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First published in 2003 as a volume in the NASA "Monograph in Aerospace History" series. This study contains photographs and illustrations.
Financing Nonprofits and Other Social Enterprises
Dennis R. Young
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
2017
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Benefits theory connects an organization's mission, the public and private benefits it produces, and the societal groups that it benefits, to an appropriate income mix. This book applies benefits theory to the financing of nonprofit and other social purpose organizations to guide managers and leaders towards finding the best mix of income sources for their organizations, to help educate future managers about resource development and to stimulate additional research on the financing of nonprofits and other forms of social enterprise. Individual chapters are devoted to organizations primarily reliant on earned income, gifts, government support and investment income, respectively, as well as to organizations that are well diversified in their sources of operating support. Each type of income, as well as mixed income portfolios are analyzed in depth. Detailed case studies of contemporary social purpose organizations are discussed throughout the book, and templates are provided to help leaders apply benefits theory to analyze the income opportunities and portfolios of their own organizations. Comprehensive and practitioner-friendly, this book is suitable not only for teaching graduate and undergraduate students in non-profit management, social enterprise, public administration and business management, but also for informing practicing managers, teachers and researchers, and funders of social purpose organizations.
Financing Nonprofits and Other Social Enterprises
Dennis R. Young
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
2018
nidottu
Benefits theory connects an organization's mission, the public and private benefits it produces, and the societal groups that it benefits, to an appropriate income mix. This book applies benefits theory to the financing of nonprofit and other social purpose organizations to guide managers and leaders towards finding the best mix of income sources for their organizations, to help educate future managers about resource development and to stimulate additional research on the financing of nonprofits and other forms of social enterprise. Individual chapters are devoted to organizations primarily reliant on earned income, gifts, government support and investment income, respectively, as well as to organizations that are well diversified in their sources of operating support. Each type of income, as well as mixed income portfolios are analyzed in depth. Detailed case studies of contemporary social purpose organizations are discussed throughout the book, and templates are provided to help leaders apply benefits theory to analyze the income opportunities and portfolios of their own organizations. Comprehensive and practitioner-friendly, this book is suitable not only for teaching graduate and undergraduate students in non-profit management, social enterprise, public administration and business management, but also for informing practicing managers, teachers and researchers, and funders of social purpose organizations.
Economics for Nonprofit Managers and Social Entrepreneurs
Dennis R. Young; Richard Steinberg; Rosemarie Emanuele; Walter O. Simmons
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
2019
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Economics for Nonprofit Managers and Social Entrepreneurs updates the world's first textbook in nonprofit economics, and shows how economics contributes to better managerial decisions on social matters. A pioneering textbook for nonprofit and social managers, this second edition adds risk analysis, game theory, and behavioral economics to the managerial tool kit, along with analysis at the margin, opportunity cost, elasticity of demand and supply, market power, and cost-benefit analysis, with numerous timely examples.This text is essential for nonprofit managers and social entrepreneurs, and of interest to all economics students.
Economics for Nonprofit Managers and Social Entrepreneurs
Dennis R. Young; Richard Steinberg; Rosemarie Emanuele; Walter O. Simmons
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
2019
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Economics for Nonprofit Managers and Social Entrepreneurs updates the world's first textbook in nonprofit economics, and shows how economics contributes to better managerial decisions on social matters. A pioneering textbook for nonprofit and social managers, this second edition adds risk analysis, game theory, and behavioral economics to the managerial tool kit, along with analysis at the margin, opportunity cost, elasticity of demand and supply, market power, and cost-benefit analysis, with numerous timely examples.This text is essential for nonprofit managers and social entrepreneurs, and of interest to all economics students.
The Eternal Worlds of Richard Crombie: Adventure and Intrigue After Death
Dennis R. Hill
Independently Published
2019
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Wow, Richard Crombie is a determined man Intriguing action is found in Dennis R. Hill's The Eternal Worlds of Richard Crombie, where Richard Crombie travels through various creatively presented after-life environments. This story has an original plot with a good combination of humor, philosophy, historical fiction, and even some futuristic science. Its ending is fun, solid, and satisfying: a great culmination of what came before. Crombie relives dreams from his past life as well as those of people throughout history. As these people, he fights mammoths, endures the bubonic plague, lives as a pregnant woman, survives the sinking of a WWII ship, explores the moon, and has many other experiences in preparation for his eventual cognitive union with a spiritual super being. Throughout these worlds, Crombie stubbornly persists at holding onto his sensual corporeal being, instead of relinquishing himself to a spiritual existence. Hill takes the reader on an exciting journey through four major after-life worlds where the destiny of humanity is discovered. It's a fun and intriguing adventure and Crombie's experiences will stick with you.
Prepare for adventure, mystery, and romance Farmer John's Meadow follows the lives of men and women struggling to understand themselves and the mysterious meadow in which they have been immersed. It follows the life of ex-marine Joey Alexander as he naively follows the advice of the enigmatic Farmer John and takes a journey into a confusing and challenging world. Farmer John has the personal objective of rejuvenating his metamorphosis pond. He uses socially wounded people to ultimately repopulate his meadow and beyond with Earth's dwindling wildlife. It is magical, mysterious, and spiced with suspense and humor. It has a very fulfilling ending where Joey and his girlfriend Marilyn realize a greater purpose than any they had ever imagined.
Golfers will love this book. The stories will remind them of similar personal experiences with the game and their fellow golfers. All readers will relate to this dive into the human experiences that abound in a life of golf. Like a golf course with 18 holes of varying lengths and designs, this book offers 18 stories that can be enjoyed whenever time permits. Each story is connected to a golf experience of the author but the themes are much broader: from politicians to socialites, Augusta National to the Open, race relations to life lessons, sorrow to ecstasy. The prologue elucidates golf terminology and a comprehensive glossary assists neophytes in understanding this game that so captivates we golfers, whether hackers or pros.
