{"title":"Joseph A. Connor","description":"\u003cp\u003eJOSEPH A. CONNOR is the Founder and CEO of The Collaboratory for Community Support and the author of \u003cem\u003eCommunity Visions, Community Solutions: Grantmaking for Comprehensive Impact\u003c\/em\u003e, co-authored with Stephanie Kadel-Taras.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConnor has leadership experience across the business, nonprofit, and public policy sectors, with a primary focus on crossing borders between those sectors and articulating their interdependence for community dialogue and system effectiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he’s not writing, Connor works to strengthen nonprofit organizations and the communities they serve through his ongoing cross-sector work. That focus on community systems and collective impact is at the heart of his writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph A. Connor’s books are published by Fieldstone Alliance, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"community-visions-community-solutions-grantmaking-for-comprehensive-impact","title":"Community Visions, Community Solutions: Grantmaking for Comprehensive Impact","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHow to foster community problem solving: Filled with fresh ideas, concrete strategies, wisdom from the field, compelling case studies, and contact information, \u003cem\u003eCommunity Visions, Community Solutions\u003c\/em\u003e provokes both thought and action, fosters new ideas, and leads to solutions. This book is for community, independent, public, family, or corporate foundations; federated giving organizations; government agencies; corporate giving programs; capacity building providers; independent consultants; management support organizations; for-profit consulting firms; intermediary organizations; retired executives; community support organizations; state associations of nonprofits; research groups; staff or trustees of a nonprofit; and academic institutions. Benefits you'll get include a three-step process for laying groundwork for community-wide change, pros and cons of different community governance strategies, three strategies for funding solutions, a list of community support organization dos and don'ts, case studies, and an extensive resource list for further reading. This book is the second in a series of funders guides developed by Fieldstone Alliance and GEO. The series is aimed at strengthening nonprofit organizations, the communities they serve, and the nonprofit sector through effective grantmaking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/094006930X\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780940069305\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Joseph A. Connor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42527734333656,"sku":"9780940069305","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/51794NRXT5L_mockup_v2_1645218684_2a60ad39-cfa0-4d49-9a5c-42f036d579fb.jpg?v=1791989113"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-joseph-a-connor.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}