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Turner Publishing proudly presents a fully-updated edition of The
Nonprofit Strategy Revolution FINALIST, Ben Franklin Awards,
Independent Book Publishers Association, Business Category The
world changes continuously and rapidly. It’s foolhardy to believe
that strategies should not do so as well. Nonprofit leaders already
know this, but traditional strategic planning has locked them into
a process that’s divorced from today’s reality. That’s why
plans sit on the shelf and why smart executives are always seeking
workarounds in between planning periods. The Nonprofit Strategy
Revolution offers a nimble and powerful alternative. In this
groundbreaking book, strategy expert David La Piana introduces
“Real-Time Strategic Planning,” a fluid, organic process that
engages staff and board in a program of systematic readiness and
continuous responsiveness. With it, your nonprofit will be able to
identify, understand, and act on challenges and opportunities as
they arise. At the heart of this practical book is the Real-Time
Strategic Planning Cycle. Based on four years of research and
testing with a variety of nonprofits, this proven process guides
you through the steps to sound strategy. You’ll find tools for
clarifying your competitive advantage; generating a strategy
screen—criteria for evaluating strategies to be able to respond
quickly; handling big questions; developing and testing strategies;
and implementing and adapting strategies. This useful guide also
includes exhibits and case examples showing how concepts play out
in real-life; a total of 27 tools—10 of which are essential for
forming strategies; Theory to Action sidebars telling you which
tool to use for a given task; and a link to downloadable content
with all the tools and interactive worksheets you’ll need, as
well as a Facilitator’s Guide to Real-Time Strategic Planning
that gives you everything you need: the day’s agenda,
instructions for preparing flip charts, prework to be done,
handouts, and worksheets. Use The Nonprofit Strategy Revolution and
get the clarity and direction you need for maximum mission success.
Nonprofit mergers are on the rise. Executive directors and board
members are discovering the advantages: comprehensive service
delivery, better finances, more powerful fundraising, increased
market share. Bottom line, mergers make more mission possible. From
assessing reasons and readiness, to finding a partner, to
negotiating the best path, to budgeting and implementation, author
David La Piana guides you through the maze of options with a steady
hand. Based on experience with more than sixty mergers, this
handbook is the perfect starting point for any nonprofit exploring
a possible merger and a basic resource for all nonprofit managers.
You'll find: how to decide what kind of structure from
collaboration to merger meets your goals; how to know your own
motivation and keep your mission forefront; what kind of merger
best fits your goals, structure, and financial situation; how to
seek merger partners and objectively assess the pros and cons of
each; how to manage the boards essential role in merger
considerations; how to exercise due diligence and write the merger
agreement; how to deal with the rumor mill; what you can do
yourself, when to call in attorneys and consultants, and how to
select them; typical roadblocks and how to beat them; how to move
past old history and build new traditions as you integrate staff,
management, boards, systems, and corporate cultures; how to budget
for and raise funds to implement the merger; and much more Full
merger case studies, decision trees, twenty-two worksheets,
checklists, tips, milestones, an extensive resource section and
many samples including the minutes of a completed merger
negotiation give you concrete assistance with your own merger plans
and implementation. A special chapter written for nonprofit
organizational consultants explains their roles and
responsibilities in assisting clients interested in merger.
Nonprofit mergers are on the rise. Executive directors and board
members are discovering the advantages: comprehensive service
delivery, better finances, more powerful fundraising, increased
market share. Bottom line, mergers make more mission possible. From
assessing reasons and readiness, to finding a partner, to
negotiating the best path, to budgeting and implementation, author
David La Piana guides you through the maze of options with a steady
hand. Based on experience with more than sixty mergers, this
handbook is the perfect starting point for any nonprofit exploring
a possible merger and a basic resource for all nonprofit managers.
You'll find: how to decide what kind of structure from
collaboration to merger meets your goals; how to know your own
motivation and keep your mission forefront; what kind of merger
best fits your goals, structure, and financial situation; how to
seek merger partners and objectively assess the pros and cons of
each; how to manage the boards essential role in merger
considerations; how to exercise due diligence and write the merger
agreement; how to deal with the rumor mill; what you can do
yourself, when to call in attorneys and consultants, and how to
select them; typical roadblocks and how to beat them; how to move
past old history and build new traditions as you integrate staff,
management, boards, systems, and corporate cultures; how to budget
for and raise funds to implement the merger; and much more! Full
merger case studies, decision trees, twenty-two worksheets,
checklists, tips, milestones, an extensive resource section and
many samples including the minutes of a completed merger
negotiation give you concrete assistance with your own merger plans
and implementation. A special chapter written for nonprofit
organizational consultants explains their roles and
responsibilities in assisting clients interested in merger.
NONPROFITS often use the terms "strategic planning" and "business
planning" interchangeably, but a good business plan goes beyond the
traditional strategic plan with its focus on mission and vision,
goals and objectives. THE NONPROFIT BUSINESS PLAN, created by the
nationally recognized experts at La Piana Consulting, helps your
nonprofit organization understand what a strategic business plan is
and why you need one, then provides a practical, proven process for
creating a successful, sustainable business model. This
groundbreaking resource further explains how your nonprofit can
determine whether a potential undertaking is economically viable-a
vital tool in today's economic climate-and how to understand and
solve challenges as they arise. With detailed instructions,
worksheets, essential tools, case studies, and a rigorous financial
analysis methodology presented clearly and accessibly for
executives, board members, and consultants, THE NONPROFIT BUSINESS
PLAN is also an important resource for non-specialist audiences
such as funders and investors. This innovative step-by-step guide
will provide your team with a solid set of business decisions so
that your nonprofit can achieve maximum results for years to come.
