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Nonprofit and Business Sector Collaboration by Sridhar Samu

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Book SynopsisFocused on the interpersonal aspects of internal evaluation in non-profit organisations, this book presents practice-based discussions centred on six key topics identified through the authors' experience as evaluation practitioners. Internal Evaluation in Non-Profit Organisations: Practitioner Perspectives on Theory, Research, and Practice is not a step-by-step how-to guide; instead, each chapter unpacks an aspect of internal evaluation in non-profits that is paid insufficient heed in the existing literature. Written by and for internal evaluation practitioners, the book contains a plethora of practical strategies and critical analysis of thought-provoking topics that are of particular interest and importance to internal evaluators in non-profit settings. The authors understand the pressures facing practitioners and non-profit organisations and share their insights around improving evaluation's ability to be efficient, embedded, useful, and meaningful. This bookTrade Review"The co-authors--two incredibly thoughtful internal evaluators--present an extensive set of practical ideas to enhance evaluation practice in non-profit organizations. Building on their own practice and on an understanding of the scholarly literature that grounds internal evaluation, they have produced a highly usable guide that will enable other evaluators to build evaluation capacity both for themselves and for their organizations. I am eager to use this book in my own work." Jean A. King, Professor Emerita, Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development/Minnesota Evaluation Studies Institute, USA"In an era where internal evaluation is gaining unprecedented relevance in non-profit organisations, this guide addresses a niche yet important topic, notably understated in evaluation literature." Auzan Rama Satria, Faculty of Psychology, University of Indonesia; International Society for Third-Sector ResearchChapter Endorsements"It felt really nice to be reading something that speaks so directly to where I am at in the early stages of my evaluation journey. It has given me some useful food for thought." Kate Baker, Evaluation Project Manager, HealthWest (Chapter 2)"These uniquely practical guidelines and reflections are essential to read" Phyo Pyae Thida (Sophia) Htwe, Community Development Evaluator, GraceWorks Myanmar (Chapter 2)"What a complete joy to read this!" Yoland Wadsworth, Professor (Hon), RMIT University, Australia, and author of the best-selling Everyday Evaluation on the Run"The content shows the value of combining research, theory and practice, and the importance of NGOs actively contributing to global understandings by sharing knowledge through publications. Genius!" Stephanie Harrison, Evaluation Consultant, Pandanus Evaluation (Chapter 5)"I was actually quite inspired to use theory more in my work after reading it!" Catherine Malla, Knowledge Management Advisor, The Fred Hollows Foundation (Chapter 5)"This chapter addresses an important topic – the need for all evaluators, not just internal evaluators working in the NFP sector, to do much better at integrating theory/research with practice when planning, conducting and using evaluations." Brad Astbury, Director, ARTD Consultants (Chapter 5)"This is a great practical resource with valuable lessons learnt for guiding how external and internal evaluators can combine their expertise together to conduct evaluations in non-profits." Kathryn Dinh, Director, Lotus Evaluation (Chapter 6)"A practical and useful guide on how to think about utilisation and apply this to data collection and evaluations. Working in M&E in a large organisation with varying knowledge and skills around evaluation utilisation, I found this incredibly helpful!" Lauren Lombardi, National Monitoring and Evaluation Lead, Emergency Services, Australian Red Cross (Chapter 7)"I think I've had an epiphany! This was so well written, enjoyable and reaffirming." Marcia Nawar, Program Quality State Lead (NSW/ACT), Australian Red Cross (Chapter 7)Table of Contents1. Internal evaluators: An influential position 2. Professional development for internal evaluators 3. Practical strategies for building interpersonal skills 4. Informal everyday evaluation for organisational change and improvement 5. Using theory, research, and practice to evaluate effectiveness 6. Internal and external evaluators working collaboratively 7. Increasing evaluation use 8. Internal evaluation enhances organisational effectiveness

