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THIS IS A EXELLENT BOOK FOR ANYONE WHO WANT'S TO BE A GOALTENDER .GRANT FUHR GIVE'S VERY GOOD ADVICE AND TIP'S FOR ASPIRING GOALTENDER'S. A MUST READ BOOK'

this book is very informative. it helped me become a better goalie . it also gives a brief overveiw of grant fuhr's career and accomplishments. i recommend this book to any aspiring goalies and their parents/coaches. it is also a great book for grant fuhr fans. i enjoyed reading it and still look at it years later.

Michael Johnston's written the best guide on online fundraising around. Lots of detail and practical advice. Well worth reading.

There is no doubt that Johnston's book is the most thorough study to date about how nonprofits utilize the Internet. It's full of real examples, which is a rare thing in Internet literature. Usually, it's just about potential and hype. Now, we've got some real data.

Fundraising Fundamentals by James Greenfield has been around for some time, and I have used it as a trusted resource time and again. This new edition is even better than the first. There are new sections covering telephone/telemarketing sklls, corporate solicitation, and the internet (this is particularly useful). There are also plenty of case studies and examples to help readers learn to implement the guidance Greenfield provides in their own nonprofit. Whatever your experience/skill level in your nonprofit, this is the one resource you should not do without!

As fundraising books go, this is a pretty good one. I didn't love it because it was kind of dry. But I'm going to throw it a bone with a 5-star because it is packed with content. And I didn't see any inaccuracies in what it talks about.

This book concentrates on the methods and techniques nonprofits use to promote annual giving or donations. It's about what nonprofit fundraisers call Annual Giving Programs (AGPs) which help nonprofits finance their annual operating budgets. Other fundraising topics could have been major gift capital and endowment campaigns, and major gift planned giving campaigns. But they were not covered in this book

AGPs are the backbone to any nonprofit's fundraising efforts. They are like the sales prospecting efforts that salespeople perform when trying to create a customer or client base for a for-profit venture. It's strictly a numbers game. The more people contacted by the nonprofit month in and month out, then the more likely the nonprofit will find people interested in giving a little to the nonprofit.

In sales one tries to build rapport with prospects and turn them into candidates or buyers. As a relationship develops between a salesperson and a prospect, the more likely the prospect is to become a buyer. And once a buyer buys once, then they are more likely to buy again and again as long as the salesperson does not trash the relationship that has developed.

Well, the process followed in AGPs works the same way. In this book the author explains that nonprofits hit the donor prospects with direct mail pieces. When a recipient nibbles, then they follow up with a request for a small donation while at the same time attempting to build rapport with them. Over the next year a few more contacts are made to further build rapport and start a relationship. As the relationship evolves (if it does), then the donor ends up giving more and more gifts as time goes on. Ultimately, over many years the nonprofit has such a well-developed database of donors that it starts hitting on them for major gifts (over $10,000) and planned gifts (over $10,000) as part of its AGP.

Besides direct mail which the author explains very well in this book, AGPs in their second year or later use telephone and telemarketing, and email and Web sites, to the mix of methods to move a first time giver into being a second time giver and more. There are also membership drives, activities, and special events that represent yet other ways nonprofits build robust databases of donors that support them.

Whether or not direct mail is ever used by a nonprofit for fundraising, just about all nonprofits seek sponsorships from corporations and grants from foundations as part of their AGPs. And smart nonprofits also take advantage of publicity and public relations efforts to attract donors. Some resort to advertising, but this is not the norm.

My favorite part of the book was Chapter 13 that gave a wonderful overview of how to manage a comprehensive AGP. The book is clear, well organized, and fairly well written. I also very much liked the inclusion of the List of Exhibits (many exhibits were included). It made the book easier to digest and to use as a resource. 5 stars!

The computer revolution originated largely in the U.S. Much of the funding for early computer science has come from the U.S. government. Funding a Revolution shows the interactions among players in academic circles, government and industry. It is fitting that benefits of the computer revolution accrue to the U.S. Federal, State and Municipal governments in delivering services to citizens, to U.S. citizens, and to the U.S. economy in productivity gains, job growth, and the growth of the computing industry. Individual scientific achievement, and government and corporate support, are instrumental for developments in large scale integrated circuit computers, packet switching and the Internet, relational databases, the personal computer, speech recognition, computer graphics, GIS, cryptography and computer security. Funding a Revolution is extremely well written, by many contributors. I recommend it for self-education or classroom education. I would also recommend Government Jobs in Information Technology, and Information Technology Jobs in America, showing the growth of the industry leading to lucrative jobs in U.S. Federal, State and Municipal Government and in corporate America. Digital Government Jobs [2008 Edition]: U.S. Federal, State & City Jobs in Information Technologyand Government Jobs in America: U.S. State, City & Federal Jobs & Careers - With Job Titles, Salaries & Pension Estimates - Why You Want One - What Jobs Are Available - How to Get One. The revolution has given birth to the corporate funders who grew up during this time (Cisco, SUN, Oracle and others) who now share their wealth with grant funding. For that story I recommend Technology Grant News, a newsletter, and the recently issued annual, Technology Grant News: Everything Technology [2008]: Awards-Contests-Grants-Scholarships (Technology Grant News: Everything Technology). A recent AP story says the National Science Foundation is providing funding for a clean-slate Internet; so the beat goes on, the story continues. This book describes our collective heritage in computer and telecommunications technology, 50 years of achievement, affecting so many things.

