Average customer rating: Informative business guide to strategy Student Review Product Still to be Used

Crafting and Executing Strategy : The Quest for Competitive Advantage - Concepts and Cases (Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases) Jr., Arthur A Thompson , A. J. Strickland III , and John E Gamble Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Strategy & Competition | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Management | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Systems & Planning | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books Business & Investing | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books Similar Items: Crafting and Executing Strategy: Text and Readings with OLC with Premium Content Card (Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases) Business and Society: Ethics and Stakeholder Management (with InfoTrac®) Crafting and Executing Strategy with OLC access card Crafting and Executing Strategy: Text and Readings with Online Learning Center with Premium Content Card Financial Management: Theory and Practice with Thomson ONE Accessories: Breakout Strategy: Meeting the Challenge of Double-Digit Growth ASIN: 0072962216

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Informative business guide to strategy.......2006-08-23

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Average customer rating: Great Service CRAFTING AND EXECUTING STRATEGY Perfect! Excellent Product+Service from Amazon.com

Crafting and Executing Strategy with OLC access card Arthur A. Jr. Thompson , A. J. Strickland III , and John E Gamble Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Strategy & Competition | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Management | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Systems & Planning | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books Business & Investing | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books Similar Items: Crafting and Executing Strategy: Text and Readings with OLC with Premium Content Card (Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases) Operations Management: Processes and Value Chains, 8th edition Crafting and Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases Financial Management: Theory and Practice with Thomson ONE International Marketing (Mcgraw Hill/Irwin Series in Marketing) Accessories: Breakout Strategy: Meeting the Challenge of Double-Digit Growth ASIN: 0073270385

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Average customer rating: Does not have BSG online code Easy read Exellent condition The authors should find a different editor. Content of text is too repetitive

Crafting and Executing Strategy: Text and Readings with OLC with Premium Content Card (Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases) Arthur A. Jr. Thompson , A. J. Strickland III , and John E Gamble Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Perfect Paperback Strategy & Competition | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Management | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Systems & Planning | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books Business & Investing | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books Similar Items: Crafting and Executing Strategy with OLC access card Crafting and Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases Leadership: Research Findings, Practice, and Skills Operations Management with Student DVD Marketing Management (12th Edition) (Marketing Management) Accessories: Breakout Strategy: Meeting the Challenge of Double-Digit Growth ASIN: 0073269808

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Does not have BSG online code.......2007-05-06

Easy read.......2007-04-01

Exellent condition.......2007-03-23

The authors should find a different editor........2007-02-05

Content of text is too repetitive.......2007-01-06

Average customer rating: great marketing info! Good book An ABSOLUTE must have for the professional crafter!! great marketing info! Great Addition to Any Craft Industry Resource Library

Crafting As A Business Wendy Rosen Manufacturer: Sterling ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Decorative Arts | Design & Decorative Arts | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books | Agricultural | Commercial Policy | Comparative | Consolidation & Merger | Cooperatives | Debt & Deficits | Development & Growth | Econometrics | Economic Conditions | Economic History | Economic Policy & Development | Exports & Imports | Free Enterprise | Inflation | International | Labor & Industrial Relations | Macroeconomics | Microeconomics | Money & Monetary Policy | Natural Resources | Privatization | Public Finance | Statistics | Sustainable Development | Theory | Unemployment | Urban & Regional General | Crafts & Hobbies | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books Reference | Crafts & Hobbies | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books Similar Items: The Basic Guide to Pricing Your Craftwork: With Profitable Strategies for Recordkeeping, Cutting Material Costs, Time & Workplace Management, Plus Tax Making a Living in Crafts: Everything You Need to Know to Build Your Business Creating a Successful Craft Business The Basic Guide to Selling Crafts on the Internet The Crafts Business Answer Book & Resource Guide: Answers to Hundreds of Troublesome Questions About Starting, Marketing, and Managing a Homebased Business Efficiently, Legally, and Profitably ASIN: 0806985534

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great marketing info!.......2004-04-06

Good book.......2003-06-05

An ABSOLUTE must have for the professional crafter!!.......2002-03-13

great marketing info!.......2001-06-07

Great Addition to Any Craft Industry Resource Library.......2000-12-20

Ms. Rosen does cover one topic in depth that most barely hit on: Family Business. This chapter goes into great detail on your family and how your business impacts that area of your life (and vice versa).

