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[Recommended Book]

A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Difference

3.25
Average: 3.3 (4 votes)
By Nancy Austin and Tom Peters
Bring excellence to life in your nonprofit with Tom Peters guide.

Publisher's Description:

A Passion For Excellence is the single most existing, inspiring, career-transforming book ever published for people who want to get ahead. It takes you behind, the scenes in some of the most successful organizations and analyzes what makes them distinctive. Here are real people, real companies, real numbers. Here is what you need to know about the crucial elements of success: constant innovation, staying in touch with customers, encouraging the contributions of everyone in the company, and maintaining the integrity that is basic to leadership. Here are the secrets of building excellence.  Read more



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Born to Raise: What Makes a Great Fundraiser; What Makes a Fundraiser Great

3.333335
Average: 3.3 (6 votes)
By Jerry Panas
Ever wonder if you were really cut out to be a fundraiser? Panas tells you if you are in the right career.

Publisher's Description:
 
You will agree with us that no one knows fundraising like Jerry Panas does. In this spirited book he identifies and interviews fifty fundraisers he describes as being great—the best in the business.

These fundraisers give Panas inside information on what it takes to be the best. The very best. What they have to say may surprise you.  Read more



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Careers in Fund Raising

3
Average: 3 (3 votes)
By Lilya Wagner
Lilya Wagner is one of the foremost researchers in the field of philanthropy. In this book she outlines the options available and helps you find your path to success.
 
Publisher's Description:

Everything you need to know to launch your career in fundraising

Careers in Fundraising provides expert guidance on professional opportunities in the field of fundraising, including topics on professional development, on-the-job issues, and the significance of fundraising as a career.  Read more



[Tutorial]

Do You Have a Book 'In You?'

5
Average: 5 (1 vote)
By Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE
CAPITAL VENTURE CEO/President
I think most of us have dreamed about writing the "Great American Novel" but few of us actually ever live the dream. Take it from someone who has written a novel (still unpublished), it is not easy to get fiction published. However, there is big demand for nonfiction work in the nonprofit field. So how do you find time to write? Is it worth it? How do you get started? Here are a few tips I've gathered as the author of numerous published nonfiction books.  Read more



[Recommended Book]

Fundraising as a Career: What, Are You Crazy?

2.5
Average: 2.5 (6 votes)
By Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE
Launch your career in nonprofit fundraising!
Publisher's Description:

Practical answers for those:

  • looking for a career change
  • planning to hire development staff
  • striving to advance in a development position
  Read more



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Fundraising as a Profession: Advancements and Challenges in the Field

3
Average: 3 (3 votes)
By Lilya Wagner (Editor) and J. Patrick Ryan (Editor)
Wagner continues her study into what makes a fundraiser successful.

Publisher's Description:

Examines progress being made in achieving professionalism in the fund-raising field. Presents current analysis on training, compensation, accountability, diversity and gender differences, and organizational team-building.  Read more



[Workshop]

How to Develop Your Fundraising Career [1.5 CFRE Credits]

February 12, 2013
Sponsored by: FundsforNGOs.org
Webinar
Presenter: Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE

Fundraising has recently become accepted as not only a profession but as a “hot career.” Even with the need for a more professional approach to fundraising and the sheer numbers of people entering this profession there are still many nonprofits, and many individuals who do not see fundraising as a profession, and even many who still view fundraising with a “tin cup” mentality.  Read more



[Recommended Book]

Leading with Care

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By Mary Cantando
How Women Around the World are Inspiring Businesses, Empowering Communities, and Creating Opportunity

Publisher's Description:

In partnership with international relief agency CARE, an inspiring look at how women around the world are developing businesses and creating opportunity.  Read more



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Leading with Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit, New & Revised

3.75
Average: 3.8 (4 votes)
By Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal
Publisher's Description:

With the appearance of Leading with Soul in 1995, Terry Deal and Lee Bolman became pioneers in the movement to reconnect work and spirit. Since then, interest in the spiritual dimensions of leadership and work has exploded. In book clubs and boardrooms, talk shows and seminar rooms, more and more people are coming together in the search for depth and meaning in their work and their lives.  Read more



[Tutorial]

Making the Transition from the Corporate World to Development

5
Average: 5 (1 vote)
By Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE
CAPITAL VENTURE CEO/President

Most development professionals did not grow up thinking "I want to be a fundraiser when I grow up." Some of us entered the field of development from other areas of the nonprofit world, some through volunteer channels and some from the corporate world. In recent years the latter path has become a popular route into development. As banks and other corporations downsize, as corporate leaders seek more meaningful work, and as the field emerges into a respected profession; we are likely to see even more people following to path to development from the corporate world.  Read more



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