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Community Engagement ACTION
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(Hildy Gottlieb)
The Community Engagement Step-by-Step Action Kit will
introduce you to the practical side of Community Engagement - a no-nonsense
approach that will make your programs AND your community stronger - all at the
same time! ORDER
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Board Recruitment and Orientation: 3rd Edition A Step-by-Step
Common Sense Guide (Hildy Gottlieb)
Picture the worst board members youve ever
known, and remember - someone recruited them! This step-by-step manual will
help you create a strong recruitment and orientation program, putting your
board on the road to increased effectiveness. Whether your board needs minor
tweaks or a major overhaul, you will find yourself coming back to this common
sense guide again and again. ORDER
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Improving the Performance of Governing
Boards (Chait, Holland, Taylor)
Don't be fooled by the fact that this book is the
result of an in-depth academic study. This is a hugely practical review of what
makes NonProfit boards successful. The book covers a broad variety of topics
that affect boards, testing all their recommendations with real-life groups.
You will recognize your board on every page. We use many of their tips in our
own board development work, and we hope you will be enticed to try them
yourselves!
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Resource Development |
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How to
Write Successful Fundraising Letters (Mal Warwick)
If you do direct mail appeals - annual appeals,
ongoing appeals, etc. - do not start writing your next letter without Mal
Warwicks step-by-step guide. Chock-full of examples of not only
solicitation letters but follow up and thank you letters as well, this has
become the industry favorite for direct mail letter-writing. ORDER
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on Marketing /
Community Engagement |
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Community Engagement ACTION
KIT
(Hildy Gottlieb)
The Community Engagement Step-by-Step Action Kit will
introduce you to the practical side of Community Engagement - a no-nonsense
approach that will make your programs AND your community stronger - all at the
same time! ORDER
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Say It In Six: How
to Say Exactly What You Mean in 6 Minutes or Less (Ron
Hoff) |
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Ron Hoff contends that you can be more effective in 6
minutes than a longer speech. Once you try his formula, you might well agree.
Very practical, no nonsense. He even cuts a 12 minute speech by former
president Bill Clinton into a 6 minute speech - for a powerful effect! We
cannot recommend this book enough. It will change how you think about speaking
- from your own staff and board meetings to that keynote address at your annual
industry-wide conference. ORDER
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Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing
(Harry Beckwith))
Unlike selling tires, NonProfits really sell the
invisible - the intangible - making it hard to wrap a tidy marketing bow around
what we do. Unlike other business marketing books that focus on selling
things, Beckwiths book is great for NonProfits. His thought
process is terrific, and every page is alive with great approaches and ideas.
Highly recommended.
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on PERSONNEL |
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Time Management for Unmanageable People (Ann
McGee-Cooper and Duane Trammell, contributor) |
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Most time management books are written by folks for
whom planning, prioritizing and list-making come naturally (Hildy, for
instance). Not this one. This is the time management book for the rest of us
(Dimitri, for instance), who have been made to feel that if we don't fit the
list-making mold, that we are somehow defective. McGee takes a refreshingly
uncondemning approach to those who have never cut it in the world of "time
management." You will laugh out loud as you recognize yourself and your
coworkers in every chapter. But the bottom line is that it works so well, we've
adapted its techniques for use in creating implementation plans for major
projects. ORDER
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on STARTUP &
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT |
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Built to Last:
Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (James C. Collins and Jerry I.
Porras) |
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Before we give you any details, we have to admit we've
each read this book (or listened to it on audiotape) three times, and there is
a good chance we'll go back for another round. Collins and Porras researched
eighteen visionary corporations, from 3M to Disney to Sony, and found what it
is that makes truly exceptional companies different from other companies. This
book is a blueprint to building incredible and prosperous organizations - a
stimulating and invigorating must read. ORDER
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on GENERAL
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Time Management for Unmanageable People (Ann McGee-Cooper and
Duane Trammell, contributor) |
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The guilt-free way to organize, energize and maximize
your life. This book takes a refreshingly compassionate approach to those of us
who just can't seem to get our act together. The artist among us, Dimitri, has
always leaned towards the "unmanageable" side, and he will tell you that the
tips in this book actually work! (We have even included these techniques when
creating implementation plans for major projects.) The book is a fun read, and
you will laugh out loud as you recognize yourself and your coworkers in every
chapter. But bottom line - it works. ORDER
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A Whack on the Side of the Head: How
You Can Be More Creative (Roger von Oech) |
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"Whack" has become a classic for unleashing the
creative potential inside us all. Von Oech's premise is simple - "that
creativity is fun, necessary, and accessible to all of us." The book is filled
with puzzles, anecdotes, exercises, cartoons, questions, tips - plenty to free
your mind to "go beyond what's worked in the past and come up with new
approaches." Great fun - and it works! ORDER
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Also
check out the Creative Whack pack - 64 flash
cards, each with a different creativity strategy, to kick-start your creative
process.
