Making a Difference: The Management and Governance of Nonprofit Enterprises written to guide nonprofit leaders Today's unprecedented and challenging business climate is forcing professional and volunteer leaders of nonprofit enterprises to improve skill sets to continue their mission-driven work. Many leaders would benefit from baseline explanations on topics including governance, committees, planning and strategy, human resources, succession and transition management, and public trust, and would enjoy access to adaptable templates that will improve odds of organizational survival. Howard Berman, after years as the lead staff member of a multibillion-dollar nonprofit health insurer and also an active volunteer for other nonprofits, provides tools, templates and training materials in Making a Difference: The Management and Governance of Nonprofit Enterprises (2010). "Nonprofit enterprises are extraordinary organizations, accomplishing both what business will not do and what society does not want government to do," Berman said. "They are organizations created for purposes other than profits. To manage these enterprises well is a challenge worthy of society's best and brightest leaders." Making a Difference provides a working guidebook to both students and nonprofit leaders, to successfully manage and govern nonprofit enterprises. It is written as a text for students in nonprofit management certificate or degree programs, and is also a practical resource guide for management and board leaders who must direct their organizations in today's environment. Berman's book includes 140 pages of appendices that show the reader how to manage meeting, hire staff, fundraise and those documents are available to anyone who owns a copy of the book by e-mailing ccepublications@gmail.com . Making a Difference has been written to help those who have the opportunity to lead and govern nonprofit enterprises both today and in the future to make a difference, Berman said. Making a Difference Table of Contents Part I - Foundation Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Meeting Community Needs: Managing Nonprofit Enterprises Chapter 3: The Community Sector Chapter 4: The Corporation Part II - Governance Chapter 5: Governance Chapter 6: Board Structure Chapter 7: Board Committees Chapter 8: Board Leadership Part III - Management: Planning and Execution Chapter 9: Planning and Strategy Chapter 10: Operational Planning Chapter 11: Implementation and Oversight Part IV - Management and Governance Challenges Chapter 12: Capital Formation Chapter 13: Human Resources: Volunteers and Paid Staff Chapter 14: Succession Management Chapter 15: Transition Management Chapter 16: The Public's Trust Making a Difference is a landmark book in nonprofit governance. It is unique in that it applies academic knowledge to the real world of governance while instructing the reader on how good governance is conducted. This is the way students of management science should be taught. With clear and concise reporting, the book provides a treasure of information for voluntary board members. --Diane M. Howard, Ph.D., FACHE, Assistant Professor, Health Systems Management, Rush University Medical Center This is something special, combining concept and practice into an actionable amalgam. --Karyl Mammano, Director, Nonprofit Management Education, Center for Community Engagement, also Faculty Member, Accounting, Finance and MIS, St. John Fisher College. Berman is the unusual practitioner, able to link overarching theory to step by step practice. --Thomas F. Toole, Sr. Adjunct Instructor, Department of Community & Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester, and Former Senior Vice President, United Way of Greater Rochester This is something special, combining concept and practice into an actionable amalgam. --Karyl Mammano, Director, Nonprofit Management Education, Center for Community Engagement, also Faculty Member, Accounting, Finance and MIS, St. John Fisher College. Berman is the unusual practitioner, able to link overarching theory to step by step practice. --Thomas F. Toole, Sr. Adjunct Instructor, Department of Community & Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester, and Former Senior Vice President, United Way of Greater Rochester This is something special, combining concept and practice into an actionable amalgam. --Karyl Mammano, Director, Nonprofit Management Education, Center for Community Engagement, also Faculty Member, Accounting, Finance and MIS, St. John Fisher College. Berman is the unusual practitioner, able to link overarching theory to step by step practice. --Thomas F. Toole, Sr. Adjunct Instructor, Department of Community & Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester, and Former Senior Vice President, United Way of Greater Rochester ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Howard J. Berman is the Chairman of The Center for Community Engagement at St. John Fisher College. In April 2003 he retired as CEO of Li