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Book SynopsisMost nonprofits approach strategic planning in ways that take too much time and effort, focus on the wrong issues, and set up the plan to be something that gathers dust on a shelf rather than being implemented. If you want a different approach, this is the book for you.This book shows nonprofit leaders and organizations how to conduct strategic planning processes that deliver both a great strategy and an organization that can drive strategic change and continually refresh its strategy. It introduces a new frameworkâStrategic FUELâand shows leaders how to map their organizationâs strategic situation to a planning approach that addresses the most important opportunities and challenges, without wasting time and effort. It also shows the actions leaders can take during strategic planning to increase the odds of successful strategy implementation. The core content of this book was developed while working with nonprofit leaders on strategic planning, so it converts the best researc

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Book SynopsisWritten in non-complicated prose and reducing complex rules to easily understandable concepts, this book offers a fundamental understanding of how not-for-profit (NFP) organizations are formed, their structure, and the unique accounting and reporting issues they face. In the United States, the NFP sector accounts for just over 10 percent of all private sector workers, and NFPs must comply with hundreds of rules imposed by the IRS, federal and state government agencies, foundations, and even donors. Yet there is a dearth of informative guidance, and a shortage of knowledgeable bookkeepers and accountants who understand the nuances of NFP accounting and financial reporting. Neither overly technical nor complex, this comprehensive and easy-to-read practical guide provides desperately needed information to a wide range of NFP stakeholders such as those who handle the bookkeeping and accounting functions, manage an NFP organization, provide funds or services to NFPs, or regulate N

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Book SynopsisTrying to do good deeds does not guarantee that a nonprofit organization can succeed. The organization must do good deeds well. This book offers a blueprint for nonprofit success, adopting a strategic perspective that assumes vision, mission, strategy, and execution as the pillars upon which success is built.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The Strategic Perspective and Players 1. The Third Sector The Strategic ApproachBenefits of a Strategic ViewpointLimitations to a Strategic ViewpointThe Life Cycle of NonprofitsOperational Nonprofit EvolutionNonprofit LeadershipMultiple Roles of LeadersNonprofit BoardsLeadership and StaffingStrategic ExecutionPlan of the BookConclusionsReferences 2. The Strategic View Why Vision MattersVision-Directed MissionStrategic ThinkingEnvironmental Evaluation of NonprofitsPlanning and Goal SettingPitfalls of Strategic PlanningLeadership Roles and Decision MakingStrategy and StructureConclusionReferences 3. Board Development Board ResponsibilitiesBoard InvolvementStructured Board InvolvementBoard EvaluationBoard RecruitmentOrienting and Integrating New Board MembersBoard RenewalLiabilities of Board MembersConclusionReferences 4. Strategic Leadership Evolving Boundaries and ExpectationsThe CEO's Strategic RoleLong-Range PlanningOther Leadership ResponsibilitiesConclusionReferences 5. Staffing Nonprofits Human Resource Information SystemStaff RecruitmentStaff SelectionStaff OrientationTraining and DevelopmentStaff EvaluationStaff CompensationMotivating VolunteersBuilding a Human OrganizationConclusionReferences Part II: Strategic Execution 6. Nonprofit Productivity When Less Is MoreA Winning AttitudeTogether We CanA Little LeewayTechnology ManagementThe Accounting ApproachConclusionReferences 7. Evaluation and Accountability Fundamentals of EvaluationPerformance MeasurementData CollectionOrganizational EvaluationConclusionReferences 8. Building Bridges FrameworkAlliances among NonprofitsPartnerships with BusinessBecoming Like a BusinessAlliances Involving GovernmentConclusionReferences 9. Fundraising Strategic LinkagesAnnual Giving CampaignsSpecial EventsMajor GivingGrantsConclusionReferences 10. The Third Sector Reconsidered Vision/Mission-Driven NonprofitsThe Strategic ConnectionThe Life Cycle of NonprofitsThe Success Triangle: Board, Leadership, StaffEfficiency and EffectivenessAlliances and PartnershipsThe Great Funding CrisisThe Future of NonprofitsThe Golden Age of NonprofitsGlobal TrendsConclusionReferences

