Download or read book No One Dreams of Being a Fundraiser written by Mitchell Linker and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an inspirational memoir that tells the story of Mitchell Linker’s harrowing and hilarious journey from aspiring rock star to nonprofit major-gifts fundraiser. Along the way, Linker reveals how he overcame his fear of asking for money by employing a fundraising philosophy rooted in honesty, authenticity, and empathy.

Download or read book Joan Garry s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership written by Joan Garry and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonprofit leadership is messy Nonprofits leaders are optimistic by nature. They believe with time, energy, smarts, strategy and sheer will, they can change the world. But as staff or board leader, you know nonprofits present unique challenges. Too many cooks, not enough money, an abundance of passion. It’s enough to make you feel overwhelmed and alone. The people you help need you to be successful. But there are so many obstacles: a micromanaging board that doesn’t understand its true role; insufficient fundraising and donors who make unreasonable demands; unclear and inconsistent messaging and marketing; a leader who’s a star in her sector but a difficult boss… And yet, many nonprofits do thrive. Joan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership will show you how to do just that. Funny, honest, intensely actionable, and based on her decades of experience, this is the book Joan Garry wishes she had when she led GLAAD out of a financial crisis in 1997. Joan will teach you how to: Build a powerhouse board Create an impressive and sustainable fundraising program Become seen as a ‘workplace of choice’ Be a compelling public face of your nonprofit This book will renew your passion for your mission and organization, and help you make a bigger difference in the world.

Download or read book Roots to Power written by Lee Staples and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of the manual for community organizers tells readers how to most effectively implement community action for social change, clearly laying out grassroots organizing principles, methods, and best practices. Written for those who want to improve their own lives or the lives of others, this thoroughly revised how-to manual presents techniques groups can use to organize successfully in pursuit of their dreams. The book combines time-tested, universal principles and methods with cutting-edge material addressing new opportunities and challenges. It covers basic concepts and best practices and offers step-by-step guidelines on things an organizer needs to know, such as how to identify issues, formulate strategies, set goals, recruit participants, and much more. The work focuses on six organizing arenas: turf/geography, failth-based, issue, identity, shared experience, and work-related. It offers new or expanded material addressing community development, use of social media, internal organizational dynamics, electoral organizing, evaluation/assessment, and prevention of burnout for key leaders. There are also nuts-and-bolts articles by experts who address topics such as action research, lobbying, legal tactics, and grassroots fundraising. Numerous case examples, charts, worksheets, and small group exercises enrich the discussion and bring the material to life.

Download or read book Uncharitable written by Dan Pallotta and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2010 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A courageous call to free charity from its ideological and economic constraints

Download or read book More Than a Thank You Note written by Kimberly Thompson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a friendly, lively discussion of the role of academic library fund-raising written by two experienced library fund-raisers. Short, stand-alone chapters with summary paragraphs Practical, personal success hints throughout Proven fundraising ideas

Download or read book Creative Awakenings written by Sheri Gaynor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-01-30 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilize your creativity to manifest your personal intention. Work in the spirit of the laws of attraction to visualize the life of your dreams. Follow the journey of twelve artists, each who will set a personal dream or intention. Witness the process that each artist takes, as they create a mixed-media piece that sows the seeds of their intention. Step-by-step techniques for a variety of mixed-media processes accompany each piece of finished art. Read about how their lives changed as a result and learn how to set intentions of your own using the bonus tear-out "dream-prompt" cards.