However, this book doesn't stand alone as THE resource to get started (and one book should never be, in my opinion) but is is a great addition and must have as you build your knowledge on the craft industry.

Average customer rating: Paperback version doesn't have the cases Well crafted fluff Awesome Textbook!! Good Seller Great Book

Crafting and Executing Strategy: Text and Readings with Online Learning Center with Premium Content Card Jr., Arthur A Thompson , A. J. Strickland III , and John E Gamble Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Strategy & Competition | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Management | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Education | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books Science & Technology | Specific Skills | Education | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books Materials Handling | Mechanical Engineering | McGraw-Hill Engineering Store | McGraw-Hill | By Publisher | Books All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books Business & Investing | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books Nonfiction | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books Professional | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books Similar Items: Crafting and Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases Managerial Economics in a Global Economy with Economic Applications Card Crafting and Executing Strategy with OLC access card Management of Organizational Behavior: Leading Human Resources (8th Edition) Business Strategy Game Player's Package V7.20 (Manual, Download Code Sticker & CD) Accessories: Breakout Strategy: Meeting the Challenge of Double-Digit Growth ASIN: 0073023078

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Paperback version doesn't have the cases.......2006-02-23

Well crafted fluff.......2006-02-12

Awesome Textbook!!.......2005-10-23

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Great Book.......2005-09-10

Average customer rating: Valuable Handbook for Reaching Employees

Corporate Conversations: A Guide to Crafting Effective and Appropriate Internal Communications Shel Holtz Manufacturer: AMACOM/American Management Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Communications | Skills | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Running Meetings & Presentations | Skills | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Leadership | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Similar Items: 73 Ways to Improve Your Employee Communication Program Communicating Change: Winning Employee Support for New Business Goals Light Their Fire: Using Internal Marketing to Ignite Employee Performance and Wow Your Customers The Power of Corporate Communication : Crafting the Voice and Image of Your Business Crisp: Communicating with Employees: Improving Organizational Communication (Crisp Fifty-Minute Books) ASIN: 0814407706

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Corporate Conversations is a comprehensive guide to crafting and delivering vital internal messages. The book covers a broad range of issues, including:

* the four types of corporate and business communications (human resources, business-related, legal, and informal) * how to communicate bad news * managing employee-to-employee communication * how to measure the impact of internal communications

With valuable strategies for aligning all business correspondence with the company message, Corporate Conversations shows professionals at all

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Valuable Handbook for Reaching Employees.......2003-10-12

An experienced corporate communicator, Holtz emphasizes that internal communication in a company is much more than just publishing a newsletter or magazine for employees. The behaviors communicators influence are "the ones that would support the company bottom-line business efforts." There's more to this process than reporting birthdays, babies, brides, and bowling scores. Employees must be reached with compelling, understandable, and credible messages that are easy to access, grasp, and absorb.

This easy-to-read handbook explores a number of facets of employee communications. Readers will learn about the types of communications, planning, and traditional communication tools. More modern approaches of online communication are discussed, along with insights into the sustainability of the communication process. Holtz devotes chapters to special situations such as communicating bad news, and change. Chapters on organizing and budgeting, as well as measuring the value of communication, provide some professional tools that will be useful to the reader.

The value of the book is enhanced by appendices on messaging policies and resources, as well as a good index. The text, written in a relatively conversational style, is seasoned with case studies from two fictitious companies-one that does communication right, and one that misses the mark. The book is current and is designed with enough white space to make it comfortable to read and benefit from.

While I might have organized the chapters a bit differently, that's an easy task for a wise reader to accomplish. The content is here-valuable for the newcomer to the field, the seasoned professional who could benefit from a refresher, and the manager or executive who just needs to learn and appreciate a little more about how to communicate more effectively with a workforce that's hungry for information and interaction.

