Books That Approach the Entire Nonprofit Field In a General Way

Here is a back-to-basics view of nonprofit branding by an expert in the field.

Good Counsel is a lawyer on your bookshelf. A useful guide to legal concerns for nonprofits.

Here is a book that you will use again and again. It is a collection of essays on basic nonprofit topics by the best experts in the field.

There is a new book that brings clarity to the concept of outcomes management. Learn why outcomes are so important.

Hesselbein's story helped me better understand why I have always said that the Girl Scouts is the best managed organization I ever worked for. I have worked in business, education and nonprofits during my career, and none measured up to the sheer organizational beauty of the Girl Scouts.

I saw the buzz about Shel Israel's Twitterville, looked at the bright blue cover on Amazon, and decided I had to have the book. Once in hand, I ate it up quickly...in fact couldn't put it down. Here's why.

Here are my recommendations for those of you who want to add to your store of bookish knowledge for the New Year.

Cheng has immersed himself in the history and theories of philanthropy and nonprofit management. His book is packed with statistics, anecdotes, charts, and references to all the great thinkers in these areas.

Are you the victim of "accidental" branding? That is what happens when a nonprofit or business leaves their branding to chance. It results in confusion about what the organization is and does.

The idea of "positive deviance" has been around for more than a decade now, and it has been successfully used in making positive changes in intractable social problems ranging from malnourished children in Vietnam to lowering the rate of hospital infections to solving business problems in major corporations.