The computer revolution originated largely in the U.S. Much of the funding for early computer science has come from the U.S. government. Funding a Revolution shows the interactions among players in academic circles, government and industry. It is fitting that benefits of the computer revolution accrue to the U.S. Federal, State and Municipal governments in delivering services to citizens, to U.S. citizens, and to the U.S. economy in productivity gains, job growth, and the growth of the computing industry. Individual scientific achievement, and government and corporate support, are instrumental for developments in large scale integrated circuit computers, packet switching and the Internet, relational databases, the personal computer, speech recognition, computer graphics, GIS, cryptography and computer security. Funding a Revolution is extremely well written, by many contributors. I recommend it for self-education or classroom education. I would also recommend Government Jobs in Information Technology, and Information Technology Jobs in America, showing the growth of the industry leading to lucrative jobs in U.S. Federal, State and Municipal Government and in corporate America. Government Jobs in Information Technology [2007]: U.S. Federal - State - City - Career & Job Guide and Information Technology Jobs in America [2007] Corporate & Government Career Guide The revolution has given birth to the corporate funders who grew up during this time (Cisco, SUN, Oracle and others) who now share their wealth with grant funding. For that story I recommend Technology Grant News, a newsletter, and the recently issued annual, Technology Grant News - Everything Technology: Awards-Contests-Grants-Scholarships. Technology Grant News: Everything Technology [2007]:Awards ¿ Contests ¿ Grants -Scholarships ¿ Fellowships A recent AP story says the National Science Foundation is providing funding for a clean-slate Internet; so the beat goes on, the story continues. This book describes our collective heritage in computer and telecommunications technology, 50 years of achievement, affecting so many things.

Kim Klein probably knows more about grassroots fundraising than anyone in the world. This, her latest book, is relentlessly practical -- it offers step by step ideas for cleaning up your organizational act and raising the money you need to do your work -- but what I appreciate most is its tone. Reading Fundraising in Times of Crisis is like having a conversation with a smart, sympathetic friend who asks good questions and encourages you, with her guidance, to figure out the answers that work best for you.

Many, many nonprofits could benefit from reading this book -- whether they're "in crisis" or not.

Whether your organization is on solid ground or feeling hammered by today's nonprofit challenges, this latest Kim Klein book is sure to provide you relief and inspiration. If your group is struggling to make up for lost grants or other revenue, "Fundraising in Times of Crisis" provides a step-by-step program for regaining stability. Is your group holding tight during this time that Kim Klein calls nonprofits' "perfect storm"? This book will help you avoid future pitfalls and plan for long-term sustainability.
Better yet, "Fundraising in Times of Crisis" is a quick read, and full of practical, manageable actions to bring your group increased fundraising now. Using countless real-life examples and her own engaging sense of humor, Kim Klein gives your group the tools to raise the money you need to do your important work. Buy a copy today!

This is the best and comprehensive book in gastrointestinal pathology. It has a lot of excellent quality gross pictures. The chapters about Idiopathic Inflammatory Intestinal Disease and Motility Disorders are helpful and very well written. It has a lot of diagrams and tables and the text covers every topic that you need in anatomic pathology practice. A must have reference in the pathologist bookshelf.

I have now had this book for about a month, and I have found that the tables and text are first rate. The images are good to good enough. I would say that this is going to continue to be a heavily used tome on my shelf!!! Well worth the price.

I recommend NO MOUNTAIN TOO HIGH, as a youth biography of Gladys Alward. This book takes the reader on an exciting a walk thru the life experiences of Gladys Alward,a British-born woman who felt God calling her to missionary work. Trusting the Lord, her travels take her across Russia to her destination --China-- where she lives, ministers and eventually dies. The author does well in illustrating the difficulties she faced, and the faith that kept her loving. Upon arrival in China they threw mud at her and called her "foreign devil"; yet she loves them and serves humbly and is assigned the Chinese name Ai-weh-deh which means "righteous one." Upon finishing the final chapter last night I proclaimed aloud: "What an awesome woman!" I believe that you will do the same. Surely Gladys Alward was a unique woman, uniquely called, uniquely used... but throughout the book I was challenged by the thought, "Look what God does through those who simply serve him. What about me?"

I read this book aloud to my children (ages 9-13). Every chapter has enough dialog, action, spiritual insight, and often unresolve that each night they pled, "Come on Dad, can't we read another chapter--just one more?" Young readers will find this a compelling easy-reader. I'd also recommend it for Church library and/ or summer reading club--so give it away when you're done with it--or better yet, buy two copies and bless someone.

