Membership in Service Clubs provides the first rigorous assessment of the activities of Rotary, a global service organization founded in 1905 that implements projects and helps build goodwill and peace throughout the world.

As you are reading this synopsis, you may be considering becoming a Rotarian, wondering what service really means in Rotary. Perhaps you are a new Rotarian, trying to find your niche within your club, and wondering how you can best contribute. Alternatively, you may be a seasoned Rotarian, well aware of what the organization has to offer and trying to help new members find their place, or aiming to recruit new members. Still as another possibility, you may be an external observer, or even ...

How can membership and volunteer-based organizations such as service clubs grow? This short book aims to answer this question by documenting the experience of the Rotary Club of Capitol Hill in Washington, DC (USA). Over a period of six months in the second half of 2016, the club succeeded in doubling its membership.The experience of the club suggests that it is a good idea for membership and volunteer-based organizations to (1) Plan strategically; (2) Reduce meetings and increase ...

Rotary International is a nonprofit service organization with 1.2 million members worldwide in more than 35,000 clubs. The organization was founded by Paul Harris in Chicago in 1905. While clubs exist today in most countries of the world, the United States has the largest number of Rotarians and clubs, and also the largest number of local Rotary foundations managed by clubs, districts, or other entities. This is also where the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International has its headquarters,...

This book is the second installment in a set of two volumes on Rotary foundations and grants. The first volume provides an introduction for grant applicants and Rotarians to Rotary foundations based in the United States. These foundations include the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International as well as close to 4,000 other local foundations operated by local Rotary clubs, districts, and other entities.This second volume in the set provides a comprehensive directory of local Rotary f...

2016 IVP Readers' Choice AwardMany people have given up on the church. But that doesn't mean that they've given up on God or Christianity. In many cases, it was merely that local church congregations were not the best context for missional people to live out their sense of God's call.The good news is that God is raising up vibrant movements of Christians in a vast array of vocations around the world: disciple-making ministries, missions, relief and developm...

AN INVESTIGATION OF EPIC FINANCIAL INTRIGUE, RENDER UNTO ROME EXPOSES THE SECRECY AND DECEIT THAT RUN COUNTER TO THE VALUES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.The Sunday collection in every Catholic church throughout the world is as familiar a part of the Mass as the homily and even Communion. There is no doubt that historically the Catholic Church has been one of the great engines of charity in history. But once a dollar is dropped in that basket, where does it go? How are we...

Spread your message instantly and easily—even on a shoestring budget“In a world that seems to be overpopulated with social media experts, Heather is the real thing. Her passion and intuition have made her an invaluable resource to the nonprofit community.”—Danielle Brigida, digital marketing manager, National Wildlife Federation“For over 10 years Heather has been my primary reference point for all things pertaining to online communit...

Marc Freedman, hailed by theNew York Timesas "the voice of aging baby boomers [seeking] meaningful and sustaining work later in life," makes an impassioned call to accept the decades opening up between midlife and anything approximating old age for what they really are -- an entirely new stage of life, which he dubs the encore years.In The Big Shift, Freedman bemoans the fact that the discussion about longer lives in America has been entirely abou...

A non-technical guide to The Raiser's Edge-the most widely-used fundraising database package on the market-for the fundraising professionalThe first-ever guide to The Raiser's Edge database package for the fundraising professional, Fundraising with The Raiser's Edge: A Non-Technical Guide educates your nonprofit about what The Raiser's Edge can do for you and will help you more effectively work with the staff who are responsible for data entry and...

Clear, practical, step-by-step guidance through the nonprofit merger processUsing real-world examples, case studies, and enduring frameworks, Nonprofit Mergers and Alliances, Second Edition offers clear, practical, step-by-step guidance through the merger and alliance development process.From assessing feasibility and planning for implementation to post-merger integration, this ground-breaking work points out pitfalls and offers insightful commenta...

In this classic text, Peter Drucker studies how modern-day managers, whether in business or public service, can perform effectively. He takes an international view, exploring management problems in Great Britain, Western Europe, Japan, and Latin America, and suggests how these problems can be tackled. The interactions between manager, the institution and the social and cultural environment are penetratingly examined, and the book is enhanced by telling examples from a wide spectrum of expe...