The nonprofit survival guide
Subtitle: a strategy for sustainability
By: Geoff Alexander
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780786498444
Subjects: Nonprofit organizations; Management
Description: "This book shows you how to keep your organization working. You'll learn how to obtain space, equipment and tools at little cost, how to minimize insurance and legal costs and how to use volunteers and keynote programs. Realistic hands-on strategies can save your organization money each year and prevent mistakes that cause many nonprofits to fail"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: I'm small... why should I bother forming a nonprofit corporation?; title: Redefining "success"; title: Don't quit your day job; title: The first step: forming your nonprofit corporation; title: Setting up your sustainable nonprofit office; title: Building and maintaining your website, e-mail, social media and business-networking presence; title: Volunteers: your most valuable asset; title: Sponsorships: building a definitive, self-sustaining, permanent and exciting keynote program; title: Events, benefits, conference and nontraditional ways to pay a few bills; title: Working the big room: building alliances and affiliates; title: Publicity and publishing: getting others to know about your work; title: Grants, consultants and crowdfunding platforms: churning and burning in the funding mill; title: Fund-raising programs and techniques that could present problems; title: The cutting edge: thinking outside the box; title: Keeping the government happy; title: Crafting a succession plan: leaving a legacy and documenting your assets; title: Small is beautiful: keeping it pertinent, creative, successful, sustainable and manageable.