Download or read book Dreams in the New Century written by Gary R. Mormino and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florida Book Awards, Gold Medal for Florida Nonfiction Florida Historical Society Charlton Tebeau Book Award A leading Florida historian explores one of the state’s most consequential eras It was a time of stunning episodes of boom and bust, an era of extremes, a decade of historic changes that point to Florida’s future. In this book, eminent historian Gary Mormino illuminates early twenty-first-century Florida and its connections to some of the most significant events in contemporary American history. Following Mormino’s milestone work Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams, which details the dynamic history of Florida from 1950 to 2000, Dreams in the New Century explores the state’s tumultuous next chapter, a period that included the Bush v. Gore election, 9/11, the housing bubble and Great Recession, and the election of Barack Obama. During these years the Elián González story engrossed the country, Tim Tebow rose to football fame, and Donald Trump became a Florida celebrity. From hurricanes to Ponzi schemes, red tides, climate change, the “Stand-Your-Ground” gun law, demographic diversity, and more, Florida offered nonstop news fodder that reflected its extraordinary internal trends and its importance in the nation. As Mormino shows, Florida is a place of deep conflicts—North and South, liberal and conservative, newcomer and local, growth and conservation—with histories that can be traced back centuries. In 2000‒2010, Mormino argues, these tensions collided to produce a “Big Bang” that will continue to resonate in years to come. Mormino takes stock of this crucible of change and explains the social, cultural, and political intricacies of a state the world struggles to understand. Dreams in the New Century unravels Florida’s complicated recent history in a gripping, informative, and fascinating narrative.

Download or read book Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thrillers 1 7 written by P.D. Workman and published by pd workman. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 2414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenzie has another body on her hands Looking for a strong female lead in an engaging medical mystery? Award-winning and USA Today Bestselling Author P.D. Workman brings you an up-and-coming Medical Examiner’s Assistant who is right up your alley. Kenzie Kirsch, brilliant assistant medical examiner, is about to uncover deadly secrets. Follow her as she navigates the treacherous world of medicine and crime in the Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thrillers series. With her sharp intellect and unwavering determination, Kenzie will stop at nothing to solve the most puzzling medical mysteries. Prepare yourself for heart-pounding suspense and shocking revelations as you dive into titles such as Unlawful Harvest, Doctored Death, and more. Bestselling Author P.D. Workman will keep you guessing until the very end. This ebook includes the first seven books in this series.

Download or read book Faraway and Forever written by Nancy Joie Wilkie and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of novelettes takes the reader from the not-to-distant future to a time when travel between worlds is a common occurrence. Each stop along mankind’s journey outward to the stars is accompanied by a deeper look inward—from examining how extraterrestrial beings might use our own biology against us, to whether a human consciousness can survive in a virtual environment, to how wishes are really granted. Original and thought provoking, these stories—which include an interstellar religious thriller involving a second coming of Christ—will stimulate the intellect and engage the imagination.

Download or read book Betty Cries written by James A. Leyshon and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-05-10 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake St. Johns is a normal guy with psychic powers who sees ghosts. Every morning, he wakes to the sound of a crying little girl—the only ghost he can’t see. When he finds Betty, he finds more than he ever expected. Can Jake survive her call to action?

Download or read book Beyond Dreams written by Carrie Collins and published by Carrie Collins. This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kayla Ryan has her life all planned out with pure precision. She lives an average life, works several jobs, and has a long term plan to make her dreams come true. Wanting to speed things up, she gets a roommate. Unfortunately, the roommates arrives with a suitcase full of trouble. After accidentally filming a crime, Kayla is trouble’s new target. Using her skills as a theatre dresser, she assumes a disguise and starts running. The problem is, no matter where she goes, they always find her. A car accident leads to her rescue by gorgeous military men who both want to help and protect her. One in particular catches her eye, but she has a few problems to work out before she can consider relationships and romance. Namely, staying alive. Tristan Walsh wasn’t looking for romance, he stays too busy running Phantom Inc., a secret military organization called in for difficult jobs. He was truly beginning to feel settled in his new town, when on his way home from work a short, loud mouth blonde came crashing into his world. Everything about her draws him in but she is stubborn, headstrong, and independent. On top of that she takes issue with alpha men, which is the kind he is from head to toe. Tristan knows she is in some kind of trouble, and he has the means and will to help her. It doesn't matter if she wants help or not. So he digs into her business while she digs in her heels…

Download or read book Jet written by and published by . This book was released on 1988-06-06 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.

Download or read book Freddy the Eager Fundraiser written by Swapnil Mishra and published by Epigram Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freddy finds out about the devastating 2015 earthquake in Nepal from his family and hears how his Dad had survived one in India. Moved by the plight of the earthquake victims, Freddy wants to contribute to his middle school’s fundraiser with the Singapore Red Cross; he and his brother work on household chores for pay and attempt to set up a lemonade stand, but Freddy feels it is too small a contribution. Discouraged and about to give up, Freddy is inspired by a young girl selling cookies at his inter-class football game and decides to give it a second run. Inspired by his younger brother Ray, who plays the ukulele, Freddy calls on his friends, family, and colleagues of his parents to set up a fundraiser/awareness fair within two weeks, battling and surmounting challenges along the way.

Download or read book All the Dreams We ve Dreamed written by Rus Bradburd and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shawn Harrington returned to Marshall High School as an assistant coach years after appearing as a player in the iconic basketball documentary film Hoop Dreams. In January of 2014, Marshall's struggling team was about to improve after the addition of a charismatic but troubled player. Everything changed, however, when two young men opened fire on Harrington's car as he drove his daughter to school. Using his body to shield her, Harrington was struck and paralyzed. The mistaken-identity shooting was followed by a series of events that had a devastating impact on Harrington and Marshall's basketball family. Over the next three years it became obvious that the dream of the game providing a better life had nearly dissolved. Author Rus Bradburd tells Shawn's story with empathy and care, exploring the intertwined tragedies of gun violence, health care failure, racial assumptions, struggling educational systems, corruption in athletics—and the hope that can survive them all.

Download or read book Stuck Is Not a Four Letter Word written by Deborah Johnson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You may be facing bankruptcy, a broken marriage, a dead-end career, unemployment, or a health crisis. You may feel none of the breaks are going your way and that the circumstances of life are all against you. Feeling stuck can leave you feeling alone, isolated, abandoned, and ultimately confused about the decision of your next life move. The good news is that you can take action to free yourself and start moving down a new path. Building on inspiring interviews, illustrations, and stories, author Deborah Johnson presents seven steps to getting un-stuck: - Define your trap. - Reassess your assets. - Reinvent yourself. - Eliminate distractions. - Play like you're in the major leagues. - Do the business. - Ask what you can give. Stuck Is Not a Four-Letter Word provides you with the direction you need to face your life with the courage that hope brings, and the bravery to take the necessary steps to move forward.

Download or read book Mrs Hornsdecker written by Shawn Frohmuth and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the living room, Bessi sits on the couch and begins to explain her dreams. 'I first remember being in a tall pine tree with a warm breeze teasing the needles. Then I realized that I was hanging from a branch by my hands and a green pig suddenly appeared introducing himself as your father. He asked me to lift up my feet and he would swing me out into the soft pine needles. I don't know why I trusted him, but I did. I lifted up my legs and he clamped onto my ankles. He told me to let go of the branch and I did. As I fell backward, the warm air soothed me and for a moment I felt light and free. Then, suddenly the green pig let go of my feet and I began to fall. I kept falling through the branches until I woke," Bessi says, shrugging her shoulders and looking at Lewis who just stared at her. 'I wish I had dreams like that, Mom," Lewis says. Mrs. Hornsdecker's strange dreams are beginning to interfere with her life. She wants to understand them, but her husband can't comprehend her obsession and doesn't think she needs to waste her time worrying. Will Mrs. Hornsdecker find out the real cause of her dreams, or will she forever remain in the dark?

Download or read book The Disciple Making Minister written by David Servant and published by Shepherd Serve. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Servant has been ministering to Christian leaders in conferences around the world for over three decades. From his experience of speaking to tens of thousands of pastors in over forty countries, he has complied biblical teaching in this book that addresses the most important issues that Christian leaders are facing today. Servant covers topics such as church growth, spiritual warfare, divorce and remarriage, biblical interpretation, house churches, women in ministry, church government, spiritual gifts, evangelism and many more. He often questions the prevailing opinion, always considering what Scripture says. His conclusions may sometimes surprise you. Servant's foundational condition is that every Christian leader should be making disciples who obey all of Christ's commandments. Translated into many languages, The Disciple-Making Minister is helping Christian leader around the world be more effective in fulfilling the Great Commission.