August 23, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
NEW BOOKS
Fund Raising Realities Every Board Member Must Face: A 1-Hour Crash Course on Raising Major Gifts for Nonprofit Organizations, by David Lansdowne, consists of 47 two-page chapters. Designed to teach trustees the essentials of raising money for charity — without overwhelming them with information — the book offers advice on cultivating relationships with potential donors, understanding the organization’s mission and goals, the role of consultants, evaluating completed fund-raising campaigns, and other topics. Many chapters provide a short list of questions to encourage reflection, or a checklist to help board members identify donors and prepare themselves to ask people for gifts.
Publisher: Emerson & Church, P.O. Box 338, Medfield, Mass. 02052; (508) 359-0019; fax (508) 359-2703; http://www.emersonandchurch.com; 111 pages; $24.95; ISBN 978-1-889102-32-0.