Average customer rating: Nothing impressive Nothing impressive Measuring Degrees of Probability Amidst Uncertainty Impressive, systematic approach to handling uncertainty Analytically rigorous uncertainty

20/20 Foresight: Crafting Strategy in an Uncertain World Hugh Courtney Manufacturer: Harvard Business School Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Strategy & Competition | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Planning & Forecasting | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Systems & Planning | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Marketing | Harvard Business School Press | By Publisher | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Strategy Planning | Harvard Business School Press | By Publisher | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Marketing | Marketing & Sales | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Similar Items: Wharton on Dynamic Competitive Strategy Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors Profiting from Uncertainty : Strategies for Succeeding No Matter What the Future Brings Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance ASIN: 1578512662

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Now, McKinsey & Company consultant Hugh Courtney argues that managers must move beyond the outdated "all-or-nothing" view of strategy in which future events are either certain or uncertain. Instead, he suggests a simple-yet powerful-alternative: Understand the level of uncertainty you are facing in a given situation, and you will make better, more informed strategic choices.

Based on an international review of the key strategy problems faced by over one hundred leading companies, Courtney reveals how executives can develop 20/20 foresight--a view of the future that separates what can be known from what can't. While executives with 20/20 foresight can rarely develop perfect forecasts of the future, says Courtney, they can isolate the "residual uncertainty" they face and use this insight to create competitive advantage in today's turbulent markets.

Unveiling a revolutionary framework for diagnosing to which of the four levels of residual uncertainty a specific strategy choice corresponds, 20/20 Foresight shows how readers can leverage this knowledge to answer three key strategic questions: 1) Shape or adapt to uncertainty? 2) Make strategic commitments now or later? and 3) Follow a focused or diversified strategy?

20/20 Foresight also:

· shows strategists how to tailor every aspect of the decision-making process-from formulation to implementation-to the level of uncertainty faced,

· describes the strategic-planning processes readers can use to monitor, update, and revise strategies as necessary in volatile markets, and

· includes a toolkit for identifying, developing, and testing new strategy options-complete with guidelines for applying the right tool to the right situation at the right time.

A comprehensive approach to strategy development under all possible levels of uncertainty and across all kinds of industries, this is the essential guide for making tough strategic choices in a changing world.

Hugh Courtney is an Associate Principal with the Global Strategy Practice at McKinsey & Company in Washington D.C.

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Nothing impressive.......2003-10-28

Nothing impressive.......2003-10-28

Measuring Degrees of Probability Amidst Uncertainty.......2003-07-22

* Should we shape or adapt?

* Should we begin the process now or later?

* Should we focus or diversify?

* Which new tools and frameworks are needed?

* Which new strategic-planning and decision-making processes are needed?

Of course, Courtney fully realizes that the revelations of the STI research can only guide and inform appropriate answers to questions such as these. He agrees with Mike Hammer that searching for a "silver bullet" is a fool's errand, noting that "there [is] no easy one-size-fits-all solution that could be translated from theory into practice. Business strategists needed new theory [and, in italics] new practices if they wanted to make better strategy choices."

At the height of the Cold War, I recall someone noting that Russian historians could predict the past with absolute certainty. This book's title does not suggest that if you read this book, you can see the future. ("Man plans and then God laughs.") Rather, instead of burying uncertainties in meaningless base case forecasts or avoiding rigorous analysis of uncertainties altogether, Courtney suggests that we "embrace uncertainty, explore it,, slice it, dice it, get to know it." If we do this well? "[You] will reach a wonderful goal: 20/20 foresight." The best available information serves as the basis of the most reliable forecasts which, in turn, improve the chances of devising the soundest strategies.

After summarizing the appropriate toolkit for each level of residual uncertainty (see figures 6-1 through 6-4), and having also suggested various tools and frameworks needed to develop 20/20 foresight, Courtney offers five additional tools in the Appendix: The Uncertainty Toolkit. He briefly but brilliantly explains how to use scenario planning, game theory, decision analysis, system dynamics models, and management "flight simulators." Although this book will obviously be of substantial value to senior-level executives in larger organizations, I think it will be invaluable to others such as CEOs and other decision-makers in small companies. The challenge for all of them is to "tailor strategy to the level of uncertainty," whatever the nature and extent of their competitive marketplace may be. Here in a single volume is about all they need to begin the process. Another thought: This book would be an excellent choice as the basis of a one-day or (preferably) two-day offsite executive "retreat" for strategic planning. Reading it in advance would be required. The first two chapters would be excellent for assisting situation analysis, then on to the next five chapters which could serve as the core of the agenda. (I also recommend that Hammer's The Agenda be consulted, at least by the person who leads the group discussion. And, by the way, that person should NOT be the CEO.) The session would conclude with a review of the consensus achieved, followed by a discussion of how to communicate and collaborate effectively while using various tools, including the five recommended in the Appendix.