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Built to Last:
Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (James C. Collins and Jerry I.
Porras) |
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Before we give you any details, we have to admit we've
each read this book (or listened to it on audiotape) three times, and there is
a good chance we'll go back for another round. Collins and Porras researched
eighteen visionary corporations, from 3M to Disney to Sony, and found what it
is that makes truly exceptional companies different from other companies. This
book is a blueprint to building incredible and prosperous organizations - a
stimulating and invigorating must read. ORDER
NOW! |
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for SPEAKERS &
WRITERS |
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Say It In Six: How
to Say Exactly What You Mean in 6 Minutes or Less (Ron
Hoff) |
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Ron Hoff contends that you can be more effective in 6
minutes than a longer speech. Once you try his formula, you might well agree.
Very practical, no nonsense. He even cuts a 12 minute speech by former
president Bill Clinton into a 6 minute speech - for a powerful effect! We
cannot recommend this book enough. It will change how you think about speaking
- from your own staff and board meetings to that keynote address at your annual
industry-wide conference. ORDER
NOW! |
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The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes
(Clifton Fadiman, General Editor) |
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A story for every occasion, from Aaron
(Hank) to Zog (King of Albania). Robert Oppenheimer's words upon seeing the
first test of the atomic bomb; Harriet Beecher Stowe's explanation of who wrote
Uncle Tom's Cabin; and Calvin Coolidge's interest in the mating habits of
roosters. Warning - it's easy to get lost in this great trove of quick
stories. ORDER
NOW! |
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on VISION &
STRATEGY |
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Built to Last:
Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (James C. Collins and Jerry I.
Porras) |
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Before we give you any details, we have to admit we've
each read this book (or listened to it on audiotape) three times, and there is
a good chance we'll go back for another round. Collins and Porras researched
eighteen visionary corporations, from 3M to Disney to Sony, and found what it
is that makes truly exceptional companies different from other companies. This
book is a blueprint to building incredible and prosperous organizations - a
stimulating and invigorating must read. ORDER
NOW! |
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A Whack on the Side of the Head: How
You Can Be More Creative (Roger von Oech) |
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"Whack" has become a classic for unleashing the
creative potential inside us all. Von Oech's premise is simple - "that
creativity is fun, necessary, and accessible to all of us." The book is filled
with puzzles, anecdotes, exercises, cartoons, questions, tips - plenty to free
your mind to "go beyond what's worked in the past and come up with new
approaches." Great fun - and it works! ORDER
NOW!
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Also
check out the Creative Whack pack - 64 flash cards, each with a
different creativity strategy, to kick-start your creative process |
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on CONSULTING |
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Books and Resources to
Help your Practice Thrive
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Million Dollar Consulting (Alan
Weiss)
This is not just a great book about how to make more
money with your consulting practice (which it is). It is also a great book
about creating meaningful relationships with clients, to the benefit of the
client. If you are a consultant, or are thinking about getting into consulting,
Alan Weiss will change the way you think and feel about all you do. He is the
guru, the master. Incorporate his principles into your practice, and both your
revenues and quality of work will grow - guaranteed. ORDER
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The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes (Clifton Fadiman, General
Editor)
A story for every occasion, from Aaron (Hank) to Zog
(King of Albania). Robert Oppenheimer's words upon seeing the first test of the
atomic bomb; Harriet Beecher Stowe's explanation of who wrote Uncle Tom's
Cabin; and Calvin Coolidge's interest in the mating habits of roosters. Warning
- it's easy to get lost in this great trove of quick stories. ORDER
NOW! |
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