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Kathleen Kelly Janus, a lecturer at the Stanford University Program on Social Entrepreneurship and the founder of the successful social enterprise Spark, set out to investigate what makes a startup succeed or fail. She surveyed more than 200 high-performing social entrepreneurs and interviewed dozens of founders. Social Startup Success shares her findings for the legions of entrepreneurs working for social good, revealing how the best organizations get over the revenue hump.

Most nonprofit leaders know how to ask for money, but they don't. What they need is a little kick to get them out the door to raise support for their organization. Fundraising Kick provides a year's worth of "ask kicking ideas" to help you get out and do what you know you're supposed to be doing: asking for money.

Are your board members beating down your door with new donors that are ready to make a gift? If that's not your reality yet, international fundraising trainer Marc A. Pitman's "Ask Without Fear!" is for you!

We are entering a new era - an era of impact. The largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history will soon be underway, bringing with it the potential for huge increases in philanthropic funding. Engine of Impact shows how nonprofits can apply the principles of strategic leadership to attract greater financial support and leverage that funding to maximum effect.

Traditionally, an entrepreneur develops a detailed plan, finds money to fund it, and then pursues it to its conclusion. But conditions can change drastically at any point - you can end up locked into a process based on now-obsolete assumptions. The lean startup is all about agility and flexibility. Its mantra is "build, measure, learn": create small, experimental initiatives, get real-world feedback on them quickly, and use that data to identify what works and discard what doesn't. And then test some more.

In this step-by-step guide, you will find the actual process you need from idea conception through pre-launch and fulfillment to make your fundraising or crowdfunding campaign a success. I skip all the history of crowdfunding and why it is a great tool for your business to go straight to the point; how to put your campaign on the path to beating its funding goal.

Public-service executives, both elected and appointed within the public and nonprofit sectors, are retiring at record levels, and the number of Americans reaching age 65 annually will continue to rise over the next decade and is expected to surpass four million in 2020. Finding qualified, motivated leaders to fill vital public-service positions will challenge the public and nonprofit sectors. Unfortunately, recent studies show that few proactive steps are being taken by public-service organizations to plan for the next generation.

Let's face it; leadership has its challenges. When you get knocked down, you need a reliable system you can easily access to help you regain your footing and your confidence. Within the minutes of Mastering Confidence, you will discover such a structure. In truth, you already have this tool; you just need to uncover it. In Mastering Confidence, you will learn to awaken your Inner Guidance System and boost your confidence, giving you the strength to get through challenging meetings and difficult conversations.

In the last 10 years, the number of nonprofits and social sector organizations has grown by almost 25 percent, while charitable giving declined 30 percent over the same period. As a result, many organizations are chasing grants, tweaking and adding to their core activities to match what they think funders are looking for. Almost half of nonprofits surveyed nationally in 2014 said they added additional programs in the last year. The result is colloquially known as "mission creep" - organizations trying to be everything to everyone.

In addition to his work as an entrepreneur, corporate executive, and consultant, for the last 16 years August Turak worked alongside the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey, watching firsthand as they undertook new enterprises and sustained an incredibly successful business practice. Service and selflessness are at the heart of this 1,500-year-old monastic tradition’s remarkable business success, an ancient though immensely relevant economic model that preserves what is positive and productive about capitalism while transcending its ethical limitations and internal contradictions.

The CAE certificate is one of the most selective and unique credentials in business today. There are, in fact, only 4,000 Certified Association Executives, a mere 2.5% of all professionals managing associations and non-profit organizations. If you aspire to become one of them, it's an excellent ambition. I'd like to help you succeed.

Great nonprofits spend as much time working with institutions outside their four walls as they do managing their internal operations. They use the power of leverage to become greater forces for good. This landmark book reveals the six powerful practices of 12 high-impact nonprofits and tells their compelling stories.

Catalyzing Research, based on Rand Haley's nearly 20 years of experience partnering with research organization leadership and faculty, presents a guide for research leaders that focuses on the complex, challenging interface between faculty and the administration.

Yes, it’s true, crowdfunding is a new way to help pay for personal expenses. These could include medical bills, emergency costs, and memorial funds. Crowdfunding can also be used to help pay for your education expenses or volunteer efforts. But, that’s not all. Crowdfunding isn’t just for charity or personal cause campaigns. Believe it or not, more and more newlyweds are turning to crowdfunding to pay for their honeymoon!

Right now, we're in the middle of a historic shift in charitable giving behavior. The rules of nonprofit fundraising are being rewritten as we speak. With the emergence of social media, smartphones, and the web, opportunities for budding nonprofits are finally opening up. What were once tried and true methods to engage donors are quickly becoming archaic and ineffective.

Why do some changes occur, and others don't? What are the factors that drive successful social and environmental movements, while others falter? How Change Happens examines the leadership approaches, campaign strategies, and ground-level tactics employed in a range of modern social change campaigns. The book explores successful movements that have achieved phenomenal impact since the 1980s - tobacco control, gun rights expansion, LGBT marriage equality, and acid rain elimination.

In 2007, fundraising professional Mary Valloni walked through the doors of another nonprofit organization, determined she was going to break the cycle of fundraising burnout and frustration. She wrote on the white board in her new office: "Work smarter, not harder." This is the eye-opening journey of a fundraiser who was looking for freedom and found it after years of successfully creating and implementing these seven steps.

Unlock the key secrets of getting the media's attention to promote yourself or your product in this highly informative guide from Emmy-award winner and 20-year media veteran Katrina Cravy.

Oltre a perseguire le finalità caritatevoli che le hanno caratterizzate sin dalle origini, le fondazioni svolgono oggi altri ruoli: promuovono la filantropia, sperimentano politiche e favoriscono la collaborazione tra attori diversi. Di origine privata o pubblica, sono state riscoperte perché particolarmente adatte ad affrontare problemi tipici delle società contemporanee.

Si può concedere credito a clienti poveri, privi di garanzie patrimoniali, e avere successo? È questa la scommessa vinta dalla Grameen Bank del Nobel per la pace Yunus e da altre esperienze di microcredito sparse in tutto il mondo. Risultati e potenzialità, rischi e limiti di un nuovo modo di fare finanza.