Courtney would be the first to point out that, over time, other sources of information and guidance may become necessary. For that reason, he includes clusters of annotated "Recommended Readings" to assist his reader's selection process. Thoughtfully, he adds to their number with other suggestions within his extensive notes.

For at least some individual executives and some organizations, this may well prove to be for them the most valuable business book published during the first decade of the 21st century.

To those who share my high regard for it, I specifically want to recommend (again) Hammer's book as well as Jim O'Toole's Leading Change, Jason Jennings' Less Is More: How Great Companies Use Productivity As a Competitive Advantage, Peter Schwartz' The Art of the Long View: Paths to Strategic Insight for Yourself and Your Company, and finally, Carla O'Dell's If Only We Knew What We Know: The Transfer of Internal Knowledge and Best Practice.

Impressive, systematic approach to handling uncertainty.......2003-01-02

Analytically rigorous uncertainty.......2002-09-26

* Management should operate with a four step process:
- Define the strategic issue and the level of residual uncertainty
- Frame possible solutions
- Analyze possible solutions and make strategy choices
- Monitor and update strategy choices over time

* The appropriate approach is issue related, not organization related. Organizations in stable environments may encounter major strategic issues involving high residual uncertainty, while those in very dynamic environments may have issues involving low uncertainty. The strategic process must be appropriate to the situation.

The book is concerned with how to answer the five basic questions above in the context of each level of uncertainty, and which tools are most appropriate for guiding the decision process. The tools discussed in the Appendix "The Uncertainty Toolkit" are:
scenario planning
game theory
decision analysis
systems dynamics models
management flight simulators.
In essence, what the author has done is to frame a set of known tools and principles within McKinsey's preferred structure of analytical rigour. If you still believe that 'classical' strategic planning round the business case is the only way to approach strategy, the book may help widen your options. If you are already familiar with the various tools offered, the main benefit of the book will be to provide a useful reminder that levels of uncertainty differ, and a framework for thinking about your own situation and response to it. Perhaps the most important message in the book is not to assume uncertainty until you have carried out the analysis needed to separate the knowable from the truly uncertain.

Average customer rating: excellent Entertaining & Useful but, in some parts, slow. Entertaining & Useful but, in some parts, slow. Entertaining & Useful but, in some parts, slow. Informative Fast Read For Busy Professionals

The Power of Corporate Communication : Crafting the Voice and Image of Your Business Paul A Argenti , and Janis Forman Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Strategy & Competition | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Leadership | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Management | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Communications | Skills | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Running Meetings & Presentations | Skills | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books All Amazon Upgrade | Amazon Upgrade | Stores | Books Business & Investing | Amazon Upgrade | Stores | Books Similar Items: Corporate Conversations: A Guide to Crafting Effective and Appropriate Internal Communications Corporate Communication 73 Ways to Improve Your Employee Communication Program Communicating Change: Winning Employee Support for New Business Goals Light Their Fire: Using Internal Marketing to Ignite Employee Performance and Wow Your Customers ASIN: 0071379495

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Strategies for clear communication in today's muddled corporate environment

Corporate communication involves much more than just motivating employees and dispensing good PR. It represents a tool to be leveraged­­and a process to be mastered. The Power of Corporate Communication shows managers and executives how to communicate effectively with fellow employees from the mailroom to the boardroom, and even between organizations and across industries. Fully accessible and refreshingly nonacademic, it creates an easy-to-follow map of the world of corporate communication, with workplace-tested approaches for addressing common challenges. Written by two leaders in today's corporate communication field­­Paul Argenti is the author of 1994's groundbreaking Corporate Communication­­The Power of Corporate Communication is replete with careful analyses and real-world examples and case studies from leading organizations including Sony, Coca-Cola, and GE.

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excellent.......2004-01-21

Entertaining & Useful but, in some parts, slow........2003-08-28

This book is also very useful for any person whose job has something to do with corporate communications because of the many examples given; For example, in chapter 3, it explains the communication strategy used by Jack Welch during the years he spent as CEO of GE.

Chapter 2 was a little boring because it gives a general overview of the history of PR emphasizing on the professional lives of Ivy Ledbetter Lee and Edward L. Bernays whom some say were the fathers of PR.

