Archive for September, 2010

I am reading A LOT for my dissertation.

I also enjoying reading about all sorts of nonprofit topics online and off. In fact, I frequently get overwhelmed because I want to read it all — literally. A few months ago (right around the time I defended my dissertation proposal) I came to the realization that I cannot read all the e-newsletters that come into my inbox, and I certainly can’t read all the fabulous new nonprofit blogs that are popping up on the web. I scaled down on the number of eNewsletters I subscribe to and the number of blogs that I read to the list below.

I subscribe to:

• The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Philanthropy Today
• The Independent Sector’s Daily Media Digest (available to members)
• The Independent Sector’s Daily Policy Digest (available to members)
• Philanthropy News Digest
• Nonprofit Quarterly – Nonprofit Newswire
• Philanthropy Journal
• Stanford Social Innovation Review
• Blue Avocado
• Idealware
• Nonprofit Risk Management eNews

I add blogs to my google reader on a regular basis.
I find out about new blog posts and new nonprofit bloggers through twitter.

Now with regards to books.
My bookshelf is overflowing with nonprofit books and I don’t have time to list them all here. I will provide several of the books that I use in the classes and seminars that I teach:

• Nonprofit Management, Principles and Practice- Michael J. Worth
• The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook – Walter Powell and Richard Steinberg (Eds.)
• Principles of Fundraising Theory and Practice – Wesley Lindahl
• Financial Leadership for Nonprofit Executives – Jeanne Bell and Elizabeth Schaffer
  
• Streetsmart Financial Basics for Nonprofit Managers – Thomas A. McLaughlin
• Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations– John Zietlow, Jo Ann Hankin, Alan G. Seidner
• Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission: A Strategic Guide for Nonprofit Leaders – Holly Ross, Katrin Verclas, and Alison Levine
• Leading New Technology Innovation in Your Nonprofit Organization — Heather Carpenter, in K. Angard. Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations.
• The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting with Social Media to Drive Change Beth Kanter and Allison Fine

I often get frustrated that I have to go to nonprofit publishing websites like Jossey-Bass and Sage to learn about the new books that are coming out. My wish is for two things.

1. There would be a wiki that lists ALL nonprofit and philanthropic books/ ratings/subject areas
2. Faculty members would be open to sharing (with the general public) what nonprofit textbooks that they use in their classes.

Happy Reading!