NSC Fund Development Peer Circle: Sept. 9

The Nonprofit Services Center has created a Fund Development Peer Circle to support nonprofit executive directors and fund development staff new to fundraising. The circle will next meet to talk about Year-End Appeals on Sept. 9, from 9-11 at the NSC Office in downtown St. Louis. Donna McGinnis, MBA, CFRE, is facilitator. The session is free but go to the NSC website on this blog to register.

Statewide Assn. of Nonprofits?

Missouri Nonprofit Leaders: Learn more about state associations of nonprofits and the possibilities for Missouri at a special session Monday morning Oct. 12 at the Wells Fargo Learning Center in St. Louis. Attendance is limited to 100 people, so rsvp (asap) to valerie.criddle@stl.unitedway.org

New Books Available for Check-Out

1. Philanthropy in a Flat World by Jon Duschinsky
2. Fundraising Consultants: a Guide for Nonprofit Organizations by Eugene A. Scanlan
3. Grant Writing: a Complete Resource for Proposal Writers by Judy Tremore & Nancy Burke Smith
4. Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets: Why Philanthropy Doesn't Advance Social Progress by Steven H. Goldberg
5. Benchmarking in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors: Best Practices for Achieving Performance Breakthrough, 2nd ed, by Patricia Keehley and Neil Abercrombie
6. Complete Guide to Fundraising Management, 3rd ed.
7. Missionizing Your Special Events by Terry Axelrod

Watch for more description in the September G&FC News e-mail or read a copy now and let us know if it's helpful--or not-- by posting a comment on this blog. Go to http://www.slpl.org/--> "Library" -->"catalog" to request one of these titles.