Here's a seemingly obvious truth: You don't reinvent the wheel around the core activities of fundraising. Instead, what is important is to first understand what the wheel looks like and then to manage the process with vigilance. Through years of experience, George Stanois has identified 12 steps for an effective fundraising program. In The Vigilant Fundraiser, George and a team of highly-skilled contributors share how you can look for opportunities within the 12 steps to set your organization apart from all the others who do what you do. As George notes, "Being vigilant means using all the...

Art Savvy is a systematic approach to understanding art. It gives you methods to assess a design and really see what the artist was doing. Unlike chaotic art writings, terms are clearly defined, categorized, organized and illustrated. It is designed to answer questions like: What things will allow me to understand art? What are the basic elements? What is concept art? Can you "read" a work of abstract art? Visual literacy is the ability to interpret, negotiate, and make meaning from information presented in art work. Art Savvy gives you this. Defining Terms: Often art terms are not clearly...

Printed in full colour, with a different tint on each page of text, this is a very pretty little book. The naughty bee picnics in the garden and annoys all the flowers. It contains only nine pages of reading, with several short phrases repeated on each page. The striking, original illustrations on each facing page provide lots of features for the reader to notice and talk about. Suitable for younger children, but older ones enjoy it too. Already the Bee has become a favourite with children. The Bee appears in other adventures and more will follow in the future.

Tailored for dyslexic...