Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The High-Performance Board The High-Performance Board Dennis D Pointer While boards acknowledge they bear ultimate responsibility and accountability for their organizations' affairs, governance quality is often far from optimal. The High- Performance Board offers pragma… OL15177760W
Nonprofits And Evaluation Nonprofits And Evaluation Joanne G. Carman This issue of New Directions for Evaluation explores evaluation within the context of nonprofit organizations. In recent years, many have observed that nonprofit organizations are under increasing pr… OL17434236W
The search for social entrepreneurship The search for social entrepreneurship Paul Charles Light "Outlines the debate on how to define social entrepreneurship, examining the four main components of social entrepreneurship: ideas, opportunities, organizations, and the entrepreneurs. Presents rese… OL1940997W
The promise of a pencil The promise of a pencil Adam Braun This the story of how a young man turned $25 into more than 200 schools around the world and the guiding steps anyone can take to lead a successful and significant life. The author began working summ… OL19664058W
The complete guide to nonprofit management The complete guide to nonprofit management Robert H. Wilbur Just as for-profit businesses are developing new management styles to meet the challenges of a changing marketplace, today's nonprofits are undergoing a transformation of their own. Growing competit… OL20575851W
Strategic alliances among health and human services organizations Strategic alliances among health and human services organizations Darlyne Bailey,Kelly McNally Koney With a focus on relationship building, this book offers theoretical and practical information to organizations considering and negotiating this process. Throughout, the book employs actual case examp… OL20720154W
Government and Not-For-Profit Accounting Government and Not-For-Profit Accounting Michael H. Granof " Known for its accessible writing style and concept-based presentation, this book arms accountants with the information they'll need in their career Provides updates for the newest standards, al… OL2695824W
Money well spent Money well spent Paul Brest "Starting with the premise that strategy makes all the difference in effective giving, the book shows foundations and individual philanthropists the best way to design a strategy to achieve their sta… OL4138292W