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Nonprofit Nonsense & Common Sense

Marshall McNott
Robert D. Reed Publishers (2008)
ISBN 9781931741996
Reviewed by Elizabeth E. Gibson-Evans for RebeccasReads (3/08)

“Nonprofit Nonsense & Common Sense,” written by Marshall McNott, who spent nearly 40 years as the Director of several nonprofit organizations, uses his knowledge and experience to enlighten and open up the world of Nonprofit Organizations from the inside out.

He not only explains what nonprofit is all about, he teaches you differences in what creates and drives them, as well as about funding these organizations.. He teaches the many kinds of organizations, the reason they start or were started, such as what the organization desired and expected to accomplish.

Included is a foreword written by Dave Clark, Anchorman KCAL/KCBS-TV, CBS Studio City Broadcast Center in CA, in which Mr. Clark tells a bit about Marshall McNott’s start in nonprofit, which surprisingly with all his knowledge shared in this work, you find he started his career as a musician. Then, by a divine calling, he surged into nonprofit with a drive and flare.  He explains through “Nonprofit Nonsense & Common Sense” how to begin and establish a nonprofit organization, the reasons and goals to begin one, along with funding and fund-raising ideas.

He discusses methods of organization, achieving the goals and stabilizing them. He is enlightening on CEOs/the board, how they get along and work together, as well as reasons for giving, why and how. I believe my favorite phrase in this book says a lot -- “Helping another by enabling that person to become self-sufficient — through a gift or loan, or help in gaining a skill or finding employment.” It is in the beginning, though throughout my reading, I personally could not shake that thought and learned a lot regarding nonprofit organizations.

I appreciate the author’s candidness and easy transition to keep you interested and wanting to learn more. He gets right to his point in a manner you remember. “Nonprofit Nonsense & Common Sense” is highly recommended to anyone beginning or already involved in nonprofit, very useful tool.

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