Offering a new framework for nonprofit brand management, this book presents the Brand IDEA (Integrity, Democracy, and Affinity). The framework eschews traditional, outdated brand tenets of control and competition largely adopted from the private sector, in favor of a strategic approach centered on the mission and based on a participatory process, shared values, and the development of key partnerships. The results are nonprofit brands that create organizational cohesion and generate trust in order to build capacity and drive social impact. The book explores in detail how nonprofit organizations worldwide are developing and implementing new ways of thinking about and managing their organizational brands . A growing number of nonprofit organizations are exploring the wider, strategic roles that brands can play driving broad, long-term social goals, while strengthening organizational identity, cohesion, and capacity. Laidler-Kylander and Stenzel present a new framework for nonprofit brand management which they have termed the brand IDEA (Integrity, Democracy, and Affinity). The model eschews traditional, outdated brand tenets of control and competition in favor of a more strategic, sector-centric approach that is anchored in the mission, based on participatory processes, and promotes clarity and collaboration. Written for nonprofit leaders, managers and staff, board members, professors and students in nonprofit management, and executive education programs, this important resource shows how all nonprofits can increase their impact by tapping into the power of the brand IDEA. The Brand IDEA Managing Nonprofit Brands with Integrity, Democracy, and Affinity A GROWING NUMBER OF NONPROFIT organizations are exploring the wider, strategic roles that brands can play―driving broad, long-term social goals, while strengthening organizational identity, cohesion, and capacity. Laidler-Kylander and Stenzel present a new framework for nonprofit brand management which they have termed the brand IDEA (Integrity, Democracy, and Affinity). The model eschews traditional, outdated brand tenets of control and competition in favor of a more strategic, sector-centric approach that is anchored in the mission, based on participatory processes, and promotes clarity and collaboration. Written for nonprofit leaders, managers and staff, board members, professors and students in nonprofit management, and executive education programs, this important resource shows how all nonprofits can increase their impact by tapping into the power of the brand IDEA. NATHALIE LAIDLER-KYLANDER teaches graduate level and executive education courses in management, leadership, and marketing at Harvard’s Kennedy School and Tufts’ Fletcher School. She has been researching and writing about nonprofit brands for over a decade. JULIA SHEPARD STENZEL is a consultant who works with nonprofits on strategy and management systems. She is also an active nonprofit board member. For more information, please visit www.nonprofitbrandidea.com