Today’s nonprofit organizations are a crucial part of the social service system and society as a whole. These organizations can impact and improve countless lives every day, all around the world, in areas such as food supply, the environment, human rights, healthcare, disaster relief, and job creation. There are thousands of prominent, world-class nonprofits with power and influence that operate on a global scale as well as millions of smaller groups with room to grow.
Nonprofit Transformation should be seen as a comprehensive resource that both analyzes important issues and provides practical suggestions that can be implemented immediately. Its one hundred concise, clear “Keys to Breakthrough Results” are action-driven and inspire the reader to move forward. An additional collection of checklists assists leaders in implementing innovative strategies and tactics. Taken as a whole, these keys embody an advanced, higher order of nonprofit management best practices.
While the book is geared toward organizational leaders, all those involved in nonprofits should find its eleven chapters (table of contents) vital and relevant. By utilizing the approach and mindset outlined in this text, you will be equipped with the tools to tackle structural flaws and best utilize resources so your nonprofit can not only succeed in fulfilling its important mission, but also “move the needle” on underlying issues. In this regard, Nonprofit Transformation is particularly applicable to social change groups, foundations, and governmental units that are attempting to address long-term, intractable challenges.
Nonprofit Transformation offers a real-world framework. Ranging from managing risk to letting go of no longer effective strategies around areas such as programs, resource development, and engaging the board, each chapter takes the reader through critical issues for consideration in order to lead a nonprofit organization today and into the future. The book also addresses today’s climate of intense competition in battling for individual donors, corporate funders, and private foundations, providing a system for evaluating current revenue development practices as well as considering new ones that are mission focused and stakeholder centric. Above all, NpT provides context for decision making that will propel any nonprofit organization toward success.