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Book SynopsisThe research is relevant for policymakers involved in cross-sector public policy initiatives as they strive to provide more efficient public-private solutions to challenging governance issues.Trade ReviewThis volume provides important data and expertly identifies gaps in our understanding. It is an important and well-crafted book that deserves a wide readership. -- Susan M. Chambre Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector QuarterlyTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Nonprofit Advocacy: Definitions and Concepts Part I: The Local and National Dimensions of Nonprofit Advocacy Chapter 1. The Group Basis of City Politics Chapter 2. Nonprofit Advocacy in Seattle and Washington, DC Chapter 3. Shaping the Government–Nonprofit Partnership: Direct and Indirect Advocacy Chapter 4. Nonprofit Advocacy in the Nation's Capital Chapter 5. From Skid Row to the Statehouse: How Nonprofit Homeless Service Providers Overcome Barriers to Policy Advocacy Involvement Part II: Organizational Politics, Strategy, and Tactics Chapter 6. Advocacy in Hard Times: Nonprofit Organizations and the Representation of Marginalized Groups in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 Chapter 7. Gender Identity and the Shifting Basis of Advocacy by US Women's Groups, 1920–2000 Chapter 8. The Political Voice of American Children: Nonprofit Advocacy and a Century of Representation for Child Well-Being Chapter 9. Analyzing the Practice of Nonprofit Advocacy: Comparing Two Human Service Networks Chapter 10. Effective Advocacy: Lessons for Nonprofit Leaders from Research and Practice List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisHow to Articulate and Assess What Success Looks Like The Social Profit Handbook offers those who lead, govern, and support mission-driven organizations and businesses new ways to assess their impact in order to improve future work rather than merely judge past performance. For-profit institutions measure their success primarily by monetary gains. But nonprofit institutions are different; they aim for social profit. How do you measure the success of these social profit institutions, where missions are focused on the well-being of people, place, and planet? Drawing upon decades of leadership in schools and the foundation and nonprofit worlds, author David Grant offers strategies—from creating mission time to planning backwards to constructing qualitative assessment rubrics—that help organizations take assessment back into their own hands, and improve their work as a result. His insights, illustrated by numerous case studies, make this book a unique organizational development tool for a wide range of nonprofit organizations, as well as emerging mission-based social venture businesses, such as low-profit corporations and B Corps. The Social Profit Handbook presentsassessment and evaluation not as ends in themselves but as the path toward achieving what matters most in the social sector. The result: more benefits to society and stronger, more unified, more effective organizations prepared to make the world a better place.Trade Review“This handbook is nothing less than revolutionary, and just what we need. If you can describe the change you most want to create, you can measure it, and others will come to value what you measure. Social profit, mission time, planning backwards: here’s the answer to how we measure what matters most, focus our attention, and get to where we actually want to go as change-makers. David Grant is the most level-headed, poetic voice for how we might all live and perform closer to our own values. Three times now, his simple and provocative teaching have shifted the way I think and act, and through this book we can share his nuanced, accessible teaching with everyone. I will give this book to every social profit organization with whom I collaborate.”--Peter Forbes, coauthor of A Man Apart, and cofounder of the Center for Whole Communities“For many years, David Grant has helped our organization create firm foundations for new projects and initiatives through the principles outlined in this excellent roadmap for rethinking success. At last his guidance and wisdom are available to anyone fortunate enough to come across this book.”--Robert Lynch, President and CEO, Americans for the Arts"Anyone in the business of improving lives—whether they spend their days in government or in mission-driven organizations—can benefit from this simple, elegant, and incisive guide to having not just more impact, but also the right impact. David Grant has produced a book that belongs on the shelves of every political and social leader interested in translating goals to successes."--Peter Welch, Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives“It has been my good fortune to help launch and run about a dozen mission-driven organizations over the past several decades. When I finished David Grant's wonderful new book, one thought eclipsed all others. Damn, I thought, I sure wish I had had this guide all those years! What a blessing that would have been!”--James Gustave Speth, author, Angels by the River; founder, World Resources Institute; cofounder, Natural Resources Defense Council"Normally, when I hear the word assessment, I consider a nap. But The Social Profit Handbook is different. I enjoyed the jogging pace of the writing, the personal narrative, the linguistic memes for easy transmission. Even better, I'm already integrating David Grant's approach into existing assessment tools. Grant's fresh framework emphasizes formative feedback and rubrics to guide your team toward high performance. This is essential reading for mission-driven leaders dedicated to constantly improving their work.”