Recommended Reading
The Giver and the Gift: Principles of Kingdom Fundraising
PETER GREER AND DAVID WEEKLEY
For many people, fundraising has become a dirty word. Conjuring images of guilt-inducing gimmickry, the predominant model saps the joy from both the donor and the receiver. But what if fundraising has the potential to be good for the giver, not just the recipient? Based upon their own relationship and experiences, The Giver and the Gift outlines a Kingdom perspective on fundraising. Instead of guilt, gratitude. Instead of obligation, joy.
The Board and the CEO: Seven Practices to Protect your Organization’s Most Important Relationship
PETER GREER AND DAVID WEEKLEY
Good relationships lie at the heart of every successful organization. Yet no relationship is more important – or more challenging – to navigate than the one between the board and the CEO. In this book, Peter Greer and David Weekley draw from their years of experience to equip board members and organizational leaders to enter into an impactful, life-giving partnership.
The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else
HERNANDO DE SOTO
In strong opposition to the popular view that success is determined by cultural differences, De Soto finds that success actually has everything to do with the legal structure of property and property rights. Every developed nation in the world at one time went through the transformation from predominantly informal, extralegal ownership to a formal, unified legal property system. In the West we've forgotten that creating this system is also what allowed people everywhere to leverage property into wealth.
