Cases In Innovative Nonprofits

Author : Ram A. Cnaan,Diane Vinokur-Kaplan
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781483312910

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Cases in Innovative Nonprofits by Ram A. Cnaan,Diane Vinokur-Kaplan Pdf

Become an innovator in the nonprofit world Student friendly and readable, Cases in Innovative Nonprofits provides readers with current comparative case studies of innovative nonprofit organizations that are meeting the needs of humanity in both the U.S. and abroad. Edited by well-known scholars, Ram A. Cnaan and Diane Vinokur-Kaplan, this text provides inspiring examples of social entrepreneurs who have instituted new services to meet the needs of both new and long standing social problems. Each case features either an unidentified need and its successful response, or an existing need that was tackled in a unique and innovative manner. The text is purposefully organized into four parts: Part 1: Two conceptual chapters give the reader an understanding of what a nonprofit social innovation is and tools to analyze various social innovations in this volume and elsewhere. Part 2: Ten cases reveal the innovative formation of new nonprofit organizations. Part 3: Three cases emphasize innovation through collaboration. Part 4: Five cases demonstrate innovations taking place within an existing nonprofit organization. By using a simple, identical format for each case, this text facilitates student learning through comparative review, providing a deeper understanding about the complexity and steps required to achieve nonprofit social innovation.

Author : RAM A. CNAAN.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1483398080

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CASES IN INNOVATIVE NONPROFITS. by RAM A. CNAAN. Pdf

Author : Patria De Lancer Julnes,Ed Gibson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317416418

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Innovation in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors by Patria De Lancer Julnes,Ed Gibson Pdf

In the organizational context, the word "innovation" is often associated with private sector organizations, which are often perceived as more agile, adaptable, and able to withstand change than government agencies and nonprofit organizations. But the reality is that, while they may struggle, public and nonprofit organizations do innovate. These organizations must find ways to use shrinking resources effectively, improve their performance, and achieve desirable societal outcomes. Innovation in the Public Sector provides alternative frameworks for defining, categorizing, and studying innovation in government and in the nonprofit sector. Through a diverse collection of international case studies, this book broadens the discussion of innovation in public and nonprofit organizations, demonstrating the hurdles organizations face and examining the technological advances and managerial ingenuity innovators use to achieve their goals, both within and beyond the boundaries of the innovating organization. The chapters shed light on key issues including: how to conceptualize innovation; how organizations decide between competing good ideas; how to implement innovation; how to contend with challenges to innovation; how to judge success in innovation This book provides current and future public managers with the understanding and skills required to manage change and innovation, and is essential reading for all those studying public management, public administration, and public policy.

Author : David J. Neff,Randal C. Moss
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118063811

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The Future of Nonprofits by David J. Neff,Randal C. Moss Pdf

Ever heard of an internal entrepreneur? You might know the type. They’re kind of employee who pushes mercilessly towards the trends of the future. Often looked at as a little bit outside the mainstream, more often than not the decisions this internal entrepreneur makes on behalf of an organization pay off in spades. So what makes an internal entrepreneur? How can you, as a nonprofit, create a culture that rewards futuring, internal entrepreneurs and innovation and doesn’t shut it down? The book “The Future of Nonprofits: Thrive and Innovate in the Digital Age” helps organizations do those very things. Better predicting future trends helps to reshape culture, creating the kind of environment ripe for positive growth in this fast changing world we work in today. Designed for nonprofit employees on all levels, the book will become a go to handbook for those interested in adapting in the modern world, not looking to be left behind. The Future of Nonprofits helps organizations capitalize on internal innovation. Innovative nonprofits are able to better predict future trends to remake and reshape their culture, structure, and staff to be a more nimble and lean. By applying the strategies laid out in this book, nonprofit professionals of all levels can prepare their organizations to take advantage of future trends and develop innovative “internal entrepreneurs” that will grow revenue and drive their mission. Provides nonprofits with a comprehensive playbook on how to create a new, more flexible, innovative organization Provides nonprofits a look at the future of fundraising and communications trends into 2016 Case studies highlight successes and failures Highlights the power and strength of Social Media Hightlights how to hire, train, manage and inspire “internal entrepreneurial” employees Features actionable advice on creating an organization that is primed to grow and thrive in the immediate and long-term future This game-changing book reveals how every nonprofit can put technology, innovation and future trends to work to reach their mission and grow revenue.

