Five Good Ideas – THE BOOK!

Coach House Books has published Five Good Ideas: Practical Strategies for Non-Profit Success. Featuring a collection of the best ideas from our Five Good Ideas sessions, we’re sure that you’ll find the book a handy quick-reference guide.

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Five Good Ideas™: Practical Strategies for Non-Profit Success is the first in a series of books to be published based on the popular lunch-and-learn program of the same name.

Five Good Ideas

Five things business can learn from non-profits. We asked what businesses can learn from non-profits and received advice from across Canada. Here are the top five ideas.

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Five Good Ideas is a lunch-and-learn program where industry or issue experts discuss powerful yet practical ideas on key management issues facing non-profit organizations. The sessions are most useful for management staff and board members at small and mid-sized non-profits.

Each expert presents five practical ideas and explores with the audience how these ideas can be translated into action. During each session, participants organize into small groups and continue the discussion to generate the best and most relevant of all ideas.

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