Book Excerpts | Philanthropy & Funding
Trustees Capital
An excerpt from Effective Fundraising: The Trustee's Role and Beyond on the role of nonprofit trustees in development.
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Excerpts of top books on social innovation
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Book Excerpts | Leadership
Failing to Lead
An excerpt from Failing To Win: Hard-Earned Lessons from a Purpose-Driven Startup on critical mistakes and what could have been.
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Book Excerpts | Measurement & Evaluation
Randomistas vs. Contestistas
An excerpt from Solving Public Problems on RCTs and their limitations
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Book Excerpts | Collaboration
At the Intersection
Two excerpts from the edited collection, The Intersector, on building public trust through cross-sector collaboration between the public, nonprofit, and private sectors.
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Book Excerpts | Leadership
Playful Critique
An excerpt from Creative Acts for Curious People on making judgments more deliberate
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Book Excerpts | Social Enterprise
The Way You Sell May Be Killing Your Dream
An excerpt from Sell Well, Do Good on breaking open the black box of selling: how to design a selling system that aligns with the values and best practices of social enterprise
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Book Excerpts | Business
The Perils of ‘Green Business’
An excerpt from The Business of Less: The Role of Companies and Households on a Planet in Peril on how to fix corporate sustainability.
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Book Excerpts | Measurement & Evaluation
Looking Back to Move Forward
An excerpt from How Social Science Got Better on how the social sciences are becoming more relevant, diverse, and reflective.
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Book Excerpts | Business
Business and the Sustainable Development Agenda
An excerpt from Public Goods, Sustainable Development and the Contribution of Business reconsiders the public goods concept and puts forth models for business and the public sectors to respond to the global challenges that our post-COVID-19 world is facing.
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Book Excerpts | Business
Small Is Big
An excerpt from The New Builders on balancing scale with innovation and the vital role played by small businesses.