Author : Dan Pallotta
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118237687

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Charity Case by Dan Pallotta Pdf

A blueprint for a national leadership movement to transform the way the public thinks about giving Virtually everything our society has been taught about charity is backwards. We deny the social sector the ability to grow because of our short-sighted demand that it send every short-term dollar into direct services. Yet if the sector cannot grow, it can never match the scale of our great social problems. In the face of this dilemma, the sector has remained silent, defenseless, and disorganized. In Charity Case, Pallotta proposes a visionary solution: a Charity Defense Council to re-educate the public and give charities the freedom they need to solve our most pressing social issues. Proposes concrete steps for how a national Charity Defense Council will transform the public understanding of the humanitarian sector, including: building an anti-defamation league and legal defense for the sector, creating a massive national ongoing ad campaign to upgrade public literacy about giving, and ultimately enacting a National Civil Rights Act for Charity and Social Enterprise From Dan Pallotta, renowned builder of social movements and inventor of the multi-day charity event industry (including the AIDS Rides and Breast Cancer 3-Days) that has cumulatively raised over $1.1 billion for critical social causes The hotly-anticipated follow-up to Pallotta’s groundbreaking book Uncharitable Grounded in Pallotta’s clear vision and deep social sector experience, Charity Case is a fascinating wake-up call for fixing the culture that thwarts our charities’ ability to change the world.

Author : Ram A. Cnaan,Michael J. Worth
Publisher : Sage Publications, Incorporated
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1483377482

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Bundle: Worth: Nonprofit Management 3e + Cnaan: Cases in Innovative Nonprofits by Ram A. Cnaan,Michael J. Worth Pdf

Author : Pat Libby,Laura J. Deitrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Decision making
ISBN : 1071800701

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Cases in Nonprofit Management by Pat Libby,Laura J. Deitrick Pdf

KEY FEATURES Engaging original case studies profile a wide variety of issues and obstacles facing all types and sizes of nonprofit organizations today. Theories, cultural competencies, and ethical and legal considerations are integrated throughout the text. A chapter on risk management explores challenges such as theft, vulnerable populations, and workplace accidents. A chapter on international nonprofits adds a dimension that is not always covered in texts. Case questions teach students to think strategically, solve problems, handle conflict, and unpack organizational issues.

Author : Tine Hansen-Turton, MGA, JD, FCPP, FAAN
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780826121790

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Social Innovation and Impact in Nonprofit Leadership by Tine Hansen-Turton, MGA, JD, FCPP, FAAN Pdf

This timely textbook, reflecting the trends and developments in the nonprofit sector over the past decade, encompasses the core competencies required to lead nonprofit organizations through social innovation and impact during the 21st century. It fills a knowledge gap for leaders, managers, practitioners, students, faculty members, and providers in this rapidly growing field by providing a comprehensive framework for how to run and manage nonprofits. This includes all of the tools needed to affect social change through ethical business practices, management and leadership business strategies, social marketing, and policy analysis across government, nonprofits, and philanthropy. The growth of this field is evidenced by recent national efforts including the establishment of a White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, a National Alliance for Social Investments, and the Stanford Social Innovation Review. The book addresses solutions to key problem for professionals in the nonprofit sector: creating a return on investment defined by concrete outcomes and ability to demonstrate their organizationís impact. Organizational case studies are presented by practitioners who have used innovative principles to organize, create, and manage ventures to influence social change locally, regionally, and beyond. Key Features: Provides a comprehensive framework for how to run and manage nonprofits in the 21st century Describes the core competencies and tools needed to affect social innovation and impact Addresses a key problem for nonprofit professionals: the need to provide donors with a social return on investment Discusses how nonprofit leaders can demonstrate their organizationís impact Written and edited by highly respected professionals in the nonprofit field

Author : Leslie R. Crutchfield,Heather McLeod Grant
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118118801

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Forces for Good by Leslie R. Crutchfield,Heather McLeod Grant Pdf

An updated edition of a groundbreaking book on best practices for nonprofits What makes great nonprofits great? In the original book, authors Crutchfield and McLeod Grant employed a rigorous research methodology derived from for-profit books like Built to Last. They studied 12 nonprofits that have achieved extraordinary levels of impact—from Habitat for Humanity to the Heritage Foundation—and distilled six counterintuitive practices that these organizations use to change the world. Features a new introduction that explores the new context in which nonprofits operate and the consequences for these organizations Includes a new chapter on applying the Six Practices to small, local nonprofits, including some examples of these organizations Contains an update on the 12 organizations featured in the original book—how they have fared, what they've learned, and where they are now in their growth trajectory This book has lessons for all readers interested in creating significant social change, including nonprofit managers, donors, and volunteers.