On the other hand, chapter 10 (Managing Communications in a Crisis) is most entertaining because it mentions what a communication crisis is, how to create and implement a strategy; Along with this general explanation it also mentions certain examples like the Johnson & Johnson Tylenol Recall, Merril Lynch, etc.

Either for those in the business or in the business, this book is a reliable tool to learning the basics of corporate communication.

Entertaining & Useful but, in some parts, slow........2003-08-28

This book is also very useful for any person whose job has something to do with corporate communications because of the many examples given; For example, in chapter 3, it explains the communication strategy used by Jack Welch during the years he spent as CEO of GE.

Chapter 2 was a little boring because it gives a general overview of the history of PR emphasizing on the professional lives of Ivy Ledbetter Lee and Edward L. Bernays whom some say were the fathers of PR.

On the other hand, chapter 10 (Managing Communications in a Crisis) is most entertaining because it mentions what a communication crisis is, how to create and implement a strategy; Along with this general explanation it also mentions certain examples like the Johnson & Johnson Tylenol Recall, Merril Lynch, etc.

Either for those in the business or in the business, this book is a reliable tool to learning the basics of corporate communication.

Entertaining & Useful but, in some parts, slow........2003-08-28

This book is also very useful for any person whose job has something to do with corporate communications because of the many examples given; For example, in chapter 3, it explains the communication strategy used by Jack Welch during the years he spent as CEO of GE.

Chapter 2 was a little boring because it gives a general overview of the history of PR emphasizing on the professional lives of Ivy Ledbetter Lee and Edward L. Bernays whom some say were the fathers of PR.

On the other hand, chapter 10 (Managing Communications in a Crisis) is most entertaining because it mentions what a communication crisis is, how to create and implement a strategy; Along with this general explanation it also mentions certain examples like the Johnson & Johnson Tylenol Recall, Merril Lynch, etc.

Either for those in the business or in the business, this book is a reliable tool to learning the basics of corporate communication.

Informative Fast Read For Busy Professionals.......2003-01-07

Average customer rating: Writer Writing For Writers Writing for a good cause! Not just a guide to writing proposals - a guide to life I put sticky notes on half the pages Puts the Fun in Fundraising

Writing for a Good Cause: The Complete Guide to Crafting Proposals and Other Persuasive Pieces for Nonprofits Joseph Barbato , and Danielle Furlich Manufacturer: Fireside ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Nonprofit Organizations & Charities | Industries & Professions | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Management | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Writing | Reference | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Raising Capital | Small Business & Entrepreneurship | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Running Meetings & Presentations | Skills | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Similar Items: The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need: Top Grant Writers and Grant Givers Share Their Secrets Storytelling for Grantseekers: The Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fundraising Demystifying Grant Seeking: What You REALLY Need to Do to Get Grants Grant Writing For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance)) The Everything Grant Writing Book: Create the Perfect Proposal to Raise the Funds You Need (Everything Series) ASIN: 0684857405

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• Write the perfect proposal -- from the initial research and interviews to the final product

• Draft, revise, and polish a "beguiling, exciting, can't-put-it-down and surely can't-turn-it-down" request for funds

• Create case statements and other big money materials -- also write, design, and print newsletters, and use the World Wide Web effectively

• Survive last-minute proposals and other crises -- with the Down-and-Dirty Proposal Kit!

Writing for a Good Cause provides everything fund raisers, volunteers, staff writers, freelancers, and program directors need to know to win funds from individual, foundation, and corporate donors.

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The authors, who have applied their writing talents to a variety of good causes, address the full range of challenges writers in development offices face. Their knowledgeable, practical advice covers:
-- Writing the perfect proposal -- from the initial research and interviews to the final product
-- Drafting, revising, and polishing a "beguiling, exciting, can't-put-it-down and surely can't-turn-it-down" request for funds
-- Creating case statements and other big money materials -- including how to write, design, and print newsletters and use the World Wide Web effectively

Filled with tips from writers at nonprofits and suggestions from top foundation funders, Writing for a Good Cause provides everything volunteers, staff writers, freelancers, and others need to know to fashion persuasive presentations for individual, foundation, and corporate donors.

