Managing in Hardtimes: New Nonprofit Primer

The Environmental Support Center and Institute for Conservation Leadership has published a very helpful new primer that provides best practices and tools for managers of environmental and conservation nonprofits in our challenging economic times--it can benefit all kinds of nonprofits.

Learn how to track your finances, recognize danger signals, assess your options, and make tough decisions fairly with the best interests of the organization in mind. Workbook tools include step-by-step instructions to assess your financial situation, sample contingency budgets, and more.

The Environmental Support Center <http://www.envsc.org/> and Institute for Conservation Leadership <http://www.icl.org/> originally created /Managing in Hard Times /in 2003 with the generous support of the Beldon Fund, The McKnight Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, and The Moriah Fund.  It remains highly relevant to managers today.

Download it here: http://www.icl.org/toolkits/hard-times.php