11/26/2007

Recent "Off the Shelf" Book Reviews

Here are highlights from Philanthropy News Digest's Off the Shelf book reviews by Foundation Center staff:

Yours, Mine, and Ours: Creating a Compelling Donor Experience. Barry J. McLeish (John Wiley & Sons, 2007)
"...McLeish explains how nonprofit organizations can succeed in a rapidly changing philanthropic environment by shifting to a more donor-centric approach and, at the same time, addressing five "macro" internal management issues: the future, strategies and tactics, integrating stakeholders, communication and feedback systems, and creating an organizational culture." More...

How to Write Fundraising Materials That Raise More Money. Tom Ahern (Emerson & Church, 2007)
"In his new book, Ahern doesn't write about how to create individual types of PR materials such as annual reports, donor letters, Web sites, etc. And he doesn't provide whole examples, even though he refers to real examples for every instruction. What he does do is present a "donor-centric" outlook and method that should be at the core of any communications piece." More...

Angels in the American Theater: Patron, Patronage, and Philanthropy. Robert A. Schanke, editor (Southern Illinois University Press, 2007)
"...the volume is an excellent and readable introduction to the history of arts patronage, and includes richly textured biographies of early philanthropists such as Otto Kahn and the Lewisohn sisters, as well as an up-to-the-minute look at how contemporary media moguls such as David Geffen, philanthropies like the Ford Foundation, and companies such as Disney are transforming America's performing arts landscape." More...


For a full list of archived Off the Shelf reviews, click here.

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