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Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-Based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity
SECOND EDITION. Winner of the Terry McAdam Book Award for best new nonprofit book.
NONPROFIT Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity weighs in with a developmental perspective on operational capacity and its relationship to increased organizational health. Offering practical insights and thought-provoking case illustrations, this book presents seven lifecycle stages and the predictable tasks, challenges, and inevitable growing pains that accompany each.
More than 10,000 nonprofit and foundation officers have attended Dr. Stevens' seminars over the years. Now, as foundations and nonprofits seek to understand the principles of capacity and capacity-building activities, Stevens showcases the lifecycle approach she pioneered more than two decades ago in this second-edition of Nonprofit Lifecycles.
The lessons contained in Nonprofit Lifecycles are timeless. Learn for yourself the stage-based wisdom from this nationally-recognized expert on nonprofit capacity
NONPROFIT Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity weighs in with a developmental perspective on operational capacity and its relationship to increased organizational health. Offering practical insights and thought-provoking case illustrations, this book presents seven lifecycle stages and the predictable tasks, challenges, and inevitable growing pains that accompany each.
More than 10,000 nonprofit and foundation officers have attended Dr. Stevens' seminars over the years. Now, as foundations and nonprofits seek to understand the principles of capacity and capacity-building activities, Stevens showcases the lifecycle approach she pioneered more than two decades ago in this second-edition of Nonprofit Lifecycles.
The lessons contained in Nonprofit Lifecycles are timeless. Learn for yourself the stage-based wisdom from this nationally-recognized expert on nonprofit capacity
- GenresNonfiction
140 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2002
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October 17, 2017
This is an invaluable guide to working in the nonprofit sector, giving profiles of the advantages and challenges of nonprofits in various stages of their operation. Susan Kenny Stevens will also work with organizations on their lifecycle issues.
April 27, 2012
Easy to read and worth the time for those interested in organizational life cycles. Though not in the depth as some others, such as Adizes, this particular book provides some perspective on the difference that being a nonprofit produces.
For those working in nonprofit organizations that are experiencing capacity problems, this book should be of help.
For those working in nonprofit organizations that are experiencing capacity problems, this book should be of help.
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January 17, 2015This was the "Bible" for our grantees at the Dodge foundation. Once you understand life cycles, you stop worrying about the inevitable problems and challenges social profit organizations face and become a diagnostician and problem solver.
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