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WHITEPAPER: VISIBLE BUT UNSEEN: Envisioning the Nonprofit Organization of the Future By Dan H. McCormick Founder/CEO Emeritus,McCormick Group (in .PDF format)

 

Books Available from Dan H. McCormick

Non-Profit MergersNon Profit Mergers:  The Power of Successful Partnerships

Learn proven survival strategies for building alliances that secure your markets, mission and future.


For maximizing assets, saving costs and securing "market share" mergers can make all the difference.  But for nonprofits, mergers mean more than leveraging resources and meeting legal requirements.  They mean building consensus, maintaining ideals, and mingling cultures.

With Nonprofit Mergers:  The Power of Successful Partnerships, you'll learn how to do it all.  Step by step, expert strategist Dan McCormick guides you through a well-planned, well-executed merger and the real-world merger lessons learned by small foundations and large associations.  From questions to ask, to documents to gather, this handbook clears away myths and mysteries  to give your nonprofit a powerful, proven tool you can put to work today for long-term success.

Master every aspect of merger strategy, tactics, politics and technical issues, including how to:

  • Know if a merger makes sense for your organization

  • Define merger objectives and integrate them into strategy

  • Select the right partner for an alliance

  • Gain buy-in from staff, board members, clients and membership

  • Negotiate the merger conditions

  • Mix memberships, directorships, and bylaws

  • Develop an effective governance model

  • Make the structure work in terms of size, revenue, regulations and operations

  • And much more!

 

Creating FoundationsCreating Foundations for American Schools:Simple strategies your school or district can use to fund years of innovation and growth

Unless you can reach beyond property-tax funding, your budget can't reach much beyond teacher salaries and building maintenance.  But across American, schools and districts are doing more - creating foundations to raise funds for everything from bricks-and-mortar projects to scholarships to after-school enrichment.  Now, Creating Foundations for American Schools shows you how to put this same advantage to work in your own school or district.

Includes ready-to-adapt models and materials for:

  • Presenting the concept to the community

  • Incorporating and creating bylaws

  • Developing alumni associations

  • Creating booster clubs

  • Leveraging Parent-Teacher Organizations

  • Filing with the IRS

  • Maintaining and expanding success


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