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Breakthrough Thinking for Nonprofit Organizations: Creative Strategies for Extraordinary Results

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About this Book

Hardcover

288 Pages, 16.4 x 24.15 x 3.12 cm

October 14, 2002

John Wiley & Sons


0787955698
9780787955694

From the Publisher

This groundbreaking book will help nonprofit managers think in new and creative ways about how they define and meet the challenges they face--and how to rise above standard practices to lift their organizations to greater performance levels. Using examples of best practices from innovative organizations in both the corporate and nonprofit worlds, Breakthrough Thinking for Nonprofit Organizations offers a mix of "how-to" advice and case studies that will guide readers on a new road to creativity. This book will fundamentally change the way nonprofit professionals think about how they do their work--and usher in a new era for nonprofits. 

2003 Terry McAdam Book Award Winner http://www.allianceonline.org/publications/mcadam_past_winners_1.page

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This groundbreaking book will help nonprofit managers think in new and creative ways about how they define and meet the challenges they face--and how to rise above standard practices to lift their organizations to greater performance levels. Using examples of best practices from innovative organizations in both the corporate and nonprofit worlds, Breakthrough Thinking for Nonprofit Organizations offers a mix of "how-to" advice and case studies that will guide readers on a new road to creativity. This book will fundamentally change the way nonprofit professionals think about how they do their work--and usher in a new era for nonprofits.

"If you''re a board member or chief executive, then this book is a mine of really inspiring ideas on how to do things differently and better."
Judith O''Connor, CEO, Boardsource (formerly NCNB)

"Ross and Segal bring a fresh and refreshing insight into organizational performance. This book is especially useful to anyone looking ready to step up their fundraising ideas."
Mal Warwick, president and CEO, Mal Warwick and Associates

"If anyone can show you how to love change and look forward to it, it''s Bernard Ross. With wit and wisdom, he sets out the agenda for managing organizational change in the coming decade."
Ken Burnett, author, Relationship Fundraising

"If you''re looking for new ideas that really work and draw on the very best international practice, this book is an outstanding work."
Stewart Crocker, CEO, Resource Alliance, London

About the Author

Bernard Ross is a director of The Management Centre, the United Kingdom''s largest nonprofit management consultancy and training organization. He has worked in nonprofit management for twenty years and has tested his methods with organizations such as Greenpeace, Save the Children, the Red Cross, and others.
Clare Segal is a director of The Management Centre. She works extensively with organizations in Europe and the United States on marketing, coaching, and communication skills.

From the Critics

"Ross and Segal provide case studies from a range of countries and settings. What''s inspiring and useful is the way they make these examples of creativity and imagination relevant and useful to you."
?Jennie Thompson, international consultant and former board chair, Resource Alliance, Washington, D.C.
"Fundraisers at every level will find Bernard Ross and Clare Segal''s ideas on how to improve their fundraising exciting and stimulating."
- Cathlene Williams, Ph.D., senior director, education and research programme, Assiociation of Fundraising Professionals

"As head of the private sector and public affairs service of a major U.N. organization, I need to constantly look for new management and fundraising ideas on how to tackle the major challenges we face to alleviate the suffering of the refugees we care for. This book is full of outstanding ideas on how to improve our day-to-day performance. I have only one piece of advice to give: Do not go to bed tonight without having read this exceptional book!"
- Pierre Bernard Le Bas, director of the private sector & public affairs service, UNHCR


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