SUGGESTED READINGS LIST
Recommended reading: o Good to Great – by Jim Collins o Social Sector Epitaph on Good to Great – by Jim Collins o You Don’t Need a Title to Be a Leader – by Mark Sanborn o Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age – by Allison Fine o The Zen of Fundraising – by Ken Burnett Other titles that have come across our desk (by topic): Assessment & Evaluation o Evaluation Strategies for Communicating and Reporting – Enhancing Learning in Organizations – by Rosalie T. Torres, Hallie Preskill, and Mary E. Piontek Board & Governance o Not On This Board You Don’t: Making Your Trustees More Effective – By Arthur C. Frantzreb o The Best of Board Café – by Jan Masaoka o Zone of Insolvency: How Nonprofits Avoid Hidden Liabilities and Build Financial Strength by Ron Mattocks o Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement – by John M. Bryson (book and workbook) o The Nonprofit Strategy Revolution: Real-time Strategic Planning in a RapidResponse World by David La Piana Collaboration & Strategic Alliances o Collaborating with Community-Based Organizations – Through Consultation and Technical Assistance – Editor: Patricia Stone Motes and Peg McCartt Hess o Let’s Have Lunch Together: How to Reach out and Build More Powerful Relationships by Marshall Howard o Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In by Roger Fisher, William Ury, & Bruce Patton o Harvard Business Essentials: Negotiation o Harvard Business Essentials: Business Communication General Management o Now, Discover Your Strengths - by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton, PhD o Good to Great – by Jim Collins o Social Sector Epitaph on Good to Great – by Jim Collins o You Don’t Need a Title to Be a Leader – by Mark Sanborn o Getting to Yes, Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In – by Roger Fisher and William Ury o Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team – by Patrick Lencioni Z:\Office Manager Files\Website Resources\SUGGESTED READINGS LIST (2).doc Updated 7/14/2009
o Successful Executive’s Handbook – Development Suggestions For Today’s Executives – by Susan H. Gebelen, David G. Lee, Kristie J. Nelson-Neuhaus, and Elaine B. Sloan o New Ideas from Dead CEOs – by Todd Bucholz o Discovering the Leader in You: A Guide to Realizing Your Personal Leadership Potential – by R. Lee and S.N. King (UT Book) o The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – by P. Lencioni o Seven Turning Points: Leading through pivotal transitions in organizational life – by Susan Gross o The Nonprofit Manager’s Resource Directory by Ronald A. Landskroner o Built to Last – by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras o CEO Tools: The Nut-n-bolts of Business for Every Managers Success by Kraig Kramers o The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey o Streetsmart Financial Basics for Nonprofit Managers by Thomas A. McLaughlin o Financial Leadership for Nonprofit Executives: Guiding Your Organization to Long-term Success by Jeanne Bell Peters and Elizabeth Schaffer o Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions by John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber, Peter Mueller, Spenser Johnson Information Technology o Momentum – by Allison Fine Marketing and Public Relations o The Brand Called You – by Peter Montoya and Tim Vandehey o The Brand You 50 – by Tom Peters o Be Your Own Brand – Karl Speak o Robin Hood Marketing: Stealing Corporate Savvy to Sell Just Causes – by Katya Andresen o Managing Brand You: 7 Steps to Creating Your Most Successful Self – by Jerry S. Wilson and Ira Blumenthal o Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing by Harry Beckwith o Boschee on Marketing: Positioning and Marketing Strategies for Social Entrepreneurs by Jerr Boshee Event Management o How to Produce Fabulous Fundraising Events: Reap Remarkable Returns with Minimal Effort by Betty Stallings and Donna McMillion o The Event Marketing Handbook by Allison Saget o The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Meeting and Event Planning by Robin E. Craven and Lynn Johnson Golabowski Lobbying and Advocacy o The Lobbying and Advocacy Handbook for Nonprofit Organizations: Shaping Public Policy at the State and Local Level by Marcia Avner Nonprofit Startup Z:\Office Manager Files\Website Resources\SUGGESTED READINGS LIST (2).doc Updated 7/14/2009
How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation – by Anthony Mancusa, Esq. Starting and Building a Nonprofit, A Practical Guide – by Peri Pakroo The Nonprofit Handbook – by Gary M. Grobman Get Ready Get Set – What You Need to Know Before Starting a Nonprofit – by California Assistance Partnership o Starting a Nonprofit Organization – by Carter McNamara o Managing a Nonprofit Organization in the 21st Century by Thomas Wolf o Starting and Running a Nonprofit Organization. 2nd Edition by Joan M. Hummel o o o o Planning & Research o The Nonprofit Strategy Revolution – by David La Paina o Applied Strategic Planning – How to Develop a Plan That Really Works – by Leonard Goodstein, Timothy Nolan, and J. William Pfeiffer o The Little Book of Strategic Negotiation – Negotiating During Turbulent Times – by Jayne Seminare Docherty Resource Development and Fundraising o Small is the New Big – by Seth Godin o Selling the Invisible – by Harry Beckwith o The Zen of Fundraising – by Ken Burnett o Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits – by Ilona Bray, J.D. o The Only Grant Writing Book You’ll Ever Need – by Ellen Karsh and Arlen Sue Fox o Tiny Essentials of Fundraising – by Neil Sloggie o Asking Properly – by George Smith o Revolution in the Mailbox – by Mal Warwick o Over Goal! – by Harvey McKinnon o Breakthrough Thinking – by Bernard Ross and Clare Segal o How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters – by Mal Warwick o How to Produce Inspiring Annual Reports – by Ken Burnett and Karen Weatherup o Friends for Life - by Ken Burnett o Relationship Fundraising – by Ken Burnett o Professional Director for Foundations – Association of Small Foundations / Foundation in a Box o Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising by Henry A. Rosso & Associates, Eugene R. Tempel, Editor o Grassroots Grants: An Activist’s Guide to Grantseeking by Andy Robinson Social Enterprise o The Eye For Innovation – by Robert M. Price o Payback: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation by James P. Andres and Harold L. Sirkin o Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunnus o The Eye for Innovation by Robert M. Price
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o Migrating from innovation to entrepreneurship: how nonprofits are moving toward sustainability and self-sufficiency by Jerr Boschee o How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas by David Bornstein Generational Differences o Generations: The Challenge of a Lifetime for Your Nonprofit – By Peter Brinckerhoff Other o The Nonprofit Career Guide: how to Land a Job that Makes a Difference by Shelly Cryer o The Nonprofit Almanac 2008 – Kennard T. Wing, Thomas H. Pollak and Amy Blackwood o The new Nonprofit Almanac & Desk Reference: The essential facts and figures for managers, researchers and volunteers by Independent Sector/Urban Institute o Work: Making a Living and Making a Life – by Joshua Halberstam o The Rise of the Creative Class (and how it’s transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life) by Richard Florida o Harvard Business Review on Corporate Responsibility; compilation fr: 2003 o The Mecca Factor: 5 Imperatives for a Successful Life by Tom Ruddell o The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell o Blink by Malcolm Gladwell o The State of Nonprofit America by Lester Salamon (editor) o Forces For Good by Leslie Crutchfield o Uncharitable by Dan Pallotta
Publications: o Tampa Bay Magazine o Florida Trend Magazine o Tampa Bay Business Journal o Advancing Philanthropy o Fast Company o Stanford Social Innovation Review o Harvard Business Journal o Grassroots Fundraising Journal o Chronicle of Philanthropy
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