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):
Center for Nonprofit Management (California)
Center for Nonprofit Management (Dallas, TX)
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:
Volunteer Management:
Volunteers Wanted (Jo Bryan Rusin)
Leadership & Human Resource Management:
Fundraising:
Accounting/Budgeting:
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)
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:
Are you interested in starting your own not-for-profit organization, or 501(c)(3)? These resources should get you going.
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