Author : Leah Kral
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119987468

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Innovation for Social Change by Leah Kral Pdf

Transform your nonprofit’s ability to innovate for the future In Innovation for Social Change, distinguished author Leah Kral delivers a practical manual for nonprofits and charitable organizations seeking to innovate their way toward new and exciting possibilities. In the book, you’ll explore hands-on design thinking strategies and techniques you can use as a disciplined process for exploring what’s possible in your organization. You’ll learn how to identify hidden needs, deal with the knock-on effects of your ideas, and focus your efforts where they can have the most impact. You’ll also discover how to transform your ideas into action, building small experiments and learning from them before scaling them up organization-wide, and how to create an ecosystem for everyday innovation. Finally, the author explains what we can learn from social entrepreneurs as they boldly challenge the status quo. The book also includes: Six basic and mutually reinforcing principles that will help you become more innovative today Instructive and engaging case studies from nonprofits with a variety of missions, visions, and political backgrounds Strategies for applying straightforward principles from economics to supercharge nonprofit innovation A can’t-miss roadmap to creative innovation, Innovation for Social Change will earn a place in the libraries of nonprofit board members, managers, fundraisers, and other professionals in the charitable space.

Author : Bernard Ross,Clare Segal
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780787969080

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Breakthrough Thinking for Nonprofit Organizations by Bernard Ross,Clare Segal Pdf

This groundbreaking book will help nonprofit managers think in newand creative ways about how they define and meet the challengesthey face--and how to rise above standard practices to lift theirorganizations to greater performance levels. Using examples of bestpractices from innovative organizations in both the corporate andnonprofit worlds, Breakthrough Thinking for NonprofitOrganizations offers a mix of "how-to" advice and case studiesthat will guide readers on a new road to creativity. This book willfundamentally change the way nonprofit professionals think abouthow they do their work--and usher in a new era fornonprofits. 2003 Terry McAdam Book Award Winner http://www.allianceonline.org/publications/mcadam_past_winners_1.page

Author : Pat Libby,Laura Deitrick
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781483383507

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Cases in Nonprofit Management by Pat Libby,Laura Deitrick Pdf

Case Studies in Nonprofit Management by Pat Libby and Laura Deitrick consists of original cases that are designed to teach students how to think critically, hone their decision-making skills, and learn to apply leadership and management principles that are essential for any nonprofit professional. These case studies illustrate the multifaceted nature of the nonprofit management sector and bring concepts like nonprofit leadership, risk management, advocacy, and grant making to life.

Author : Dan Pallotta
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781584659556

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Uncharitable by Dan Pallotta Pdf

A courageous call to free charity from its ideological and economic constraints

Author : Stacy Landreth Grau
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Nonprofit organizations
ISBN : 9780190090807

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Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations by Stacy Landreth Grau Pdf

"Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations: Insights and Innovations (second edition) is a comprehensive overview of the marketing process specifically for nonprofit and social impact organizations. This book covers important topics to non-profit professionals: branding, target audience selection, strategy, promotional tactics, including social media and evaluation. Insights are based primarily on academic research that has been published and now translated into usable information for professionals. Innovations highlights organizations who are doing things a different way and topics that are relatively new the field. The second edition includes many updated examples as well as new information on several topics such as social enterprise, design thinking, collective impact and narratives in nonprofits. Readers will find an organized, easy to read overview of the important considerations for marketing for new and established non-profit organizations and foundations"--

Author : Paul C. Light
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815796625

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Sustaining Nonprofit Performance by Paul C. Light Pdf

"The nonprofit sector survives because it has a self-exploiting work force: wind it up and it will do more with less until it just runs out. But at some point, the spring must break." America's nonprofit organizations face a difficult present and an uncertain future. Money is tight. Workloads are heavy, employee turnover is high, and charitable donations have not fully rebounded from the recent economic downturn. Media and political scrutiny remains high, and public confidence in nonprofits has yet to recover from its sharp decline in the wake of well-publicized scandals. In a recent survey, only 14 percent of respondents believed that nonprofits did a very good job of spending money wisely; nearly half said that nonprofit leaders were paid too much, compared to 8 percent who said they earned too little. Yet the nonprofit sector has never played a more important role in American life. As a generation of nonprofit executives and board members approaches retirement, it becomes increasingly important to ensure that their organizations are prepared to continue their missions—that they are built to last in a supremely challenging environment. Paul Light, renowned expert on public service and nonprofit management, strongly argues for capacity-building measures as a way to sustain and improve the efforts of the nonprofit sector. With innovative data and insightful analysis, he demonstrates how nonprofits that invest in technology, training, and strategic planning can successfully advance their goals and restore public faith in their mission and capabilities. He explains the ways in which restoration of that faith is critical to the survival of nonprofits—another important reason for improving and then sustaining performance. Organizations that invest adequately in their infrastructure and long-term planning are the ones that will survive and continue to serve.