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Lehman offers information in an E-Publication mode, which means you
can download the book, manual or pamphlet directly to your printer
off the Internet. Now you can procrastinate and still get information
quickly in time for that Board meeting, grant proposal or major donor
visit! Major Donors: The Key To Successful Fundraising The Effective Nonprofit Board Responsibilities & Recruitment Grantseeking:
A Step-By-Step Approach These
and other questions are answered Bob Zimmerman's Major Donors:
The Key To Successful Fundraising. . . filled with hands-on information,
user-friendly task lists, scripts of typical major donor requests,
donor research tips, and other valuable material to help prepare you
and your volunteers for a major donor campaign or request. This easy
to follow guidebook is designed for board members and volunteers of
nonprofits who want to help solicit funds through a major donor effort
but don't have a lot of experience or time. This primer will help
your staff and volunteers unearth large contributions. 29 Pages
ISBN 0-9665259-4-9 (2000 Edition) The
Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Nonprofit Handbook, 1999 Edition, wrote
. . . "Gives advice on how to find the people most likely to make
significant donations to a particular organization and offers sample
scripts to guide solicitors when they ask for large contributions."
An April 9, 1998 review says: "Major Donors, from the San Francisco
consulting firm of Zimmerman Lehman, gives tips on finding the wealthy
people most likely to donate to a particular organization and offers
sample scripts to guide solicitors in "making the ask."
These and other questions are answered in Maximum Dollars. Maximum Dollars is intended to alert nonprofit organizations of all shapes and sizes to the rules that guarantee fundraising success. While the techniques available to nonprofits to raise funds are quite well-known, the rules that should underpin every fundraising effort are rarely understood. Far too much fundraising is poorly conceived, episodic and unimaginative. Even worse, nonprofit administrators shoot themselves in the foot time and again by viewing fundraising as genteel begging. As explained in Maximum Dollars, fundraising means something very different: the creation of opportunities for citizens to "invest" in successful nonprofit enterprises through philanthropic contributions. For
those familiar with Bob Zimmerman's witty and insightful e-newsletter,
ZimNotes, the book is an expansion of the newsletter's previous ZIMMERMAN's
12 RULES, which many readers asked for in one complete format. Best
of all, each rule in Maximum Dollars is followed by an interactive
exercise designed to teach your staff, board and volunteers why the
rule is important and how to implement it effectively and painlessly.
We promise that if your organization reads these twelve rules and
does the exercises you will be well on the way to creating a successful
fundraising program and raising significantly more dollars for you
programs and mission. (30 Pages), ISBN 0-9665259-3-0. (2000)
These and other questions are answered in Bob Zimmerman's Grantseeking: A Step-By-Step Approach which is filled with hands-on information, user-friendly task lists, sample letters of intent, foundation profiles, and other valuable material to guide you step-by-step from project to completed grant proposal and follow-up. This reference book explains in easy to understand language how to research and write a proposal to a foundation, corporation, government agency or religious donor, with an emphasis on private foundation grantwriting and exploration. Explains what funders want in a letter of intent, how to write a successful proposal, how to design a budget for all you need and how to follow up with grantors, and a section on the role of the board of directors in the grantseeking process. This easy to follow and informative book will ensure your proposals are expertly researched, formatted and written using tried and proven methods. The
Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Non-Profit Handbook, writes......."discusses
how to gather information on grant makers, including online research;
drafts of a letter of intent and a grant proposal; and follow up on
a request." Table
of Contents These questions and more are answered in THE EFFECTIVE NONPROFIT BOARD: RESPONSIBILITIES & RECRUITMENT, by Ann W. Lehman and Robert M. Zimmerman. This book is filled with hands-on information on recruiting and retaining top-quality board members, tips on developing a board-led strategic plan for the nonprofit, and specifics on the board's essential role in fundraising. This volume helps boards avoid the embarrassing conflicts of interest that occasionally occur and also teaches them how to evaluate the executive director. It includes a model job description and an ideal board member orientation package. An extremely instructive handbook for capable but busy people, it gives board members the information they need to serve with enthusiasm and imagination as directors of a successful nonprofit. 28 Pages. ISBN 0-9665259-2-2. (1998) From
the Chronicle of Philanthropy's February 11, 1999 issue . . . "THE
EFFECTIVE NONPROFIT BOARD: Responsibilities & Recruitment, by
Ann W. Lehman and Robert M. Zimmerman is intended to educate Board
members of nonprofit organizations about their most important duties.
Ms. Lehman and Mr. Zimmerman, partners at a San Francisco consulting
firm that bears their names, say that too often they hear board members
complain that they were never sure of their obligations, or express
surprise when asked to contribute financially. The authors explain
how board members should meet five responsibilities: planning and
implementation policies, insuring good management, fund raising, complying
with the law and governing." | ||||||||
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