Crutchfield / McLeod Grant Forces for Good

The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-17857-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: J-B US non-Franchise Leadership

An innovative guide to how great nonprofits achieve extraordinarysocial impact. What makes great nonprofits great? AuthorsCrutchfield and McLeod Grant searched for the answer over severalyears, employing a rigorous research methodology which derived frombooks on for-profits like Built to Last. They studied 12nonprofits that have achieved extraordinary levels ofimpact--from Habitat for Humanity to the HeritageFoundation--and distilled six counterintuitive practices thatthese organizations use to change the world. This book has lessonsfor all readers interested in creating significant social change,including nonprofit managers, donors and volunteers.
Leslie R. Crutchfield (Washington, D.C.) is a managing directorof Ashoka and research grantee of the Aspen Institute. HeatherMcLeod Grant (Palo Alto, CA) is a nonprofit consultant and advisorto Duke University's Center for the Advancement of SocialEntrepreneurship and the Stanford Center for Social Innovation.Crutchfield and Grant were co-founding editors of Who Cares,a national magazine reaching 50,000 readers in circulation between1993-2000.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crutchfield, Leslie R.

McLeod Grant, Heather

Weitere Mitwirkende

Case, Steve

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword vii
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
The Authors xvii
Introduction 1
1 Forces for Good 11
2 Advocate and Serve 30
3 Make Markets Work 55
4 Inspire Evangelists 81
5 Nurture Nonprofit Networks 104
6 Master the Art of Adaptation 128
7 Share Leadership 153
8 Sustaining Impact 179
9 Putting It into Practice 207
Appendix A: Research Methodology 225
Appendix B: Field Experts 237
Appendix C: Case Study Research
Guidelines and Questions 241
Appendix D: Key Stakeholders Interview List 245
Appendix E: Organization Profiles 253
Endnotes 285
Additional Resources 295
Index 303

Über Autor(innen)

Leslie R. Crutchfield is a managing director of Ashoka:Innovators of the Public, a philanthropic adviser, and a researchgrantee of The Aspen Institute's Nonprofit Sector and PhilanthropyProgram. She serves on the board of the SEED Foundation and residesin the Washington, D.C., area.
Heather McLeod Grant is an adviser to the Center forSocial Innovation at Stanford University's Graduate School ofBusiness and to leading nonprofits. She is a former McKinsey &Company consultant, serves on the Advisory Board of Stanford SocialInnovation Review, and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.