This book was the textbook for my class in Development of
Nonprofits. Prior to this class, I have not had much exposure to the
development side of things in the nonprofit world. This is in spite of five
years at a nonprofit and the introductory class to all nonprofit issues (Used
the heavy and deep Jossey Bass Handbook for that class). Basically, this means
that this book is my touchstone for Development. Overall it is good for someone
who is a basic beginner, with a nice step-by-step look and lots of charts and
graphs that could be used as template were I ever needed to fill a development
role (though I hope that I will never be in charge of it, the goal is to be an
Executive Director at some point so it will be on my plate).
The only real criticism
is that it feels a bit dated. There’s not much consciousness of the connected
world in terms of fund raising – though that may because of the very limited
returns that come of it (when development is all about relationship building,
you have to maintain your network somehow, right?). Basically, if this is for
your class, it won’t be your least favorite textbook ever, and it might have
some utility after the fact, so it’s hard to go wrong here.
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