On Being Nonprofit or Special Events

On Being Nonprofit: A Conceptual and Policy Primer

Author: Peter Frumkin

This concise and illuminating book provides a road map to the evolving conceptual and policy terrain of the nonprofit sector. Drawing on prominent economic, political, and sociological explanations of nonprofit activity, Peter Frumkin focuses on four important functions that have come to define nonprofit organizations. The author clarifies the debate over the underlying rationale for the nonprofit and voluntary sector's privileged position in America by examining how nonprofits deliver needed services, promote civic engagement, express values and faith, and channel entrepreneurial impulses. He also exposes the difficult policy questions that have emerged as the boundaries between the nonprofit, business, and government sectors have blurred. Focusing on nonprofits' growing dependence on public funding, tendency toward political polarization, often idiosyncratic missions, and increasing commercialism, Peter Frumkin argues that the long-term challenges facing nonprofit organizations will only be solved when they achieve greater balance among their four central functions. By probing foundational thinking as well as emergent ideas, the book is an essential guide for nonprofit novitiates and experts alike who want to understand the issues propelling public debate about the future of their sector. By virtue of its breadth and insight, Frumkin's book will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in understanding the complex interplay of public purposes and private values that animate nonprofit organizations.

Table of Contents:

1	The Idea of a Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector	1
2	Civic and Political Engagement	29
3	Service Delivery	64
4	Values and Faith	96
5	Social Entrepreneurship	129
6	Balancing the Functions of Nonprofit and Voluntary Action	163
	Notes	183
	Index	209

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Special Events: The Roots and Wings of Celebration

Author: Joe Goldblatt

From the foremost authority, the definitive guide to your career as an event leader!

Today's special events have their roots in the universal, ancient human need to celebrate with ceremony and ritual. Twenty-first-century event leaders acknowledge these roots while moving the event management profession toward the new possibilities presented by our globalizing world. Special Events: The Roots and Wings of Celebration, Fifth Edition provides experienced as well as aspiring event leaders with a comprehensive guide to understanding, planning, funding, promoting, and producing special events. Filled with helpful resources and illustrative examples, this Fifth Edition covers such areas as marketing, sponsorship, human resource management, financial administration, risk management, safety and security, global event leadership models, media use, legal and ethical considerations, technology, career development, and more.

New and revised materials in this edition include:

• New profiles of leaders in the global events industry from Africa to America and from Bulgaria to Birmingham-learn what makes the greats great and their events truly spectacular

• Five Best Practice examples of exemplary events and over a dozen detailed case studies of all types of events

• Broader coverage of production schedules and the soon-to-be new industry standard, the APEX event specification guide

• Revised discussion of law and ethics in special events

• Over 100 new Web resources throughout text

• Descriptions of the leading meetings and events industry professional certification programs and howto earn these designations