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November 26, 2008 - The line between business and charity has become increasingly blurred, and the philanthropic industry is raising the game to a whole new level.
For years, nonprofit organizations have ‘danced’ around the notion of “doing good,” engaging in activities which seek the betterment of society. Forces of change are however sweeping the international nonprofit scene, moving it from an era of “Just Doing Good” to one of “Doing Good Well”. The public and regulators are calling for greater accountability of charities in the face of recent scandals, while neo-philanthropists are amalgamating business concepts and models with charity objectives.
Published by John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd, Doing Good Well: What Does (and Does Not) Make Sense in the Nonprofit World scrutinizes the facets of the charity sector through an uncommon, provocative lens a la The Undercover Economist of the nonprofit world.
Author Willie Cheng has been working with several nonprofit organizations at different levels, as a volunteer, as governor and trustee, and as advisor. He has also been a keen observer, applying his management consulting skills to what works and do not work in charity.
Readers will benefit from his insights and reasoning. Mr. Cheng delves deep to challenge the nonprofit sector’s status quo, and invites both insiders and outsiders of the charity sector to be agents for change, to “do good well.”
The very first copies of the book was delivered hot off the press to 200 international participants of the UBS Global Philanthropy Forum held in Singapore from 12-15 September 2008. Dr Maximilian Martin, Global Head of Philanthropy Services at UBS AG said that the book is “a must-read for anybody who wants to understand philanthropy and nonprofits in Asia and beyond.”
Royalties from the book will go to charity.
About the Author:
Willie Cheng is a former partner of Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing firm. Since his retirement in 2003, he has stayed involved with the business and the infocomm community. However, he spends the larger part of his time working with nonprofit organizations at the board and volunteer level. Among these, he is chairman of the Lien Centre for Social Innovation and Caritas Singapore. He was formerly chairman of the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre where he started applying his management consulting background to nonprofit work.
Table of Contents and additional information on the book is available on: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470823895.html; and
http://www.doinggoodwell.net
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Ms Camy Boey
Public Relations Executive, Corporate Communications
John Wiley & Sons (ASIA) Pte Ltd,
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Singapore 129809
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Email: cboey ( @ ) wiley dot com
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