Begging for Change: The Dollars and Sense of Making Nonprofits Responsive, Efficient, and Rewarding for All
In this impassioned plea for change that, at the same time, needs a bit more structure and logic to make a larger impact, Washington, D.C., nonprofit executive Egger tells his story, from nightclub manager to head of a much-emulated charity, and relays his rules of the road for success. The only issue is that the metaphors and tales obscure his major points; he holds up Pallotta TeamWorks, its AIDS and breast cancer events, as an example of a clearly self-serving organization--but doesn't link it tightly to his dictate: serve the cause first and the rest will follow. On the other hand, details about the philanthropic world are compelling, such as the multimillion-dollar building campaigns that weren't. Or the grand opening of Egger's "soup kitchen," timed to pick up leftovers from the first Bush inaugural in 1989. He redeems himself, in part, by listing Robert's Rules for Nonprofits--for executives, for volunteers and donors, and for corporations.Barbara JacobsCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved