Strong Nonprofits - by John Olberding & Lisa Barnwell Williams Hardcover

Book Synopsis

A proven, strategic plan to help your nonprofit emerge from the 2008-2009 economic storm

Utilizing the extensive expertise of leading fundraising consulting firm Skystone Ryan's executive leadership team and managing consultants to explore and illuminate the most timely issues facing the philanthropic community, Building Strong Nonprofits: New Strategies for Growth and Sustainability identifies new opportunities to define the future of philanthropy.

• Includes notable contributors from the Skystone Ryan leadership team
• Analyzes the most potent trends and developments and interpret their implications for the future of philanthropy
• Offers eight to twelve essays, each by a different Skystone Ryan consultant with particular experience, insight, and expertise in the area

Building Strong Nonprofits: New Strategies for Growth and Sustainability is you, whether you are a nonprofit leader, executive director, board member, or development director, and are becoming aware that new organizational strategies are called for if the same old donors are not supportive in the same old ways.

From the Back Cover

BUILDING STRONG NONPROFITS

New Strategies for Growth and Sustainability

Every organization has struggled through the economic crisis of 2008 and 2009, but none more than the nonprofit. The light at the end of the tunnel is finally appearing, but new strategies and perspectives are urgently needed as organizations confront the cultural changes ahead.

Proficiently exploring how the philanthropic sector is evolving in areas such as social media, the global economy, social entrepreneurship, and cause-related marketing, Building Strong Nonprofits: New Strategies for Growth and Sustainability illuminates the most timely issues facing today's philanthropic community.

Edited and written by the Skystone Ryan consulting team--a world-class, philanthropic group of astute, educated fundraising and nonprofit consultants--the essays in this innovative book each take a fresh look at a unique side of nonprofit growth, including:

• How women are changing the face of philanthropy
• How human nature, business principles, and financial realities are transforming the missions, management, and finance of nonprofit organizations
• The secrets behind high-impact non- profit corporate partnerships
• Tips for casting your net into the social media ocean
• Challenges facing the nonprofit career path professional
• Diversity in philanthropy
• How to develop a worldwide fundraising strategy

Drawing from the hard-won wisdom of Skystone Ryan's fundraising leaders, Building Strong Nonprofits introduces interactions, institutions, and ways of giving that have the potential to bring the philanthropic community vitality, stability, and relevance in today's new economic climate. Its clear strategies and practical tools offer your nonprofit the guidance it needs to take advantage of the changes--and unlimited opportunities--that face the nonprofit world.

Learn more about Skystone Ryan at www.skystoneryan.com

About the Author

JOHN C. OLBERDING is President and CEO of Skystone Ryan, one of the nation's leading fundraising consulting firms serving a wide variety of organizations both large and small. He has personally provided leadership and guidance in assessment, planning, fundraising, and management to over 200 health, religious, cultural, environmental, and social service agencies.

LISA BARNWELL WILLIAMS is Vice President of Skystone Ryan. She has twenty-five years of executive-level experience in fundraising and organizational development for nonprofit organizations, with special expertise on issues relating to nonprofit boards, donor relations, and strategic fundraising.