{"product_id":"trade-secrets-for-nonprofit-managers-isbn-9780471389521","title":"Trade Secrets for Nonprofit Managers","description":"Become a More Effective Manager-and Have More Fun Doing It\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the nonprofit world's most beloved columnist come easy lessonson how to become a better, and happier, manager. This book weavestogether many of the most important ideas found in ThomasMcLaughlin's hugely popular Nonprofit Times columns into a highlyentertaining, motivating, and educational guide for nonprofitmanagers. McLaughlin's affable but always dead-on treatment of therealities of the nonprofit world provides managers with a bold newperspective on their industry and their roles in it. The book showshow essential it is to managers' well-being to keep in mind thatthey are more than the sum of their individual tasks, and it offersthe support that so often eludes them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Trade Secrets for Nonprofit Managers arms you with valuable toolsand tips for professional and organizational development and showsyou how to:\u003cbr\u003e * Use the unspoken truths of nonprofit management\u003cbr\u003e * Make the connection between vision and mission\u003cbr\u003e * Challenge the subtly counterproductive niceties affordednonprofits in order to get things done\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Get informed, inspired-and entertained-with this one-of-a-kindguide to one of the fastest growing sectors in our economy. Acknowledgments.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e VISION.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dreams and Actions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e MISSION.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Art of the Mission Statement, or Why the Writing Should Beon the Wall.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Life Cycles of Nonprofit Organizations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Death (and Rebirth) of Advocacy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The End of a Mission.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e STRATEGY.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Art of Strategic Positioning.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Don't Just Manage, Lead.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Strategic Agenda.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How Everyone Can Be a Strategist.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Making Management Your Business.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Iron Triangle.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How to Improve Quality Ten Different Ways.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What Your Funding Sources Want from Managed Care.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Core Competence of the Nonprofit Corporation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Different Kind of Growth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Collaborating to Compete.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Power of Social Enterprise.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Needed: Clearly Marked Exits.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The New Organizational Chart.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Permanent Labor Shortage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It's 2010: Do You Know Who Your Executive Director Is?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Why Mergers Fail, and What To Do About It.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Boys and Girls.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Managing Different Kinds of Diversity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Why Board Members Wake Up at 3:00 a.m.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Why \"Corporate\" Board Members May Fail.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Structure of National Boards of Directors.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Natural Laws of Task Forces, Committees, and Boards ofDirectors.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In Praise of Hidden Government Subsidies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Rise of the ASO.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Proactive Management through Benchmarking.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Giving Diligence Its Due.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Related Parties.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Down With Geography, or Why You Have Service Gaps.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rethinking the United Way Gilt by Association: Why AssociationsMust Reshape Themselves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Business of Trade Shows.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e RESOURCES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Profit: Why, and How Much.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Why Capitalization Is Not a Four-Letter Word.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In Cash There Is Opportunity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Indirect Secrets, or Why Nonprofits Will Never Have $80Screwdrivers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Critical Juncture Financing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Where to Find Cost Savings.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Recovering from a Case of Parentheses.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Soliciting Mistrust.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How to Transfer a Few Trillion Dollars.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Donor Advised Funds: New Kids Change the Block.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index. Tom McLaughlin has over 25 years of nonprofit experience as a nonprofit manager, trade association executive, and consultant. He joined Grant Thornton LLP to assist all types of non-profit clients with strategic, operations, and financial projects. He is nationally recognized as an expert in nonprofit mergers and alliances, financial management, and strategic planning.  Become a More Effective Manager–and Have More Fun Doing It  \u003cp\u003eFrom the nonprofit world’s most beloved columnist come easy lessons on how to become a better, and happier, manager. This book weaves together many of the most important ideas found in Thomas McLaughlin’s hugely popular Nonprofit Times columns into a highly entertaining, motivating, and educational guide for nonprofit managers. McLaughlin’s affable but always dead-on treatment of the realities of the nonprofit world provides managers with a bold new perspective on their industry and their roles in it. The book shows how essential it is to managers’ well-being to keep in mind that they are more than the sum of their individual tasks, and it offers the support that so often eludes them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrade Secrets for Nonprofit Managers arms you with valuable tools and tips for professional and organizational development and shows you how to:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUse the unspoken truths of nonprofit management\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMake the connection between vision and mission\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenge the subtly counterproductive niceties afforded nonprofits in order to get things done\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eGet informed, inspired–and entertained–with this one-of-a-kind guide to one of the fastest growing sectors in our economy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990401204453,"sku":"NP9780471389521","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471389521.jpg?v=1761787680","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/trade-secrets-for-nonprofit-managers-isbn-9780471389521","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}