Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Over the last 30 years nonprofit organizations have grown massively in capacity, scope, and authority across the world. With growing demand for services, there are numerous opportunities for nonprofits to respond innovatively and sustainably. Any experienced nonprofit manager knows the role is sometimes frustrating but always exhilarating, working with people and empowering them. Severe funding cuts make this more testing, but new prospects are appearing. If you are new to management or the sector, you need a book describing good practice to inform and guide you. Managing a small nonprofit, requires you to multitask, manage your time and prioritize tasks, while taking on extra responsibilities, you need new skills such as fundraising, all covered in this book. This book covers essential aspects (staffing, communications, charity governance, donations, corporate social responsibility, crowdfunding). With useful case studies, resources and links, it avoids jargon and intellectualizing. Topics include effective business planning, empowering staff and clients, writing successful fundraising applications and preparing government tenders for the U.S. and UK. Don used his experience as a nonprofit manager, volunteer, staffer, fundraiser, community fund overseer, trustee and consultant to make the book relevant, topical and helpful.
Synopsis
The non profit sector in the UK encompasses charities, social enterprises and friendly societies, employing 820,000 staff and 15 million volunteers and raising 19 billion a year from individuals. With gross income of over 70 billion and additional voluntary effort, it is bigger than the motor industry. However severe cuts in funding since 2010 have made the process of leading and managing third social sector organizations even more challenging indeed. Leadership and management skills in the sector therefore become both more important and more demanding. Hence the need for a book directed at managers, who may be either new to the sector, new to the role ort taking on specific new duties such as fundraising. Readers will therefore have a wide range of previous experience and knowledge, which the book has to encompass to ensure there is something relevant and useful for managers at different levels. I adopt a practical rather than an academic approach;