Turner Publishing proudly presents a fully-updated edition of The
Nonprofit Strategy Revolution FINALIST, Ben Franklin Awards,
Independent Book Publishers Association, Business Category The
world changes continuously and rapidly. It’s foolhardy to believe
that strategies should not do so as well. Nonprofit leaders already
know this, but traditional strategic planning has locked them into
a process that’s divorced from today’s reality. That’s why
plans sit on the shelf and why smart executives are always seeking
workarounds in between planning periods. The Nonprofit Strategy
Revolution offers a nimble and powerful alternative. In this
groundbreaking book, strategy expert David La Piana introduces
“Real-Time Strategic Planning,” a fluid, organic process that
engages staff and board in a program of systematic readiness and
continuous responsiveness. With it, your nonprofit will be able to
identify, understand, and act on challenges and opportunities as
they arise. At the heart of this practical book is the Real-Time
Strategic Planning Cycle. Based on four years of research and
testing with a variety of nonprofits, this proven process guides
you through the steps to sound strategy. You’ll find tools for
clarifying your competitive advantage; generating a strategy
screen—criteria for evaluating strategies to be able to respond
quickly; handling big questions; developing and testing strategies;
and implementing and adapting strategies. This second edition
features a timely new preface and introduction; updated exhibits
and case examples showing how concepts play out in real-life; five
new tools, for a total of 32 —10 of which are essential for
forming strategies; Theory to Action sidebars telling you which
tool to use for a given task; and a link to downloadable tools and
worksheets, as well as a Facilitator’s Guide to Real-Time
Strategic Planning that gives you everything you need: the day’s
agenda, instructions for preparing flip charts, prework to be done,
handouts, and worksheets. Use The Nonprofit Strategy Revolution and
get the clarity and direction you need for maximum mission success.
Every Generation Is a First Generation Grinding poverty and brutal
murder are the inheritance of a troubled young Sicilian-American
who fights for survival on the mean streets of Los Angeles in this
gritty, compelling multi-generational story. Sudden violence,
against-all-odds teen love, a quirky cast of Sicilian and Chicano
characters, and a redeeming sense of humor drive First Generation.
In the 1920s Niccolo flees Sicily after an honor killing, settling
his young family into a tenement on New York's Lower East Side.
Twenty years later his daughter Gina meets John Russo, a soldier
bound for North Africa and the Battle of Kasserine Pass. Another
twenty years finds them married with a teenaged son, living in Pico
Rivera, east of East L.A., where a different kind of war is raging.
Like Sicily in the 1920s, East L.A. in the 1960s is defined by
desperation, destitution, revenge, and fatalism. Growing up in the
barrio the narrator becomes both participant and victim in the
carnage. The old ways exert a powerful pull-as if born in his
blood. Gun in hand, on the brink of murder, he struggles to
decipher the secret behind a horrific scar. The truth shocks him
but could also set him free-if he has the courage to give up
everything he knows, including his last hope for connecting with
his war-damaged father, his bone-deep need for revenge, and his
dream of reuniting with Teresita, his first love. First Generation
is the story of a young man's struggle to survive and of a family's
journey to becoming American.
A fresh, compelling approach to establishing a sustainable,
results-driven nonprofit business plan. Nonprofits often use the
terms “strategic planning” and “business planning”
interchangeably, but a good business plan goes beyond the
traditional strategic plan with its focus on mission and vision,
goals and objectives. The Nonprofit Business Plan, created by the
nationally recognized nonprofit consultant experts at La Piana
Consulting, helps your nonprofit organization understand what a
strategic business plan is and why you need one, then provides a
practical, proven process for creating a successful, sustainable
business model. This groundbreaking resource further explains how
your nonprofit can determine whether a potential undertaking is
economically viable—a vital tool in today’s economic
climate—and how to understand and solve challenges as they arise.
With detailed instructions, worksheets, essential tools, case
studies, and a rigorous financial analysis presented clearly and
accessibly for executives, board members, and consultants, The
Nonprofit Business Plan is also an important resource for
non-specialist audiences such as potential funders and investors.
This innovative step-by-step guide will provide your team with a
solid set of business decisions so that your nonprofit can achieve
maximum results for years to come.
Drawing on the findings of the most ambitious national study to
date on nonprofit strategic restructuring, the authors provide
nonprofit managers, board members, consultants, and foundation
executives with research-based information to use in making tough
decisions about whether and how to pursue a range of organizational
partnerships--from jointly managed programs and consolidated
administrative functions to full-scale mergers. The authors
investigate two widespread assumptions--that strategic
restructuring leads to greater organizational efficiency and that
nonprofit consolidations are similar to corporate consolidations.
Six in-depth case studies of actual nonprofit restructurings
highlight the costs and benefits associated with this increasingly
adopted course of action, a trend that is expected to remain on the
upswing for the foreseeable future.
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