Book Nook: Colton Strawser’s Nonprofit Bookshelf

Welcome to the Stocktoberfest Book Nook!

We would like to highlight this week’s Book Nook: a bookshelf of fantastic reads. We've asked thought leaders and industry experts to share with us resources, in multiple genres, that they found helpful to them in their journey. Special thanks to our content contributor, this week, Colton Strawser.

Working with nonprofit organizations, foundations, and other mission-driven organizations that want to change the world is a specialty of the consulting firm Colton Strawser Consulting. They assist customers in acquiring the knowledge, resources, and leadership abilities required to bring about change.

Colton C. Strawser founded Colton Strawser Consulting in 2012 to help organizations bring about change by utilizing his extensive expertise in the nonprofit sector. Since then, his company has expanded to provide clients with services in a number of fields, such as leadership development, philanthropy, fundraising, and organizational development.

Colton has gathered some powerful reads on his nonprofit resource page.
https://www.coltonstrawser.com/resources/nonprofit-library-bookshelf/

Some highlights include:

In Lead from the Outside, Stacey Abrams makes the case that, no matter the magnitude or goal, finding your own passion is the secret to success. Finding the cause you want to fight for is as important to conducting a successful political campaign as it is to creating a business or a daycare facility for homeless young mothers. Stacey offers personal anecdotes that shed light on useful tactics while using her expertise and hard-won insights to dissect how ambition, fear, money, and failure operate in leadership.

Jeremy Beer and Jeff Cain, co-founders of American Philanthropic, provide useful advice and unexpected lessons for both charity executives and newcomers to the art and science of fundraising in their book The Forgotten Foundations of Fundraising. The book outlines many fundraising strategies, including direct mail and programs for scheduled giving. It examines the advantages and drawbacks of prospect research, the secrets to retaining donors, and the fundamental components of a strong nonprofit culture. It offers smart guidance on requesting foundations, educating young fundraisers, and making personal interactions meaningful.

Grab a cup of coffee and peruse the shelf for some great reads on fundraising, leadership, change, and get inspired!