Integrating Mission and Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations or Timed Readings Plus Book Five

Integrating Mission and Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations

Author: James A Phills

Today's nonprofit organizations face an environment characterized by higher levels of competition for funding, clients and audiences, talent, and recognition. In addition, they confront greater pressures from donors, government, and the public to demonstrate efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability, and accountability, while intense social needs and problems, as well as the desire for growth, drive them to expand their programs and activities. Collectively, these challenges go to the heart of fundamental issues of mission and strategy. Integrating Mission and Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations applies and adapts the core body of general management knowledge about mission, strategy, and execution to help nonprofit leaders deal with the special challenges they face. It strives to draw on this knowledge in a way that does not dilute or oversimplify, and at the same time recognizes the unique features of the nonprofit or voluntary sector. James A. Phills develops an action-oriented framework that combines rigorous analysis with the practical challenge of execution and change. In addition to helping nonprofit leaders think through important decisions and make concrete choices, the book also provides a shared language and a discipline that can serve as the basis for more productive discussions between the individuals who lead nonprofits, the business executives who serve on their boards, and the philanthropists who support their organizations and programs. This last objective is critical, because too often nonprofit leaders and board members complain that they can't reap the benefits of the expertise of their supporters, funders, and volunteers from the business sector. Phills suggeststhat this is often the result of an inability to speak the same language and draw on a common understanding of key concepts, such as competition, strategy, and vision.

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Timed Readings Plus Book Five, Vol. 5

Author: Edward Spargo

Do your students fail to even finish a timed test? Do they read word by word? Do they simply move their eyes over the page, neverremembering what they read?

If you suspect that students' test scores are being confounded by any of these traits, or if you have students who need to process greater amounts of information, the Timed Readings books can help.

For over thirty years, Jamestown has been helping students increase their reading rate and fluency while maintaining comprehension.

Timed Readings Plus contains 400-word nonfiction timed passages followed by related fiction passages.

Table of Contents:

To the InstructorHow to Use This Book Part A: Reading Faster and Better Step 1: Preview Step 2: Read for Meaning Step 3: Grasp Paragraph Sense Step 4: Organize Facts Part B: Reading Faster and Better Recognizing Words in Context Distinguishing Fact from Opinion Keeping Events in Order Making Correct Inferences Understanding Main Ideas Timed Readings Plus Lessons Answer Key Graphs Reading Rate Comprehension Score Comprehension Skills Profile