November 11, 2004 | Read Time: 1 minute
The Nonprofit Mergers Workbook, Part II: Unifiying the Organization After a Merger, by La Piana Associates, provides guidance on how nonprofit organizations can best integrate their employees, programs, and operations after a merger. Written by David La Piana and other members of the consulting firm La Piana Associates, in California, the book offers an overview of the challenges associated with combining two nonprofit groups and what makes a successful merger. Chapters discuss each aspect of the integration process, from interweaving boards and staffs to streamlining marketing and communications. Worksheets, checklists, sample integration plans, and other tools for drawing up such a plan are available in the book and on a supplementary CD-ROM. Designed as a sequel to The Nonprofit Mergers Workbook, Part I: Considering, Negotiating, and Executing a Merger, the book received support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, as well as the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation.
Publisher: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 919 Lafond Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. 55104-2198; (651) 659-6024 or (800) 274-6024; fax (651) 642-2061; books@wilder.org; http://www.wilder.org; 230 pages; $44.95.
