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Do you want to manage your nonprofit organization more effectively? These resources will help you deliver high quality services, secure more funding, position your agency, develop a useful board, and lead your staff and volunteers.

General Management:

• First, Break All the Rules (Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman)

• Now, Discover Your Strengths (Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton)

• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't (Jim Collins)

• Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done (Larry Bossidy)

• Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change (William Bridges)

Nonprofit Management & Service Delivery (Online):

• Alliance for Nonprofit Management

• Center for Nonprofit Management

• Center for Nonprofit Management (California)

• Center for Nonprofit Management (Dallas, TX)

• Free Management Library

• Nonprofit Management Resources

• Nonprofit Management Solutions

• Support Center for Nonprofit Management

Nonprofit Management & Service Delivery:

• Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies (Paul R. Niven)

• Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step: Maximizing Performance and Maintaining Results (Paul R. Niven)

• Creating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan: A Workbook for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (John M. Bryson)

• Harvard Business Review on Nonprofits (Harvard Business Review)

• High Performance Nonprofit Organizations: Managing Upstream for Greater Impact (Christine W. Letts)

• How to Manage an Effective Nonprofit Organization: From Writing and Managing Grants to Fundraising, Board Development, and Strategic Planning (Michael A. Sand)

• Improving the Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness of Not-for-Profits: Conducting Operational Reviews (Rob Reider)

• Managing a Nonprofit Organization in the 21st Century (Thomas Wolf)

• Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principles and Practices (Peter F. Drucker)

• Nonprofit Law & Governance For Dummies (Jill Gilbert, JD, CPA Welytok)

• Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations: Theory and Cases (Sharon M. Oster)

• Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations, Second Edition (Michael Allison)

• Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical Guide and Workbook (Michael Allison)

• Strategic Tools for Social Entrepreneurs: Enhancing the Performance of Your Enterprising Nonprofit (J. Gregory Dees)

• Sustaining Nonprofit Performance: The Case for Capacity Building and the Evidence to Support It (Paul Charles Light)

• The Complete Guide to Nonprofit Management (Smith, Bucklin & Associates, Inc.)

Marketing:

• Branding for Nonprofits (DK Holland)
• Marketing Nonprofit Programs and Services (Douglas B. Herron)
• Nonprofit Internet Strategies: Best Practices for Marketing, Communications, and Fundraising Success (Ted Hart)
• The Jossey-Bass Guide to Strategic Communications for Nonprofits (Kathy Bonk)

Volunteer Management:

• Better Safe ... Risk Management In Volunteer Programs & Community Service
• Beyond Police Checks : The Definitive Employee and Volunteer Screening Guidebook
• From the Top Down: The Executive Role in Volunteer Program Success (Susan J. Ellis)
• Simply Strategic Volunteers: Empowering People For Ministry (Tony Morgan and Tim Stevens)
• The (Help!) I-Don't-Have-Enough-Time Guide to Volunteer Management (Katherine Noyes Campbell and Susan J. Ellis)
• The Volunteer Management Handbook (Tracy Daniel Connors)
• The Volunteer Recruitment (and Membership Development) Book (Susan J. Ellis)
• What We Learned (the Hard Way) about Supervising Volunteers: An Action Guide for Making Your Job Easier (Collective Wisdom Series)

• Volunteers: How to Get Them, How to Keep Them

• Volunteers Wanted (Jo Bryan Rusin)

Leadership & Human Resource Management:

• Collaborative Leadership: How Citizens and Civic Leaders Can Make a Difference (David D. Chrislip and Carl E. Larson)
• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High (Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler)
• Enlightened Leadership: Getting to the Heart of Change (Ed Oakley and Doug Krug)
• Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (Joan Pynes)
• Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box (The Arbinger Institute)
• Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time (Ken Blanchard)
• Principle Centered Leadership (Stephen R. Covey)
• Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager : Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Self Leadership (Ken Blanchard, Susan Fowler, and Laurence Hawkins)
• The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership (John C. Maxwell)
• Winning With People: Discover the People Principles that Work for You Every Time (John C. Maxwell)

