Nonprofit Management: Everything You Need to Know About Managing Your Organization Explained Simply -- With Companion CD-ROM

This is a great guide for anyone who is thinking about starting their own Nonprofit organization. With practical tips and examples from successful non-profit managers. This is a must read for any nonprofit leader.

Having started several groups in the past, though never non-profit organizations, and having been a member of several activist groups, I was excited to read a guide to starting and managing non-profit organizations. Frankly, I was not disappointed. Nonprofit Management is a very meticulous, thorough and clear guide to managing a non-profit organization. Without wasting any time, Nonprofit Management dives into the nitty-gritty details of running a non-profit organization. After giving some essential details on what a non-profit organization is, the author proceeded to give step-by-step details. If this guide were any more actionable, I'd think I was reading a cookbook.This book covers how to set up a non-profit board, how to elect members to the board and what you should expect from these members. The guide gives you the essential legal information that you must know including how you can get free legal consultation for your organization. The infrastructure section not only gave you important information on topics such as branding, but also gave you a sense of how others might view your non-profit organization. The "Getting Your Message Out" chapter is one that especially must be read, since spreading information is often the central goal of non-profit organizations. Based on the little bit of marketing I've done for my own website, I agree that any group can benefit from learning as much about marketing as possible. This marketing includes not only raising awareness but also doing research into what is actually needed in the world outside your non-profit organization. The marketing section also hammered home the message that seems to be repeated throughout the book: "know your audience."Nonprofit Management is sprinkled in case studies and anecdotes from seasoned non-profit starters, giving this guide more credibility. Another thing to say about Nonprofit Management was that it was very comprehensive. Just take a look at the sprawling table of contents to get an idea of how packed with information this guide is. Far too many books feel like a gloss over of a particular subject, which leaves you worried afterwards that you will have to read another book to get the information you need. Nonprofit Management, however, can very easily serve as your only playbook when running your non-profit organization.

"Nonprofit Management: Everything You Need to Know About Managing Your Organization Explained Simply" is a must-have book for anyone looking at starting a nonprofit. It would also be a great reference book for those already in the nonprofit sector, as the book details the workings of nonprofits from the inside out and covers everything from tax exemptions to office supplies.In clear, definitive language "Nonprofit Management" takes the reader from the beginning stages of forming a nonprofit and drafting a mission statement through important fundraising and networking strategies. This is a clean, simple and informative book that any new nonprofit would be remiss to do without.

This books main emphasis is to help individuals or groups that are interested in starting up a nonprofit organization. The authors all have experience working in a nonprofit organization and include personal experiences - both good and bad in the form of mistakes that were made by them along the way. The book is geared to simply be just one tool in which a person is to refer to when starting a nonprofit organization.The book breaks down the difference between nonprofit and not-for-profit. It also suggests that you should have a mission statement almost from the beginning. The authors include case studies(throughout the book), legal information, how to form a board, and many more topics that are important is starting the organization and all the steps needed in forming one.The table of contents is very detailed about what is in each chapter. This makes for easy referral at a later date. There are sample forms in the back ranging from volunteer forms to form letters requesting funding. There is also a detailed glossary for all the terms that someone starting a nonprofit organization would need to know.I found the book to be very informative and easy to read and understand. I would highly recommend this book as just one tool to refer to when forming a nonprofit organization.

Nonprofit Management: Everything You Need to Know About Managing Your Organization Explained Simply This book provides excellent strategies for nonprofit management and gives specific guidelines for managing your own organization. Since there are more than 1.4 million registered nonprofit organizations in the United States (per the National Center for Charitable Statistics), this book will meet their needs as these organizations seek direction to meet the challenges of running a nonprofit. A comprehensive Table of Contents defines the content. Chapters cover a range of topics from why a nonprofit organization, boards, legal requirements, organizational infrastructure, clients, publicity and marketing, fundraising, budgeting and accounting, leadership and management strategies, human resources and volunteers, obstacles and evaluating the organization.Appendix resources include simple bylaws, volunteer application, and donor appeal letters donation request. thank-you letter to fund raiser attendees, online and print resources. A glossary defines relevant terms and a bibliography cites research sources. An index provides easy navigation through the book. A companion CD-ROM contains worksheets, checklists, and tables to aid in your nonprofit management strategy...BIBLIO: 2009, Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc., 408 pages, $24.95.REVIEWER: Annie Laura SmithISBN: 13: 978-1-60138-246-7ISBN: 10: 1-60138-246-4Star Rating: 5