Digest: Studies, Books, Web Sites, and Other Publications
"Without getting on a soapbox, I would say that dancing is as much a calling as it is anything else. Don't think of it as a career. You're stupid if you do. You've got to have something burning in your gut that you want to express."
“I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance.”
2003, 243 pages, $25.00, Simon & Schuster, business@simonandschuster.com
From stage to film, downtown to uptown, tap to post-modern to bravado ballet, crossing over has been a mark of choreographer Twyla Tharp's career. Likewise, her latest book spans multiple genres. Part workbook, part behind the scenes autobiography, part self-help manual, The Creative Habit has a single message: If you dream of living a creative life, get to work!
Read More...Just about everyone by this time, I suppose, has heard of blogging, the act of keeping a Web journal, often accompanied by links to related online articles, photos, or Web sites. Weblogs, blogs for short, first appeared in the late 1990s. Early on, they were a geeky pastime that served mostly as a method to pass on interesting Web links to a small circle of like-minded readers.
Read More...2003, 253 pages. Praeger, Westport, Connecticut, London, England, ISBN: 0-275-97013-2, hardback, $62.95
Read More...2002, 127 pages. The Center for an Urban Future, New York, NY, 212-479-3344, www.nycfuture.org.
Read More...What can evaluation accomplish for grantmakers and grantees? What roles should each play in the design and execution of the evaluation process? Recent briefings from The Conservation Company and the Neighborhood Funders Group examine these questions from different vantage points.
Evaluation: The Good News for Funders
Andrew Mott
2002, 19 pages. City Limits Community Information Service, Inc., Center for an Urban Future 120 Wall Street, 20th floor, New York, NY 10005 (212) 479-3344, www.nycfuture.org
Speak Up is a simple, clear booklet that outlines the basics of advocacy techniques used by nonprofit organizations. Only nineteen pages, it assures readers of the positive consequences of advocacy, provides supportive commentary, and offers tips and suggestions on how to approach the advocacy process.
Read More...2003, 2 pages. Alliance for Justice, 11 Dupont Circle, NW, second floor, Washington, DC 20036, (886) 675-6229 or (202) 822-6070, fax: (202) 822-6068, advocacy@afj.org, www.allianceforjustice.org
A handy supplement to Speak Up is a pamphlet produced by the Alliance for Justice. The cover poses the question: Lobby government officials, advocate for legislation, and you know what will happen? The answer is eye-catching: better public policy.
Read More...2002, 231 pages, $24.95 paper, $65 cloth. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., New York
Read More...216 pages, published 2001. Available through SAGE Publications Ltd, 6 Bonhill Street, London, EC2A 4PU, UK +44 (0)20 7374 0645
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