The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit

Kanter and Sherman provide an essential guide for nonprofits looking to make a positive social impact on their communities and around the world. - Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post Praise for THE HAPPY, HEALTHY NONPROFIT Beth Kanter and Aliza Sherman have created an essential guide that champions self-care for individuals and organizations in the nonprofit sector. Every leader can benefit from the lessons in The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit as they learn to preserve and strategically deploy their most valuable resources-time and intellectual capital-towards improving our world. -Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Author, New York Times Bestseller, Giving 2.0: Transform Your Giving and Our World and Founder/Chairman, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society Yes, your work is important. But so are you. Beth and Aliza want you to realize that the change you seek to make begins with your ability to make that change. This book is a great place to start. -Seth Godin, Author, Linchpin The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit provides nonprofit leaders with a thoughtful framework for creating a workplace culture in which they and their staff can better serve their mission by all taking better care of themselves. -David Rousseau, Kaiser Family Foundation, VP and Executive Director, Media and Technology Social change is hard work. So let us be thankful for the hard workers of social change. But, more, let's pay attention to the health and happiness of those committed to the common good. The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit offers a much-needed path for doing just that. -Jacob Harold, President and CEO, GuideStar Just as the title tells you, this book is different from anything you've read about nonprofits. It's filled with specific tips and strategies you can put to work today. Everyone who works in nonprofits or wants to start one needs to read this book by the leading experts in the sector. -Sree Sreenivasan, former Chief Digital Officer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Columbia University Kanter and Sherman have written a ground-breaking book that maps how we can nurture and sustain our most invaluable resource, the people who bring the mission of our organizations to life. The authors create a new paradigm for nonprofits, moving from a cultural expectation of self-sacrifice to one of self-renewal. This paradigm shift is key if we are to create a society with sustainable nonprofits. -Nancy J. Smyth, PhD, LCSW, Dean and Professor, University at Buffalo School of Social Work