Product Description

This groundbreaking book will help nonprofit managers think in new and creative ways about how they define and meet the challenges they face––and how to rise above standard practices to lift their organizations to greater performance levels. Using examples of best practices from innovative organizations in both the corporate and nonprofit worlds, Breakthrough Thinking for Nonprofit Organizations offers a mix of "how–to" advice and case studies that will guide readers on a new road to creativity. This book will fundamentally change the way nonprofit professionals think about how they do their work––and usher in a new era for nonprofits. 

2003 Terry McAdam Book Award Winner http://www.allianceonline.org/publications/mcadam—past—winners—1.page

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #137185 in Books
• Published on: 2002-10-29
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

Review
"With refreshing insight, they provide specific steps and activities to help your company think truly outside the box." (Stage Directions Magazine, April 2003)

Review
"With refreshing insight, they provide specific steps and activities to help your company think truly outside the box." (Stage Directions Magazine, April 2003)

Synopsis
This groundbreaking book will help nonprofit managers think in new and creative ways about how they define and meet the challenges they face and how to rise above standard practices to lift their organizations to greater performance levels. Using examples of best practices from innovative organizations in both the corporate and nonprofit worlds, "Breakthrough Thinking for Nonprofit Organizations" offers a mix of "how to" advice and case studies that will guide readers on a new road to creativity. This book will fundamentally change the way nonprofit professionals think about how they do their work and usher in a new era for nonprofits.

Customer Reviews

If you thought creativity was only for the few read on......
This is an excellent read - it's a combination of textbook, diy manual and story book. It describes the route to exceptional organisational and personal performance in a way which makes it possible for all of us.

It's written in a particularly easy style. Each chapter is self-sufficient so it's easy to pick up and put down. Theories are illustrated visually with diagrams and tables which are supplemented by case studies, often drawn from the authors' work around the world. This gives the text a real sense of recency and freshness and adds to its accessibility.

Best of all Breakthrough Thinking explodes myths about creativity, making it something we can all do. We just need to open our minds and follow the instructions.

An excellent read
This is an excellent read - it's a combination of textbook, diy manual, map and storybook. It describes the route to exceptional organisational and personal performance in a way which makes it possible for all of us.

It's written in a particularly readable style. Each chapter is self-sufficient so it's easy to pick up and put down. Theories are illustrated visually with diagrams and tables, supplemented by case studies drawn from the authors' work around the world. This gives the book a flavour of recency and freshness that adds to its accessibility.

Best of all Breakthrough Thinking explodes myths about creativity making it something that we can all achieve. All we have to do is open our minds and follow the instructions.

A Great Book to help with Change
I heard one of the authors speak at a Public Broadcasting Service conference a couple of months ago and was excited enough to buy the book. This has proved really helpful to me as a development professional trying to change the way the people here at my college think about their potential. It offered me some really powerful and simple frameworks to analyze our current work, to establish what a breakthrough might be, and finally how to implement a change programme.

Ther are some useful ideas on how to set up and sustain an innovation programme that are really provocative.

There are also some very useful checklists and a really neat framework for working out your own role in any breakthrough. I found this exceptionally useful in deciding what I could do by myself and what I needed to ask other people to do. Chapter 5 is good on this.

Finally it's good that lots of the examples are from outside the US. That gives the book a wider perspective.