Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
In each chapter, you will find honesty, wit, compassion, and actions you can put into motion ASAP to improve your ability to share your leadership effectively. Garry offers a recipe for a real partnership between an executive director and a board chair. She draws on her own staff and board experience and her work with hundreds of clients to share what it takes to be a first class fundraiser and public speaker. She will also offer practical advice on managing crises, graceful exits (those two not always connected) and organizational transition. Throughout, Garry's belief in the power of storytelling as core to nonprofit success shines through. In this book, Garry establishes her role as your biggest champion, your fiercest advocate and a coach offering authentic, practical and actionable advice to enable you to find the joy in the messiness of the nonprofit sector.
Joan is planning an update of approx. 30% new content. This will be achieved in the form of a new introduction in which she addresses some of the changes in the NP landscape in the last 2-3 years and her first-hand experience dealing with those changes for and with her clients. She will also be including 2 new chapters; one on the unique power that smaller nonprofits possess in today's world of social-media born social movements; the second detailing the struggles that these smaller nonprofits often face, and how she helps them to overcome those struggles.
Synopsis
I suppose some authors add a chapter or two of new content here and there and call it a second edition. Not me. For those who know me, it won't surprise you that I learned a ton from my clients since 2017 and I realized I had quite a lot more to say. I believe it reads like a new book.
How?
The first edition centered on my story as the vehicle for lessons and advice. In this edition, you will meet a host of new "characters" from around the country whose stories are just like yours. You will see yourself in these superheroes. Their choices, the lessons they learned from their mistakes, their remarkable successes - bring the book to life in a new way. Every single chapter of this second edition is new in this way.
And yes, there is new content.
My hope is that every nonprofit board member will swallow this book whole. And so a new chapter "Why Boards Matter" may be the most important content in this edition. It's not your typical chapter about boards - clinical and instructive.But if you want to see firsthand the havoc a clueless board member can have, if you want to understand the ripple effects of the toxic board member, if you want to see what abuse of power looks like and if you want to face the truth that boards don't just stay engaged - you have to engage them - then this is the chapter you need to read. And, not to worry, the chapter comes complete with proven antidotes.
The next new chapter is filled with lessons learned from over 5,000 leaders of small nonprofits who are members of my Nonprofit Leadership Lab. Of the 1.5 million nonprofits of in the U.S., 67% have budgets less than $1mm. Leaders of small organizations have unique strengths and challenges. In this chapter, I speak to these leaders and offer practical advice on how small nonprofits can have an outsized impact.
Lastly, this second edition will find its way to readers as we move out of 2020, a year like no other. No leaders could have anticipated the depth of crises they would encounter. A brand new chapter about crisis management will be just what the doctor ordered.
In 2017 I wrote my very first book and I was proud of it. During the pandemic, on lockdown, I didn't just update the book; I wrote the book I believed executive directors and board members of nonprofits of all sizes and shapes would really need for a world where old rules no longer apply, a world that needs them now more than ever and a world in which leaders will need someone in their corner offering them practical advice and cheering them on.
Here I am.
As a champion for nonprofit leaders hell bent on maximizing the impact of the nonprofit sector, Joan wrote this second edition Joan Garry's Guide to Nonprofit Leadership, during COVID lockdown. She knew that board and staff leaders would need a guide come January 2021 to navigate a world where old rules no longer apply and a world that needs them now more than ever.
A very different time demanded a very different book. Certainly not different in style, Joan's new book is funny, inspiring and filled with practical advice. Her voice is accessible and you'll feel you are getting a pep talk from your biggest fan.
Drawing on her own experiences as a nonprofit E.D., a board leader, a volunteer and a donor Joan shares her stories and introduces you to a host of new characters she has met since 2017. Board and staff leaders will see themselves in these folks - recognizing the mistakes and celebrating the successes.
In this new book, Joan will help you realize that 'nonprofits are messy" - too many cooks, too few resources and an abundance of passion and show you the way to find joy and privilege in that 'mess."
In this newest book Joan will teach you how to
- Market board service to identify ideal ambassadors and build a strong an effective board
- Develop a true partnership between the board chair and the executive director
- Maximize the superpowers of small budgets
- Build a culture of storytelling in your organization (the key to fundraising )
- Anticipate crises and navigate them - step by step
- The keys to a fundraising program that puts you on the path to sustainability
Synopsis
In a world where the old rules no longer apply, nonprofit leadership is more important than ever
Now in its second edition, Joan Garry's Guide to Nonprofit Leadership is a must-have resource for organizations of all shapes and sizes wanting to make a bigger difference in the world. Filled with real-life stories and concrete strategies, this practical guide helps develop the specialized skills and mindset needed to successfully lead and manage a stable and impactful world-class organization.
A lot has happened since Joan Garry's Guide to Nonprofit Leadership was first published in 2017. The COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 election cycle, and seismic economic and cultural shifts have transformed the nonprofit world. This second edition provides a wealth of new content and fresh perspectives on changes in the nonprofit landscape. Brand-new chapters bring the core responsibilities of board service to life, offer practical advice on how small nonprofits can have an outsized impact, discuss effective crisis management approaches, and deliver even more stories and lessons drawn from the Joan Garry's work with thousands of nonprofit leaders. Throughout the book, the author shares new insights on topics such as managing crises, graceful exits, organizational transitions, and more. Honest, authentic, and sometimes hilarious, this book will help you:
- Gain a rich understanding of what it takes to lead a nonprofit
- Raise awareness and make the greatest possible impact
- Create successful and sustainable fundraising programs
- Reinvigorate your organization's passion for its mission
- Work in true partnership with staff and board members
- Respond effectively to crises and avoid common pitfalls
Written by the former Executive Director of GLAAD and founder of the Nonprofit Leadership Lab, Joan Garry's Guide to Nonprofit Leadership, Second Edition, is required reading for nonprofit board members, leaders, managers, and staff looking to make the greatest possible impact.
Gain a rich understanding of what it takes to lead a nonprofit
Raise awareness and make the greatest possible impact
Create successful and sustainable fundraising programs
Reinvigorate your organization's passion for its mission
Work in true partnership with staff and board members
Respond effectively to crises and avoid common pitfalls
Written by the former Executive Director of GLAAD and founder of the Nonprofit Leadership Lab, Joan Garry's Guide to Nonprofit Leadership, Second Edition, is required reading for nonprofit board members, leaders, managers, and staff looking to make the greatest possible impact.