--Adam Werbach, cofounder, Yerdle; former president, Sierra Club"Wow. Who would have thought a book on assessment could be so compelling! If you are looking for a way to get your board and staff aligned and mobilized around a practical, impact-driven strategy, Grant’s handbook is essential.”--George Hamilton, President and CEO of the Institute for Sustainable Communities“I read The Social Profit Handbook over a weekend. My first day back in the office I recommended it to a new executive director and to one of my senior colleagues and referred to its core concept twice in my senior team meeting. Those of us who lead, oversee, and work in social purpose organizations all know how setting out to describe a compelling vision and to hold ourselves accountable to reach it can be treacherous and disorienting. David Grant has written a timely and valuable guide that reminds us how important that journey is and describes how we can all build a map to navigate it with confidence.”--Antony Bugg-Levine, CEO, Nonprofit Finance Fund; founding board chair of the Global Impact Investing Network; former managing director of the Rockefeller Foundation"Over many years of hosting grantee workshops led by David Grant, I have watched hundreds of individuals shift their mindsets before my very eyes. Executive directors and board members alike move from a palpable distaste and fear of assessment to a place where they embrace it as a major capacity-building tool. Like those workshops, The Social Profit Handbook gives every nonprofit or mission-driven business the tools they need to determine what 'success would look like' if they vigorously pursue what matters most to them. David's approach can help readers focus on mission and goals in entirely new ways."--Wendy Liscow, program director, education and capacity building, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation"David Grant's Social Profit Handbook is exactly what a handbook should be–accessible, enjoyable, practical, yet linked to important and thought-provoking theory. I have already applied his rubric assessment framework to my ongoing work as a consultant, as his examples are both refreshing and inspiring. Using his comforting educator's voice, Grant powerfully reframes perennial stumbling blocks into questions that can lead to responsible organizational approaches. I have spent my career attempting to improve the performance of foundations and nonprofits, and I genuinely see this resource as a breath of fresh air in the pursuit of effective implementation of strategy. This book will be a permanent resident on my 'foot-long bookshelf.'"--Nadya K. Shmavonian, former executive of The Rockefeller Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts"Grant has the ability to take on incredibly big ideas, distilling them in a way that sustains their breadth and power, and bringing them into the civic sphere. In The Social Profit Handbook, Grant challenges disheartedness in our sector by providing a rational and aspirational context by which social profit can be better understood and pursued."--Clement A. Price, founding director of the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience, Rutgers University“Those of us in the business of creating social change all want to do great work, work that really moves our society forward. But figuring out just what success is and remaining committed to it turns out to be very hard. David Grant’s great new handbook provides just the sort of wise counsel anchored by practical tools we need to help us get there. And, for me, his insistence that we truly take the time we need to get clear on what great work looks and feels like is a gift in itself.”--Phillip Henderson,president,Surdna Foundation“The Social Profit Handbook is the most meaningful, understandable, and practical guide to designing metrics that count in mission-driven work that I’ve ever read. What charity-rating organizations completely miss is what David Grant provides in this handbook – the means to measure what truly matters: impact. A must read for foundation leaders, nonprofit professionals, and even individual donors who want to understand the effect of their work, beyond the numbers.”--Nina Stack, President, Council of New Jersey Grantmakers

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Book SynopsisThe Aravind Eye Care System, based in India, is the worldâs largest provider of high-quality eye care. It is also one of the worldâs most incredible and revolutionary organizations delivering surgical outcomes equal to or exceeding those in the developed world at less than one percent of the cost, treating more than half of its patients free of charge, and taking no grants or donations. Aravindâs success is so perplexing it has been the subject of a popular Harvard Business School case study. This is the first book to explore Aravindâs history and the distinctive philoso-phies, practices, and commitments that are the keys to its successMehta and Shenoy share incredible stories about how Aravind grew from humble beginnings founded by a retired ophthalmologist with no money or prior entrepreneurial experience to the world-class organization it is today. They explain the mysteries of a model that integrates innovation with empathy, service with business principles, and inner change with outer transformation. And they show how choices that seem foolish and unworkable can, when executed with compassion and integ-rity, yield powerful results â results that literally light the eyes of millions.

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