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Writer Writing For Writers.......2007-07-13

Writing for a good cause!.......2006-04-25

Not just a guide to writing proposals - a guide to life.......2002-08-12

Surprisingly, the advice contained herein -- if made more generic in your mind -- is excellent advice for entire areas of your life. Sounds hokey, true. But honestly, boiled down the advice can be listed as:

1. Identify what the problem is. Do your research until you really understand the causes of the problems and their many effects.

2. Identify how you will know when you have made the problem better. How will you know when the problem has been alleviated? What intermediate steps need to be taken? How will you measure your progress along the way?

3.Identify what tools are available, and which are still needed, to move towards a resolution, or diminution, of the problem. Be specific here. Vague generalities are useless, but the brass tacks of a solution are absolutely priceless. Who has access to these tools? Who can make difficult things easy?

4. If you are asking for someone to help you with this problem, present the whole equation to them in a light that makes the most sense to *them*. This doesn't mean to lie, or exaggerate. It only means to focus your proposal in a way that makes them see it most personally.

5. Proofread what you have written, to be sure it says what you want it to say. Then proofread it again. And again. Get it right, because it is a hard and fast representative of you. This should be true in everything concrete you put out in the world with your name on it.

Now, all of this can be applied to writing a grant proposal. And much of it can be applied to the other things in life. Filling a job position, finding a home, working out a deteriorating relationship, educating yourself or your children ... you name it.

It's so rare that a book directed at an audience of specialists resonates with so much broadly applicable truth ... and it was such a delight to find it. I plowed through this book last night, reading every word, applying its advice mentally to all sorts of issues in my own life. I am pleased to report that it opened my eyes to solutions that had eluded me until now.

Wonderfully written, amusingly told, full of great advice to writers of all persuasive materials, this book is a gem.

I put sticky notes on half the pages.......2002-08-09

This book was so startlingly useful that I had to buy it. It will likely become your most dog-eared fundraising guide.

Puts the Fun in Fundraising.......2002-07-11

The heart of the book is a clear guide to how to write a great proposal, but other valuable topics are covered, including newsletters, case statements, interviews, and the like.

In one section, the authors mix genuine examples of great fundraising writing with an imaginary proposal to fund the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. They not only convince you to help build the Brooklyn Bridge, you're ready to buy it.

The bridge is not for sale, but this book is. It is well worth its price of two fast food lunches. Buy it, read it, and be happy.

Average customer rating: A poorly written piece, lax in style and weak in intellectual rigor Kondo is fascinating A big yawn A Successful Postmodern Ethnography Excellent ethnography of work

Crafting Selves: Power, Gender, and Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace Dorinne K. Kondo Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback General | Women & Business | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Workplace | Organizational Behavior | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books Anthropology | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books | Cultural | Ethnobotany | Ethnology | Evolution | General | History & Philosophy | Physical | Primitive | Religious | Sociobiology General | Gender Studies | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books General | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books General | Sociology | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books Culture | Sociology | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books Feminist Theory | Women's Studies | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books General | Women's Studies | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books Business & Investing | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books Nonfiction | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books Similar Items: Understanding Japanese Society (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies Series,) Silicon Second Nature: Culturing Artificial Life in a Digital World, Updated With a New Preface Interpretation of Cultures (Basic Books Classics) Haruko's World: A Japanese Farm Woman and Her Community: with a 1996 Epilogue Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection ASIN: 0226450449

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A poorly written piece, lax in style and weak in intellectual rigor.......2006-05-01

Kondo is fascinating.......2002-10-26

A big yawn.......2002-02-25

A Successful Postmodern Ethnography.......2001-04-30

Excellent ethnography of work.......2000-07-06

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1. Creative Cloth Doll Beading: Designing and Embellishing with Beads
2. Crochet: Learn to Crochet Six Great Projects (Klutz)
3. Crochet Squared: 30 Easy Crochet Projects Made from Simple Squares
4. Decorative Style: The Most Original and Comprehensive Sourcebook of Styles, Treatments, Techniques
5. Designer Beadwork: Beaded Crochet Designs (Designer Beadwork)
6. Draw 50 People: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Cavemen, Queens, Aztecs, Vikings, Clowns, Minutemen, and Many More... (Draw 50)
7. Dream Sewing Spaces: Design & Organization for Spaces Large & Small
8. Easy Origami
9. Fabulous Origami Boxes
10. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants, Book 4)

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