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Title: Starting and Building a Nonprofit : A Practical Guide
Publisher: NOLO
Publication Date: 2019
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1413325998
ISBN 13: 9781413325997
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Weight: 1.003 pounds

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Build a great nonprofit

More people than ever are committing themselves to serving their communities and changing the world. Whether you�re aiming to protect the environment, support the arts, or help people in need, understanding how to set up a solid nonprofit organization is a great foundation for being as effective as you can be.

With practical advice, legal information, tips, and step-by-step instructions, this essential guide will help you get your nonprofit up and running�and keep it going! It explains how to:

develop a strategic plan and budget
recruit and manage board members, volunteers, and staff
market your organization to your target audience
raise money including traditional methods and crowdfunding
build a website, use social media strategically, and
avoid copyright troubles
adopt policies that are legally sound
and much more

Whether you are dreaming of starting a nonprofit or are already in the trenches, Starting & Building a Nonprofit will help your organization make a real difference in the world. The fully updated eighth edition includes the latest information on building audience and promoting your mission on social media.

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"Takes readers through the nuts and bolts, from deciding on a name to bookkeeping." Library Journal

"Describes the steps required to start and run a nonprofit organization..." Chronicle Philanthropy

"Offers tons of practical advice and step-by-step instructions..." Accounting Today

"Pakroo, a business and communications consultant specializing in legal and start-up issues for businesses and nonprofits, provides a guide to starting and building a nonprofit. Chapters cover naming and structuring the nonprofit, developing a strategic plan and initial budget, the board of directors, staff and volunteers, fundraising, risk management and insurance, contracts and agreements, marketing, publishing informational materials, creating an online presence, managing finances, and hiring lawyers, accountants, and other professional help." Eithne O'Leyne, Editor Ringgold, Inc., ProtoView

"Offers practical advice to allow nonprofits to set up their operations so that they run smoothly and efficiently... "Deborah Brody Hamilton, Former Director, Member Services, Association of Small Foundations

"Possibly a response to cutbacks in government funded programs, more and more people are committing themselves to serving their communities and changing the world through supporting non-governmental organizations. Whether protecting the environment, supporting the arts, or helping people in need, understanding how to set up a solid nonprofit organization is a great foundation for being as effective as possible.
Now in an fully updated and expanded seventh edition, "Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide" by Peri H. Pakroo (a business and communications consultant specializing in legal and start-up issues for businesses and nonprofits) is a thoroughly 'user friendly' compendium packed from cover to cover with practical advice, legal information, tips, and step-by-step instructions. "Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide" covers such issues as: developing a strategic plan and budget; recruiting and managing board members, volunteers, and staff; marketing your organization to your target audience; raising money including traditional methods and crowdfunding; building a website and using social media strategically; adopting policies that are legally sound; and so much more.
Simply stated, "Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide" is the ideal 'how to' manual for starting up a nonprofit, for operating a nonprofit, and for promoting and obtaining funding for a nonprofit's mission statement utilizing social media. Exceptionally well organized, comprehensive, and accessible, "Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide" also provides downloadable forms for contracting work, volunteer assignment agreements, sample budgets, and more -- making in an optimal addition to personal, professional, NGO, community, and academic library instructional reference collections. " The Midwest Book Review, Taylor's Bookshelf

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