The Intrepid Nonprofit

The Intrepid Nonprofit

Author: Tim Plumptre
$39.00

The Intrepid Nonprofit: Strategies for Success in Turbulent Times

Read the review by Hilary Pearson

Read the review by Maryann Kerr

The Intrepid Nonprofit: Strategies for Success in Turbulent Times is a playbook for nonprofit leaders to help them navigate the turbulent environment ahead.

It examines difficult challenges facing nonprofits, such as shrinking or stagnating revenue sources, technological change, under-performing boards, staff turnover, mission drift, or measuring intangible results. Drawing insights from organizations that have not only prospered but sometimes achieved outstanding results, the book outlines practical strategies for success, including some out-of-the-box approaches to leadership. It also calls upon governments and foundations to do more to support the sector.

Tomorrow’s nonprofit leaders will have to be intrepid—resolute, imaginative, adaptable, and courageous. This book will inspire and sustain them when the going gets tough.

Praise For The Intrepid Nonprofit

"What an excellent book…fascinating, comprehensive, up-to-date, insightful, helpful!
— ​Scott Haldane, CEO, Rideau Hall Foundation, ex CEO, National Council of YMCAs

"Leaders in organizations will find many take-away ideas. This book is a fresh take on the sector and an important resource for those interested in good governance and the future of nonprofit organizations.”
— ​Lyn McDonell, C. Dir., President, The Accountability Group, Inc.

"One of the best books I have read on governance in nonprofits. This book will be attitudinally transformative if read with an open mind. It makes the segue from how things are to how they could be.”
— Ed Barisa, ex CEO, Ontario Real Estate Association, former Board Chair, Canadian Society of Association Executives

"This well-informed book covers the landscape of strategic issues facing nonprofit organizations…. It will spark conversations about the future that need to be held around board tables, by funders and by nonprofit executives…. A book with very broad appeal.”
— ​Blair Dimock, Vice President, Ontario Trillium Foundation

ISBN 978-1-5255-0543-0 FriesenPress 2019
330 pages soft cover / 6 x 9 in / 475 gr (17 ounces)

The Intrepid Nonprofit: Strategies for Success in Turbulent Times

Read the review by Hilary Pearson

Read the review by Maryann Kerr

The Intrepid Nonprofit: Strategies for Success in Turbulent Times is a playbook for nonprofit leaders to help them navigate the turbulent environment ahead.

It examines difficult challenges facing nonprofits, such as shrinking or stagnating revenue sources, technological change, under-performing boards, staff turnover, mission drift, or measuring intangible results. Drawing insights from organizations that have not only prospered but sometimes achieved outstanding results, the book outlines practical strategies for success, including some out-of-the-box approaches to leadership. It also calls upon governments and foundations to do more to support the sector.

Tomorrow’s nonprofit leaders will have to be intrepid—resolute, imaginative, adaptable, and courageous. This book will inspire and sustain them when the going gets tough.

Praise For The Intrepid Nonprofit

"What an excellent book…fascinating, comprehensive, up-to-date, insightful, helpful!
— ​Scott Haldane, CEO, Rideau Hall Foundation, ex CEO, National Council of YMCAs

"Leaders in organizations will find many take-away ideas. This book is a fresh take on the sector and an important resource for those interested in good governance and the future of nonprofit organizations.”
— ​Lyn McDonell, C. Dir., President, The Accountability Group, Inc.

"One of the best books I have read on governance in nonprofits. This book will be attitudinally transformative if read with an open mind. It makes the segue from how things are to how they could be.”
— Ed Barisa, ex CEO, Ontario Real Estate Association, former Board Chair, Canadian Society of Association Executives

"This well-informed book covers the landscape of strategic issues facing nonprofit organizations…. It will spark conversations about the future that need to be held around board tables, by funders and by nonprofit executives…. A book with very broad appeal.”
— ​Blair Dimock, Vice President, Ontario Trillium Foundation

ISBN 978-1-5255-0543-0 FriesenPress 2019
330 pages soft cover / 6 x 9 in / 475 gr (17 ounces)

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Sheila
Don’t buy one, buy many!

Don’t let the engaging and accessible prose fool you - this book is a goldmine of useful information for nonprofit organizations of any size. Translate the energy, passion and good intentions of your non-profit into successful strategies that will help both boards and executives to focus mission statements, smooth out working relationships, diversify resources, maximize engagement, seize the potential of new technology and prioritize plans for a successful future.

...crammed full of useful and accessible information, indispensable for all involved in this field. Refreshingly free of jargon, the well-informed writing is insightful and comprehensive.

And don’t buy one, buy many - you will want to give one to every member of your board and executive staff. It’s the perfect blueprint for everything from governance and financial prospects to leadership, diversity and digital technology. Each chapter not only reviews and reinforces issues but even more it offers practical takeaways that address ever present problems unique to the workings of nonprofits, and the new hurdles that arise in our rapidly changing 21st century. This book will no doubt lead to useful discussions amongst board and staff, and ultimately arm you with the confidence to embrace the change, replacing trepidation with knowledge and useful, usable strategies that make a vital toolbox for success.

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Scott Haldane, CEO, Rideau Hall Foundation
What an excellent book

"What an excellent book…fascinating, comprehensive, up-to-date, insightful, helpful!”

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Maryann Kerr, CEO The Medalist Group
benefit from the wisdom and perspective gained

“[A] convincing and compelling portrait of a sector on the precipice of significant disruption.… If every current and potential board member from coast to coast to coast could be given a copy of The Intrepid Nonprofit, there is no doubt that our sector would benefit from the wisdom and perspective gained….”

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John McLeod
Many interesting cases

This book is full of interesting cases, and it's well written and well edited.

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Jim Dingle
Many practical insights; easy to read

Tim Plumptre's book provides general guidance as well as practical advice for nonprofit executive directors and board members on perennial problems such as leadership and fund-raising. Leaders in that sector will appreciate the clarity and effectiveness of the text. Plumptre writes with great skill given his extensive work experience in the non-profit sector. The general reader will find it a useful guide to this sector that accounts for almost 10 per cent of the economy.

The book is well-organized and easily absorbed

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