Golfers will love this book. The stories will remind them of similar personal experiences with the game and their fellow golfers. All readers will relate to this dive into the human experiences that abound in a life of golf. Like a golf course with 18 holes of varying lengths and designs, this book offers 18 stories that can be enjoyed whenever time permits. Each story is connected to a golf experience of the author but the themes are much broader: from politicians to socialites, Augusta National to the Open, race relations to life lessons, sorrow to ecstasy. The prologue elucidates golf terminology and a comprehensive glossary assists neophytes in understanding this game that so captivates we golfers, whether hackers or pros.
Resilience and the Management of Nonprofit Organizations
Dennis R. Young; Elizabeth A.m. Searing
EDWARD ELGAR PUBLISHING LTD
2022
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This timely book examines how nonprofits can prepare for and respond to serious threats, such as pandemics, economic recessions, terrorist attacks and other potentially catastrophic events. Reliant on donors, regulators, government funders and dedicated staff and volunteers, nonprofits are often vulnerable and unprepared to navigate such crises. Making a frank assessment of the risks these organizations face and how to enable them to become more resilient, Dennis Young and Elizabeth Searing develop multifaceted strategies involving balance sheets, cost and income structures, human resources, networks, technology, entrepreneurship, and information systems. Practical recommendations based on research are offered to managers for assessing risk and developing resilience strategies appropriate to their own organizations. The innovative use of templates for executive briefings, dashboards, and stress tests are included in a new management paradigm for building healthier and more effective nonprofit organizations for the future. The insights and tools on how to develop and manage resilient organizations makes this an excellent resource for nonprofit managers and trustees, foundations and government funders. Researchers, teachers, and students will also gain a greater understanding of how current research drives the resiliency paradigm and how to move research on nonprofit resilience forward.
Your Attention Please - Announcer/Cop tells the story of a want-to-be disc jockey playing records during a high school lunch hour that became a professional and collegiate sport announcing career spanning five decades.Like John Ramsey, who announced professional and collegiate sports teams for over three decades, Dennis Packer took his talent to another level.He announced two football games in their entirety on the same day that were two hours apart. One game, the Japan Bowl, kicked off at noon, and the other, after crossing the International Dateline, the Los Angeles Raiders kicked off against the Cincinnati Bengals at 2 pm. Off the playing field, Conquest, Mule Train, White Lace, Jamaican Express West, and Up in Smoke were just a partial list of complex investigations of drug trafficking, money laundering, organized crime, and corruption during Detective Packer's watch.During the execution of a search warrant at a drug dealer's house, the arrestee stated to Detective Packer, your voice sounds just like the announcer at Dodger Stadium.
Financing Sport
Dennis R Howard; John L Crompton
Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S.
2013
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This new edition will further solidify its standing as the most authoritative text on sport finance. The authors have completely reorganised and revised this popular textbook. This edition provides detailed coverage of the current financial issues and challenges facing managers in professional, collegiate, and non-profit sport agencies. Expert practitioners also provide content in key areas such as ticket sales, licensing, and media sales.
Financing Sport
Dennis R Howard; Dr John L Crompton
FITNESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC, U.S.
2018
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In this third story of The Green Horse Trilogy, The evil sorceress Sheraptu and the demons led by Draco are defeated. The black cloud over The Black Mountain lair of the sorceress has turned into a huge hole in the sky with starry space on the other side and planet Earth in plain view. It was a window to another world, ours. Just when King Nicholas thought the battle was over having defeated the sorceress and the demons, an even greater challenge awaits that not only affects his world, but ours too. He must once again work with the magic colored horses and a unicorn to save all.
In a faraway magical land filled with horses of different colors and powers, Princess Gabriella waits to marry the man of her dreams. In order for someone to marry her, they must not only be good and strong, but also must uncover the mysterious power of the Green Horse, a secret known only by the king. Nicholas is determined to marry Gabriella. While studying the Green Horse as it roams through the kingdom, he soon learns that the princess has been cursed by an evil sorceress. Now Nicholas must race against time to solve the mystery of the Green Horse and save the princess--before it is too late In this enchanted children's tale, a young suitor who wishes to marry a beautiful princess must rely on a magical horse's special power to rescue her from a frightening fate.
In a faraway magical land filled with horses of different colors and powers, Princess Gabriella waits to marry the man of her dreams. In order for someone to marry her, they must not only be good and strong, but also must uncover the mysterious power of the Green Horse, a secret known only by the king. Nicholas is determined to marry Gabriella. While studying the Green Horse as it roams through the kingdom, he soon learns that the princess has been cursed by an evil sorceress. Now Nicholas must race against time to solve the mystery of the Green Horse and save the princess--before it is too late In this enchanted children's tale, a young suitor who wishes to marry a beautiful princess must rely on a magical horse's special power to rescue her from a frightening fate.
In this second story of The Green Horse Trilogy, King Nicholas, summons the magic horses to battle the evil sorceress Sheraptu who has summoned an army of demons, led by their fierce leader Draco. The Sorceress has caused a black cloud to appear over her Black Mountain lair and demons led by Draco are flying down from the cloud and turning people to stone. In order to defeat them all, King Nicholas must figure out how, while working with the magic colored horses to save the kingdom as well as their lives.
In this second story of The Green Horse Trilogy, King Nicholas, summons the magic horses to battle the evil sorceress Sheraptu who has summoned an army of demons, led by their fierce leader Draco. The Sorceress has caused a black cloud to appear over her Black Mountain lair and demons led by Draco are flying down from the cloud and turning people to stone. In order to defeat them all, King Nicholas must figure out how, while working with the magic colored horses to save the kingdom as well as their lives.