May 17, 2001 | Read Time: 1 minute
Trade Secrets for Nonprofit Managers
by Thomas A. McLaughlin
In this collection of essays Thomas A. McLaughlin offers practical advice about nonprofit management for advisers, board members, donors, managers, nonprofit staff, suppliers, and volunteers.
Many people do not take nonprofit organizations seriously, writes Mr. McLaughlin, a senior manager of nonprofit consulting services for BDO Seidman, an international accounting and consulting firm. That often makes it difficult to have serious discussions about nonprofit management. Until charitable organizations receive the respect they deserve, Mr. McLaughlin writes, nonprofit managers need to “share trade secrets” like the ones he describes in this book of previously published columns.
Essays include information about creating, revising, or eliminating an organization’s mission statement; managing staff members; improving work quality; retaining employees; recruiting, retaining, and best using board members; and managing money. Many of the essays originally appeared in The Nonprofit Times.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1 Wiley Drive, Somerset, N.J. 08875; (800) 225-5945; fax (800) 597-3299; http://www.wiley.com; 224 pages; $29.95; I.S.B.N. 0-471-38952-8.
