YOU and Your Nonprofit: Practical Advice and Tips from the CharityChannel Professional Community has been written for those who want to learn more about the nonprofit sector or improve their knowledge and skills related to nonprofit leadership, management, and fundraising. Whether you are a nonprofit staff member, board member, or volunteer, this book will provide answers you need to be a more valued members of your organization"s team. If you are new to the nonprofit word you will find this book an invaluable asset to help you learn more about this noble and fascinating field. If you’ve been in the nonprofit sector for several years, you will benefit from advice given by veteran nonprofit experts. And, even if you’ve been around the block a few times, this book may give you some insights into an aspect of nonprofits that might be new to you. We all want to succeed. We all want to be valued. We all want our organizations to be able to raise the money, find the volunteers, and run more efficiently in order to serve as many people as possible through their noble missions. But it takes more than just wanting success. It takes hard work and knowledge. This book gives you both. The hard work is getting through the book. This is one of the most significant books in the CharityChannel Press In the Trenches series, both in size and in content. It contains contributions from forty-four experts covering the gamut of raising funds and building effective broads, to purchasing technology and insurance, to evaluating your programs, and much more. The knowledge of these authors covers hundreds of years of experience and expertise. Each contribution has been peer-reviewed and selected for inclusion in this based on the fact that the authors are nationally known experts within the nonprofit sector and advice is practical and able to be readily implemented. Contributing Authors: Helen Arnold Ken Berger Teri Blandon Jesse Bowen Steven Bowman Jana Braswell Heather Burton Linda Batten Butler Alice Collier Cochran George Colabella Marion Conway Monique Cuvelier Pamela Davis Lynne Dean Amy Eisenstein Jill Friedman Fixler John Frank Nathan Garber Jane Garthson Gayle L. Gifford Ernie Ginsler Margaret Guellich Ted Hart Jane Hexter Mary Hiland Tammy Holland Bonnie Koenig Stacy Lewis Joyce Luhrs Linda Lysakowski Stephen C. Nill Michael Nizankiewicz Caroline Oliver Norman Olshansky Robert M. Penna Charles J. Reynolds Andy Robinson Lisa Kay Schweyer Patricia A. Smith Beth Steinhorn Terrie Temkin Andrew Urban Shelley Uva Reid Zimmerman