With this book, you will see first-hand, my way of trying to implement some form of basic systems into my business. You’ll learn my preferred choice of software to run it all through, along with all the whys and wherefores behind how I’m currently going about the day-to-day running of my handyman business.\nYou’ll see that things can still be done quite successfully without the need for having to spend monthly fortunes on numerous stand-alone apps that seldom play well with each other. And you’ll also witness a whole lot of the business templates that I personally use for my own choice of ‘office stationery’.\nYou’ll also learn about: The customer Journey. FromProspect, to Customer, to Raving fan, and Company Ambassador. Systems. The hows, and whys for using them and when they should be used in the everyday operations you undertake in performing your business. Pricing. And how best to get over your debilitating fears of putting your own prices forward. Handling debt. And perhaps more importantly, why it should never be taken as anything personal. Managing your KPIs. What they are and how to make them count.You’ll also learn how to define your own business model, and about all the different methodologies used behind what I’ve used in the preparation of my quotes, invoices and receipts etc.\nYou might even notice how versatile a tool MS Excel really can be for you in doing all of this. And how through the use of some pretty awesome in-built switching, the same basic spreadsheet defined within these pages can produce many different outcomes for you (144 in total), to best suit any handyman company’s particular needs.

Running My Business Through Excel: Creating the Best Customer Experience Through Using Just One Simple Spreadsheet

Robinson, Andy

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If you're new to proposal writing, this book will give you the skills you need to raise money from grants. Even experienced grantwriters will learn useful, hands-on ideas to improve their odds for success. Author and activist Andy Robinson describes in plain English just what it takes to win grants for social justice. You'll Learn About: The pros and cons of chasing grants How grants fit into a complete fundraising program Using your grant proposal as a community organizing plan Designing fundable projects Grants research: how to find the money Developing relationships with foundation staff Building your proposal, piece by piece Grants administration and reporting The long haul: stamina, persistence, resilience Grassroots Grants includes four complete proposals, plus suggestions from forty foundation staff members who fund groups working for social justice, human rights, and environmental conservation.

Grassroots Grants: An Activist's Guide to Proposal Writing (Kim Klein's Fundraising Series)

Business & Money

Klein, Kim

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Jossey-Bass

In Selling Social Change (Without Selling Out) expert fundraising trainer and consultant Andy Robinson shows nonprofit professionals how to initiate and sustain successful earned income ventures that provide financial security and advance an organization's mission. Step by step, this invaluable resource shows how to organize a team, select a venture, draft a business plan, find start-up funding, and successfully market goods and services. Robinson includes critical information on the tax implications of earned income and the pros and cons of corporate partnerships. The book also addresses when to consider outsourcing, collaborating with competitors, and raising additional funds to expand the business.

Selling Social Change (Without Selling Out): Earned Income Strategies for Nonprofits

Economics

In the revised second edition of the bestselling guide to grantseeking, author and activist Andy Robinson walks you through the challenges of incorporating grants into a complete fundraising program, using grant proposals as organizing plans, designing fundable projects, building proposals piece by piece, and fostering effective communication with funders who support the activist community. This updated edition keeps pace with the changing times and contains all new budgets and model proposals, interviews with funders from the grassroots community and timely information about grantseeking on the Internet.

Grassroots Grants: An Activist's Guide to Grantseeking

Python is growing in popularity; based on download statistics, there are now over 450,000 people using Python, and more than 150,000 people using Python on Windows. Use of the language has been growing at about 40% per year since 1995, and there is every reason to believe that growth will continue. Despite Python's increasing popularity on Windows, Python Programming on Win32 is the first book to demonstrate how to use it as a serious Windows development and administration tool. Unlike scripting on Unix, Windows scripting involves integrating a number of components, such as Com or the various mail and database Apis, with the Win32 programming interface. While experienced Windows C++ programmers can find their way through the various objects, most people need some guidance, and this book is it. It addresses all the basic technologies for common integration tasks on Windows, explaining both the Windows issues and the Python code you need to glue things together. Topics include: The Python language and the PythonWin extensions Building a Gui with Com Adding a Macro language Distributing the application Client-side Com for output and data access Integration with mail and other internet protocols Managing users and drivesThis is a vital and unique book. Python Programming on Win32 is an excellent presentation of Windows application development and a solid illustration of how to use Python in the Windows environment.

