By Mim Carlson
Worksheets take the reader through the proposal-writing process. Text is not as comprehensive as the Robinson book, but excellent for those who learn through checklists and worksheets.
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 Grassroots Grants: An Activist's Guide to Proposal Writing.
By Andy Robinson
Excellent examples and a thorough treatment of the proposal-writing process. While examples pertain to activist organizations, this book can serve any organization. A Center favorite.
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 Fundraising for Social Change (Fifth Edition)
By Kim Klein
Provides small organizations with the information they need to establish, maintain and expand a successful community-based fundraising program. Includes: asking for money, major gift campaigns, using the Internet, and making a career of social change fundraising.
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| Management & Strategic Planning |
 Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations
A Practical Guide and Workbook (2nd Edition)
By Michael Allison, Jude Kaye
Designed for nonprofits, and can be easily adapted to fit any time frame. It comes with field-tested worksheets, checklists, and tables in both print and disk formats, plus a sample case study that demonstrates strategic planning in action from start to finish. Filled with real-world insights, planning tips, and useful pointers. |
 Strategic Planning Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations
By Bryan W. Barry
How do you reach your goals and make an impact when you're faced with funding cuts and increased competition? You'll find the answer in the Strategic Planning Workbook. With practical, step-by-step guidance and worksheets to develop your own plan. |
 The Nonprofit Mergers Workbook: The Leader's Guide to Considering, Negotiating, and Executing a Merger
By David La Piana
This practical guide walks you through the entire merger process from assessing your reasons and readiness, to finding a partner, negotiating the deal, and completing the merger. |
 The Nonprofit Mergers Workbook II: Unifying the Organization after a Merger
By La Piana Associates
Continues this practical guide through the entire post-merger process from effective change leadership, managing the integration process and communication. |
 The 5 Life Stages of Nonprofit Organizations: Where You Are, Where You're Going, and What to Expect When You Get There
By Judith Sharken Simon, Terence Donovan
Understand where your organization is in its life. You'll learn about the very real challenges and problems at any given stage. Directors, boards, managers, and consultants can use this guide. |
 How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California (Tenth Edition)
By Anthony Mancuso
This book takes you step-by-step through the process of forming a nonprofit corporation in California. Incorporation, IRS, and tax forms are included as tear-outs and on CD-ROM. |
| Board Management |
 Roberta's Rules of Order
By Alice Collier Cochran
A system to structure meetings, decision-making, and governance specifically within small to medium sized organizations. An alternative to the more formal method developed by Henry Robert (Robert's Rules), which was designed for parliamentary use. |
 Chairing a Board by the Seat of Your Pants
By Susan M. Scribner
Were you elected to chair a board, only to discover that the job did not come with an instruction manual? Helps you identify your chairing style and then offering practical solutions and suggestions to develop the skills you need to be an effective board leader. |
 Boards From Hell (Third Edition)
By Susan M. Scribner
If you want to create an effective Board of Directors for your organization, you first have to identify the problems! Portrays board problems, from Phantom Boards to Parrot Boards to Smorgasboards, describes the consequences, and suggests appropriate solutions. |
| Marketing |
 Marketing Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations
Volume I: Develop the Plan
By Gary J. Stern, Elana Centor
If marketing seems too commercial or too complex, or if your current efforts aren't delivering results, this book is for you. With this helpful guide, you can create a simple, usable marketing plan designed to get results! |
 Marketing Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations Volume II: Mobilize People for Marketing Success
By Gary J. Stern
Shows you how to mobilize your entire organization, its staff, volunteers, and supporters in a focused, one-to-one marketing campaign. Gives you complete instructions, real-life examples, and detailed worksheets to create an effective campaign. |
| Human Resources |
 Managing Workplace Negativity
Gary S. Topchik
Managing Workplace Negativity gives managers, team leaders, trainers, and other human resources professionals much-needed help in treating the negativity bug. |
 Resolving Conflict for Nonprofit Organizations
Marion Peters Angelica
Helps you understand, identify, and resolve conflict constructively. The guide's eight-step process shows you how to spot conflicts, decide whether to intervene, uncover and deal with the true issues involved, and design and carry out a conflict resolution process. |
