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Rosso on Fund Raising: Lessons from a Master's Lifetime Experience (Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Sector Series)

Rosso on Fund Raising: Lessons from a Master's Lifetime Experience (Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Sector Series)

by Rosso (Author)

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    Illustrated 1996

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Synopsis

A valuable set of reflections, anecdotes, and pure fund raising wisdom from one of the great pioneers in the development field. -Michael O'Neill, professor and director, Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management, University of San Francisco For over forty-five years, Henry Rosso has worked to enhance and advance the work and lives of professional fund raisers the world over. He has been recognized as the person who has most shaped present fund raising practice and theory. In this book of thoughtful essays, he explores a variety of topics including leadership, stewardship, the art of asking, building relationships, and more-all in a refreshing writing style that makes fund raising human and friendly.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 204
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 24 Sep 1996
ISBN 10: 0787903043
ISBN 13: 9780787903046

Media Reviews
Hank Rosso wrote this book after his first forty-five years indevelopment. The wisdom he's gained over those four-and-a-halfdecades and his encyclopedic knowledge of the history of fundraising ooze from every page: insights on stewardship, donorcultivation, the qualities of leadership, the art of asking withcomposure, and a lot more. (Mal Warwick, author of How to WriteSuccessful Fundraising Letters)

Rosso smoothly combines history and philosophy with strongtechnique and practical experience...This will be an invaluablebook, an classic one day. (Robert L. Payton, professor ofphilanthropic studies and senior research fellow, Center onPhilanthropy, Indiana University)

Hank Rosso's words and experience model fund raising's best valuesand practices. Anyone who wants to understand fundraising from theinside out should read Rosso on Fund Raising. (Dean Schooler, president, The Schooler Family Foundation)

This book is a classic. It includes some of the best wisdom fromone of our profession's caring fathers. (Martha A. Taylor, vicepresident, University of Wisconsin Foundation)

This is a valuable set of reflections, anecdotes, and pure fundraising wisdom from one of the great pioneers in the developmentfield. (Michael O'Neill, professor and director, Institute forNonprofit Organization Management, University of San Francisco)
Author Bio
HENRY A. ROSSO has almost five decades of experience as a fund raising professional. He is founder and director emeritus of The Fund Raising School, a program at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. Rosso is the editor and lead author of Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising (Jossey--Bass, 1991), which won the 1992 Staley/Robeson/Ryan/St. Lawrence Prize for Research on Fund--Raising and Philanthropy presented by the National Society of Fund Raising Executives.