Fundraising:

• Beyond Fundraising: New Strategies for Nonprofit Innovation and Investment, 2nd Edition (Kay Sprinkel Grace)
• Conducting a Successful Capital Campaign (Kent E. Dove)
• Effective Fundraising For Nonprofits: Real World Strategies That Work (Ilona M. Bray)
• Financial Empowerment: More Money for More Mission : An Essential Financial Guide for Not-For-Profit Organizations (Peter C. Brinckerhoff)
• Fundraising for Nonprofits: How to Build a Community Partnership (P. Burke Keegan)
• Fundraising for Social Change (Kim Klein)
• Generating and Sustaining Nonprofit Earned Income: A Guide to Successful Enterprise Strategies (Sharon M. Oster)
• How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters (Mal Warwick)
• Successful Fundraising : A Complete Handbook for Volunteers and Professionals (Joan Flanagan)
• Storytelling for Grantseekers: The Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fundraising (Cheryl A. Clarke)
• The Zen of Fundraising: 89 Timeless Ideas to Strengthen and Develop Your Donor Relationships (Ken Burnett)
• Venture Forth!: The Essential Guide to Starting a Moneymaking Business in Your Nonprofit Organization (Rolfe Larson)
• Writing for a Good Cause: The Complete Guide to Crafting Proposals and Other Persuasive Pieces for Nonprofits (Joseph Barbato)

Accounting/Budgeting:

• Beyond Budgeting: How Managers Can Break Free from the Annual Performance Trap (Jeremy Hope)
• Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations: Policies and Practices (John Zietlow, Jo Ann Hankin, and Alan G. Seidner)
• Not-for-Profit Accounting Made Easy (Warren Ruppel)
• The Budget-Building Book for Nonprofits: A Step-by-Step Guide for Managers and Boards (Murray Dropkin)
• The Cash Flow Management Book for Nonprofits: A Step-by-Step Guide for Managers and Boards (Murray Dropkin)

Board Development:

• Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations (John Carver)

• Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards (Richard P. Chait)

• Nonprofit Boards: Roles, Responsibilities, and Performance (Diane J. Duca)

• Nonprofit Boards That Work: The End of One-Size-Fits-All Governance (Maureen K. Robinson)

• Sarbanes-Oxley for Nonprofit Boards (Peggy M. Jackson)

• The Board Member's Playbook: Using Policy Governance to Solve Problems, Make Decisions, and Build a Stronger Board (Miriam Carver)

• The Fundraising Habits of Supremely Successful Boards: A 59-minute Guide to Ensuring Your Organization's Future (Jerold Panas)

• The Strategic Board: The Step-by-Step Guide to High-Impact Governance (Mark Light)

• The Ultimate Board Member's Book: A 1-Hour Guide to Understanding and Fulfilling Your Role and Responsibilites (Kay Sprinkel Grace)

Amazon.com Lists:

• Books for Nonprofits

• Best Books for Nonprofit Leaders

• Best Books for Nonprofit Organizations

• Human/Social Services Non-Profit Management

• Nonprofits

Are you interested in starting your own not-for-profit organization, or 501(c)(3)? These resources should get you going.

Books:

• How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation (Anthony Mancuso)
• Starting and Building a Nonprofit (Peri Pakroo)
• Start and Grow Your Faith-based Nonprofit (Jill Esau and Stanley W. Carlson-Thies)
• The Nonprofit Handbook (Gary Grobman)
• Nonprofit Kit for Dummies (Stan Hutton and Frances Phillips)

Online Resources:

• Foundation Center
• WikiHow
• Nonprofit Information Network (for more than just Connecticut)
• How to Incorporate as a Nonprofit
• NOLO--How to Form a Nonprofit
• UWEX, Learner Resource Center

More 501 (c) (3) info:

• IRS Tax Info
• Unofficial Guidelines
• Form 1023 Help
• Tax Basics for 501(c)(3)s