Book Talk: How to Save the World in Six (Not So Easy) Steps
Please join the Lillian Goldman Law Library for a talk with David M. Schizer ’93 about his new book, How to Save the World in Six (Not So Easy) Steps: Bringing Out the Best in Nonprofits, commentary by Professor Yair Listokin ’05.
This event will take place on Wednesday, January 31st at 12:10 PM in SLB 120.
**Online Registration is Required by January 26th**
Boxed lunch will be available for those who register at: bit.ly/48PyvAe
About How to Save the World in Six (Not So Easy) Steps: Bringing Out the Best in Nonprofits
A must read for anyone who loves nonprofits but worries about inefficiency, infighting, and inertia, How to Save the World in Six (Not So Easy) Steps is the definitive guide to advancing the mission effectively and mobilizing support.
The US has over 1.5 million nonprofits, which touch our lives in countless ways. The finest are inspiring, but unfortunately, too many let us down. Luckily, there’s a solution. How to Save the World in Six (Not So Easy) Steps by expert scholar and nonprofit leader David M. Schizer is the ultimate management book for nonprofit professionals, board members, and donors.
Since the goal of nonprofits is to advance their mission, not to make money, performance can be difficult to assess. Schizer explains how this fundamental challenge makes it harder to expose unwise and self-interested choices, resolve conflicts, and evolve with the times.
In response, nonprofits need to do two challenging things really well: figure out the best way to advance the mission and then build support for it. With entertaining anecdotes from his many years leading Columbia Law School and international humanitarian organization JDC, as well as interviews with an all-star cast of nonprofit leaders, Schizer explains how to accomplish these twin goals with the “six Ps”:
Plan: Run a rigorous planning process
Persevere: Line up internal support
Prioritize: Set priorities by asking three key questions
Pivot: Test innovations
Publicize: Share ideas and hold yourself accountable
Partner: Raise more money by involving donors in the work
By chronicling the good, the bad, and the ugly at nonprofits and explaining how to get more out of them, this book shows how we can “save the world” together with the “six Ps”.
How to Save the World in Six (Not So Easy) Steps: Bringing Out the Best in Nonprofits: Schizer, David M.: https://posthillpress.com/book/how-to-save-the-world-in-six-not-so-easy…
