{"product_id":"focused-fundraising-how-to-raise-your-sights-and-overcome-overload-hardcover","title":"Focused Fundraising: How to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher M. Cannon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Felberbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaintain your focus, your productivity, and your sanity in the contemporary fundraising environment\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFocused Fundraising: How to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload\u003c\/i\u003e, accomplished nonprofit management strategists and leaders Christopher Cannon and Michael Felberbaum deliver a must-read combination of the latest mindfulness techniques and operational strategies that will equip you to succeed in an increasingly chaotic, noisy, and confusing fundraising environment. You'll find concrete strategies to navigate the challenges of modern fundraising, including technology changes, scarce resources, and shifting donor expectations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the book, you'll also find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHands-on skills for sharpening your focus while those around you are giving in to endless distractions \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn insightful combination of big-picture views and micro-considerations that offer a practical roadmap to set and stick with your priorities \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePractical applications of tried and true mindfulness and nonprofit strategy research that you can implement immediately in your organization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn essential, desk-side resource for nonprofit board members, managers, leaders, and team members, \u003ci\u003eFocused Fundraising\u003c\/i\u003e is a one-of-a-kind toolbox designed to help you tackle the challenges you face every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNonprofit fundraising plays a critical role in the social fabric. Healthcare, Education, and so many other sectors depend on fundraising for continuity and growth. But the overload from today's always on, always connected world, threaten even the most focused fundraising teams and individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFocused Fundraising: How to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload\u003c\/i\u003e, a team of distinguished nonprofit leaders delivers a startlingly insightful and necessary instruction manual in how to retain and sharpen your focus when everyone around you is giving in to the endless distractions foisted on us by the modern world. In the book, you'll find robust combinations of mindfulness and science, organizational wisdom and individual advice, and big-picture views and micro-considerations that dovetail to provide a highly practical and compact resource for nonprofit fundraising professionals and volunteers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors show you how to successfully fight back against the volume, pace, and complexity of the contemporary business environment and learn to separate the necessary from the near. You'll explore concrete strategies for learning to distinguish between a true emergency and issues that are merely noisy and close, maintaining your focus and mindfulness with the effective techniques discussed within. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA can't-miss resource for nonprofit managers, and fundraising professionals and volunteers seeking relief from the constant distraction and noise created by the contemporary organization, \u003ci\u003eFocused Fundraising\u003c\/i\u003e will also earn a place on the bookshelves of any business or nonprofit leader who wants to combine powerful mindfulness tactics with effective organizational operational strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaintain your focus on what truly matters as you find the Zen of fundraising\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFocused Fundraising: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHow to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential combination of evidence-based mindfulness techniques and powerful operational strategies to thrive in a hybrid\/remote fundraising world. The book positions nonprofit managers, leaders, and team members to succeed despite a growing deluge of distraction and noise in the contemporary fundraising environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA first-of-its-kind compilation of individual mindfulness tactics and operational strategies, \u003ci\u003eFocused Fundraising\u003c\/i\u003e is the tool you've been waiting for to help you create an environment in which your fundraising efforts can flourish and succeed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book tackles a topic--instant overload due to too much to do, too many distractions, and too little time--that is affecting everyone. Focusing on the important over the urgent is not always easy and Michael and Chris present tactics and some big-picture thinking that help fundraisers and the nonprofit sector. This book is full of strategies that I can use with my team.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- Theresa A. Pesch, \u003c\/b\u003e President and VP of Philanthropy, Hennepin Healthcare Foundation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFocused Fundraising\u003c\/i\u003e provides advancement professionals with tips and tricks that can help cut through the noise. Chris and Michael present step-by-step guides to deal with the daily grind and help you target what matters most.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- Donald J. Whelan, Jr., \u003c\/b\u003e Vice Chancellor for University Advancement, Texas Christian University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nonprofit work and fundraising requires daily inspiration so you can stay focused on what really matters, be resilient in the face of setbacks, and steadily move your vision and goals forward. With this book in hand, you've got a key resource to keep you motivated and on track.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- Allison A. Holzer, \u003c\/b\u003e Co-Author of \u003ci\u003eDare to Inspire: Sustain the Fire of Inspiration in Work and Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Master Certified Coach and co-CEO of InspireCorps\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHRISTOPHER M. CANNON\u003c\/b\u003e is the President of Management Consulting at Zuri Group, where he advises many of the world's top nonprofits and oversees projects for clients who raise billions of dollars each year. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Executive's Guide to Fundraising Operations\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHAEL FELBERBAUM\u003c\/b\u003e is the leader of Yale University's Advancement Systems and the co-founder of Causativity.org. Michael is a long-time mindfulness meditation practitioner and teacher. He also serves as a Board Member of New Haven's Solar Youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9.22 x 6.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157994049671,"sku":"9781119835271","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/bbed965d542815182e3938a3314a8190.webp?v=1733255307","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/focused-fundraising-how-to-raise-your-sights-and-overcome-overload-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}