Management
50 Ways to Liven up Your Meetings
Tool kit to help inject life into meetings, improve communication and team working; problem solve constructively and achieve positive outcomes. Brainteasers, lateral thinking exercises, methods for introducing new people to each other and techniques for planning.
ISBN 0566083922, £48.00, from Gower Publishing Ltd, link
Big Buskers Guide to Leadership
Common Threads publication written by Shelly Newstead for mangers - theory with a twist and cartoons. Looks at what leadership does - and doesn't - mean and what makes a good leader in a childcare setting. Further details: link
Complete Guide to Creating and Managing New Projects
This practical guide offers invaluable advice on how to both create and manage a voluntary sector project. If you are intending to provide new services or activities, creating a new project is often the most effective way forward and is likely to appeal to funders.
2002, ISBN 1903991153, £12.99, Directory of Social Change: link
Criminal Records Bureau checks: guidance for volunteering
The Cabinet Office have published guidance to help organisations that use volunteers to be clear about when they do and don't need to carry out Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks on volunteers.
Downloadable: link
Just About Managing?
Written by Sandy Adirondack, this is an essential reference book and guide for managers and management committees of small and medium-sized voluntary and community organisations.
ISBN 1872582176, £18.95, from the Directory of Social Change: link
Managing and developing people in voluntary and community organisations
Updated and revised guide which aims to make it as easy as possible to be a good employer in the voluntary sector, from finding the right person, to salaries and contracts and equal opportunities good practice.
£25.00 (£17.50 NCVO members), link
Managing People in Charities
By John Burnell. Provides an overview of personnel management for charity managers, offering practical advice and guidance.
ISBN 1860721257, £19.95, from ICSA Publishing, link
Marketing for the Voluntary Sector: a guide to measuring marketing performance
With contributions from a wide range of charities, agencies and fields, this book offers practical and readable advice for anyone who is serious about marketing in the voluntary sector.
ISBN 0749432500, £15.99, from Kogan Page: link
New DIY Guide to Marketing for Charities and Voluntary Organisations
Published by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators explaining classic marketing techniques and particular challenges of the not for profit sector.
ISBN 1860721354, £17.95, from ICSA Publishers: link
Plain English guide to the Charities Act
The Office of the Third Sector and Charity Commission have jointly produced this guide which explains the main provisions of the Act, and where you can go for further information on specific provisions.
Downloadable: link
PQASSO (2nd Edition)
Second edition of PQASSO - a practical quality assurance system for small voluntary organisations.
£73.15, from the Charities Evaluation Services, 4 Coldbath Square, London EC1R 5HL, tel 020 7713 5722, link
Quality in Play - third edition
Quality assurance scheme for out-of-school play and childcare provision developed by playwork practitioners and based on established playwork values. It builds on the national standards to enable providers to demonstrate good practice by developing a portfolio of evidence for independent assessment.
2004, ISBN 0954053907: link
Risk Management: guidelines for medium sized organisations
A National Council for Voluntary Organisations practical workbook designed to help management committee members and staff to undertake a tailored risk analysis for their organisation enabling the development of strategies, policies and procedures.
ISBN 0719915937, £15.00 (£12.00 to NCVO members), from NCVO: link
Sorted!
An information management toolkit for voluntary organisations by Lisa Newton and David Wright - a practical toolkit for organising and exploiting your information resources.
2001, £35.00, from LVSC Books: link
To Mutual Advantage: getting the best out of best value
NCVO guide to help voluntary organisations work with local authorities in delivery of best value. Shows how quality standards and local compacts can help voluntary organisations demonstrate best value.
ISBN 0719915929, £10.00 (£8.00 to NCVO members), NCVO: link
Voluntary sector legal handbook
Handbook which covers currently enacted law as well as looking ahead to future legal changes that might affect charities and voluntary organisations. It includes information on practical employment law guidance, trustee duties, governance and risk management, fundraising, income generation and contracting, financial obligations and tax rules.
£60 for voluntary organisations: link
