This expanded edition of NBAB offers comprehensive coverage of nonprofit governance by answering sixty of the questions most frequently asked by nonprofit board members and chief executives....

The second book in a two-part series, Strategic Tools for Social Entrepreneurs explains how nonprofits can apply similar business entrepreneurial techniques to produce social value and provides the tools and resources needed to put these innovative concepts into practice....

In addition to offering practical recruiting suggestions, To Lead is to Serve also appeals to the inner wisdom of recruiters by mingling business psychology with what McBee calls "ancient leadership principles" and including proverbs, literary anecdotes, and meditative "exercises for success"....

The Foundation Center's Scott Ullman reviews the fourth edition of Hodiak and Henley's manual for small nonprofits, which is full of creative ideas and field-tested solutions for developing a meaningful fundraising and marketing program with the support of a volunteer base....

The book provides an excellent guide through the process of setting up and securing an endowment fund, defined as a donor-restricted fund, with an agreement that establishes how the funds are to be used and may even restrict how the spendable income from the endowment is distributed....

Winning Ways is the result of Sanow's work as deputy director of the Washington Council of Agencies, an umbrella organization of nonprofits that has given an annual award for excellence in nonprofit organization management, naming a winner and four runners-up since 1995...

Sheldon, a fundraiser for educational institutions for twenty-five years, provides an introduction to the world of corporate giving with in-depth discussions of the five major aspects of successful fundraising: background and philosophy, types of support, the process, the people involved, and strategy....

In this lush monograph about family foundations — the fastest growing segment of foundation philanthropy — seeded with personal anecdotes, reminiscences, and advice from sixteen authors, the NCFP has produced a book that is both highly personal and supremely professional....

This no-nonsense manual, with a wonderfully humorous tone throughout, is a must-have for any nonprofit leader looking to improve or create an effective recruitment and training program for the organization's board members....

Expanding on their earlier work, Child Abuse Prevention Primer, the authors cover a broader array of topics, including parental roles and effects of changes in family demographics, child maltreatment procedures, youth violence and associated risks, workplace injuries, developing Internet policies, and physical and mental health problems....

In this well-informed and easy-to-read book, Price challenges parents to raise children to become caring adults by planting the seeds in them about charitable giving through stories, games and activities, films and videos, and by modeling behavior for them....

PND's Kevin Kinsella reviews Robinson's book on the growing importance of social entrepreneurship in the nonprofit sector, which discusses how organizations can create an "entrepreneurial culture" within the organization; brainstorm and evaluate potential earned income projects; develop and use a business plan; raise enough money to get started; and successfully market its goods and services....

This workbook is designed specifically to assist the smaller nonprofits in the field that are considering implementing their first major gifts campaign, and the guidance is appropriate for both volunteers and professional staff who are novices to major gift fundraising....