If you're reading this aloud to children, you'll want to take advantage of the "Thinking Further" pages at the end of the book which assist adults in asking thoughtful follow-up questions after each chapter. I wish I had books like this placed in my hands as a young Christian.

Amazing and true story of a British woman who felt called to serve the people of China. She risks her life and every comfort to make life better for these people and spread her Christian values and religion. She loves God and the Chinese people she serves more than her own life. Over her life she saves 100's of orphans. Through war time their lives are often in peril. She gets her love, courage, and faith from God, expecting and receiving God's protection and miracles.

This book is well-written and just what I needed. It literally let me step through what I wanted to say in a grant and put it all together. When I bought the template tool, I simply copied what the book had me put together into it. It was simply compiling it. I'd highly suggest getting the templates as well.

-LGGovernment Funding: Grants, Business Plans and RFPs Quick Start CD-ROM

Government Funding and You: Registering For Grants On-line 2007

This book is the perfect tool to accompany the first book. It helps you write your grant one section at a time. I think this book, the templates, and the video together are perfect for getting you everything you need. Once you get these products you have a how-to guide, a video on registering on-line, the templates to fill in and how to fill them out.

I really enjoyed this DVD. It was helpful, easy to understand and got me going step-by-step. You should really get it. When I got this one, the workbook and the templates, it really got me where I needed to go.

-LG

I got a copy of this product as a preview. I am a professional writer and I thought this tool was very good. The product ran in my PC very well and it showed me step-by-step how to register and get access to grant announcements on-line. For many people who want to get grants, this is an invaluable tool because this shows you want you really need to know to register your business and get everything you need to become eligible to receive grants. Most texts don't show you how, but this and the book really help. This video actually shows you where to click and WHAT TO WRITE!

This is my favorite book of the author's because he takes you across the landscape of the great Lee and Grant campaign of 1864 right up to the Petersburg siege. Here you see the less famous pictures of the long and ferocious campaign that decided the war. The author/photographer shows you pictures of river crossings, earth works, battlefields, albatis, historically significant homes and he often finds the exact locations in present time where he gives you a present day photo on the scene where the initial picture was originally shot. These reflective pictures give the historian the knowledge and ability to stand where that point of history was made. Excellent for those that follows the Civil War trails and who like to stand in those historic places. Also includes many pictures of Officers and staff that are famous and in some cases obscure. The healthy size book has a sprightly narrative that ties the pictures and events together to give the reader a quick reference to all the pictures as the campaign unfolds. Frassanito's work on Gettysburg is famous because he finds the exact location of historical pictures taken just days after the battle and corrects their location on the field through photographic research. This book steps into a less famous campaign compared to Gettysburg but it is a jewel as it covers the many months of campaigning creating a great visual appreciation of it making it a great guide to the decisive Lee and Grant campaign.

There are several photographs that are frequently used in documentaries describing the last year of the American Civil War in the Eastern Theater. One is a full length of Lee standing in his best uniform hat in his right hand staring at the camera. If you know the story behind the photograph, you can see the fatigue in his eyes but also his fiery eyes that his contemporaries often mentioned. The one of Grant shows him leaning against a tree with his right hand, a tent behind him and his left hand on his hip. This photo is often used in documentaries when Grant's doggedness (bordering on stubbornness) is mentioned.

This book describes these and many other photographs of this period of the war, some frequently used, many others less so. The history of each photograph is described in careful detail. For example, you can read here that the Lee photograph was taken on his back porch, within a week of his having surrendered his army to Grant, probably on April 16. Frassanito also indicates that this photograph is part of a series taken in one session including photographs with Lee's staff officer (and biographer) Walter Taylor and Lee's eldest son Custis Lee. The photograph of Grant was taken near Cold Harbor and is part of a series of photographs taken of several generals and their staffs.

Other frequently used photographs are of a wagon train leaving Petersburg (often erroneously associated with Lee's withdrawal from that city, the dead southern soldiers in Petersburg's trenches and Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia. Particularly interesting is the description of a series taken at Massaponax Baptist Church near the intersection of present-day route 1 and the road to the Spotsylvania battlefield. The pews had been taken out of the church to the yard and three photographs were taken of Grant, Meade and their staff officers while supply wagons rolled by in the background. Frassanito explains that Grant and Meade discuss a message brought by a cavalry officer in one photo, Grant writes a dispatch in the second and all relax in the third. Frassanito even identifies the message that Grant probably wrote while the photograph was taken.

As in his other books, Frassanito explains how many of the photographs were misidentified over the years. Further, Frassanito always indicates when he's making an educated guess and why he made that guess. However, these errors are not as dramatic as the instances covered in his "Gettysburg: A Journey in Time". But they do give you further insight to this period of the war.

Frassanito was an intelligence analyst during the Vietnam War and won the Bronze Star. I feel that only from a lot of practice analyzing photographs during the war could he have developed the skill needed to make the many insightful observations in his books.

I would recommend all of Frassanito's books to Civil War buffs, but this one in particular to those interested in the last year of the war, the period where Grant and Lee faced off against each other in Virginia.