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[Recommended Book]

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

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By Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras
Solid business concepts every nonprofit manager can and should apply to their nonprofit.
 
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"This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders. It is not about visionary product concepts or visionary products or visionary market insights. Nor is it about just having a corporate vision. This is a book about something far more important, enduring, and substantial. This is a book about visionary companies." So write Jim Collins and Jerry Porras in this groundbreaking book that shatters myths, provides new insights, and gives practical guidance to those who would like to build landmark companies that stand the test of time.  Read more



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Care and Feeding of a Non-Profit Board: So You "Wanna" Be a Board Member!

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By Willi Baer
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If you have ever served on a non-profit board of directors or would like to do so, this book is for you. The author takes you through the recruitment and board development process, orientation, training, hiring, stewardship and evaluation of the Executive Director, termination (when necessary), setting policy, strategic planning, and self-evaluation as well as dealing with the difficult board member. Knowing when to step down is equally important and is also addressed here. Do yourself and your colleagues a favor and don't put it down until you've finished.  Read more



[Tip Sheet]

Development Officer Tips

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How does a development officer make a difference in the lives of the people their organization serves? Raising the money to make it happen is just one part of the equation. An important one for sure but here are some of the ways you can make a difference in the lives of the people your agency services.”  Read more



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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

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By Jim Collins
A must read for managers who want to apply good business techniques to their nonprofit.

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The Challange
Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning.

But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness?

The Study
For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? And if so, what are the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great?  Read more



[Tutorial]

Making the Transition from the Corporate World to Development

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By Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE
CAPITAL VENTURE CEO/President

Most development professionals did not grow up thinking "I want to be a fundraiser when I grow up." Some of us entered the field of development from other areas of the nonprofit world, some through volunteer channels and some from the corporate world. In recent years the latter path has become a popular route into development. As banks and other corporations downsize, as corporate leaders seek more meaningful work, and as the field emerges into a respected profession; we are likely to see even more people following to path to development from the corporate world.  Read more



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