The Nonprofit Mergers Workbook Part I : The Leader's Guide to Considering, Negotiating, and Executing a Merger Hardback
by David La Piana
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Nonprofit mergers are on the rise. Executive directors and board members are discovering the advantages: comprehensive service delivery, better finances, more powerful fundraising, increased market share.
Bottom line, mergers make more mission possible. From assessing reasons and readiness, to finding a partner, to negotiating the best path, to budgeting and implementation, author David La Piana guides you through the maze of options with a steady hand.
Based on experience with more than sixty mergers, this handbook is the perfect starting point for any nonprofit exploring a possible merger and a basic resource for all nonprofit managers.
You'll find: how to decide what kind of structure from collaboration to merger meets your goals; how to know your own motivation and keep your mission forefront; what kind of merger best fits your goals, structure, and financial situation; how to seek merger partners and objectively assess the pros and cons of each; how to manage the boards essential role in merger considerations; how to exercise due diligence and write the merger agreement; how to deal with the rumor mill; what you can do yourself, when to call in attorneys and consultants, and how to select them; typical roadblocks and how to beat them; how to move past old history and build new traditions as you integrate staff, management, boards, systems, and corporate cultures; how to budget for and raise funds to implement the merger; and much more!
Full merger case studies, decision trees, twenty-two worksheets, checklists, tips, milestones, an extensive resource section and many samples including the minutes of a completed merger negotiation give you concrete assistance with your own merger plans and implementation.
A special chapter written for nonprofit organizational consultants explains their roles and responsibilities in assisting clients interested in merger.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:250 pages
- Publisher:Turner Publishing Company
- Publication Date:23/10/2008
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- ISBN:9781630264543
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:250 pages
- Publisher:Turner Publishing Company
- Publication Date:23/10/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9781630264543