The Pollyanna Principles will show you how to create the future for your organization and your community right now! From the first page of this groundbreaking work, prepare to be inspired to get to work creating an extraordinary future for your community. Drawing on her extensive experience in the field, the "nonprofit" sector's respected contrarian - veteran consultant and author Hildy Gottlieb - debunks everything you thought was true about creating "effective organizations." From governance to planning to resource development and everything in between, Gottlieb has one goal in mind as she reinvents the Community Benefit Sector's most commonly used systems: How to build healthy organizations as just one step in building strong, healthy, vibrant communities.