Python Programming On Win32: Help for Windows Programmers

Computers & Technology

Hammond, Mark

Web Development & Design

O'Reilly Media

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The past decade has seen major political upheaval in Latin America--from Brazil to Chile to Venezuela to Bolivia--but to understand what happened, ask first where your quinoa and lithium batteries came from...\nThe 21st century began optimistically in Latin America. Left-leaning leaders armed with programs to reduce poverty and reclaim national wealth were seeing results—but as the aughts gave way to the teens, they began to fall like dominos. Where did the dreams of this "pink tide" go? Look no further than the original culprits of Latin American disenfranchisement: resource-rich land and unscrupulous extraction.\nRecounting the story commodity by commodity, Andy Robinson reveals what oxen have to do with the rise of Jair Bolsonaro, how quinoa explains the mob that descended on Evo Morales, and why oil is the culprit behind the protracted coup in Venezuela. In addition to the usual suspects like gold and bananas which underscored the original plunder of the Americas, Robinson also shows how a new generation of valuable resources—like coltan for smartphones, lithium for electric cars, and niobium for SpaceX rockets—have become important players in the fate of Latin America. And as the energy transition sets mineral prices soaring, Latin America remains at the mercy of the rollercoaster of commodity prices.\nIn 
Gold, Oil, and Avocados, Robinson takes readers from the salt plains of Chile to the depths of the Amazonian jungle to stitch together the story of Latin America's last decade, showing how the imperial plunder of the past carries on today under a new name. 
 Review 
"Andy Robinson’s new book, 
Gold, Oil and Avocados, urges us to look at [Eduardo Galeano's] 
Open Veins again. Travelling by plane, bus and riverboat across a region still pitted by mines, plantations, failed hydroelectric projects and cattle ranches, he finds deep resonances with Galeano’s thesis in today’s Latin America...In prose reminiscent of Claude Lévi-Strauss’s 
Tristes Tropiques ... Robinson covers much ground in this restless exposé of wrongdoing." 
—The Times Literary Supplement\n"A work of excellent on-the-ground reportage...Readers see the devastation firsthand as the author leads us to obscure, hard-to-reach mines and farming backwaters.... [Robinson] lays out the situation in stark, penetrating detail." 
—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review\n“Drawing inspiration from Eduardo Galeano’s 
Open Veins of Latin America, Robinson sketches the rise and fall of progressive governments across the region over the past two decades… a sobering and well-documented picture, shot through with Robinson’s caustic wit (avocados, he writes, are a “tasteless alternative to butter spread on trillions of slices of students’ toast”). This sweeping survey packs a punch.”\n—Publishers Weekly 
 "Inspired by Eduardo Galeano, with a touch of Che Guevara’s 
Motorcycle Diaries and a nod to Joseph Conrad’s 
Heart of Darkness, Andy Robinson takes us on a troubling journey through the extractivist landscape of Latin America. In a series of vignettes, from the avocado killing fields of Western Mexico, through the corporate plundering of the Amazonian soy plantations to the lithium-powered developmental ambitions of Evo Morale’s Bolivia, Robinson reminds us just how closely our daily lives are caught up with the economic aspirations, ecological damage and political machinations of distant commodity producers. A vivid travelogue with a serious message." 
—Richard Kozul-Wright, Director, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development\n"Who knew that gold, oil and avocados were three of a kind, much less that they could shed light on the major political upheavals affecting Latin America in the last 15 years? The region's fortunes have always turned on what economists dub 'the commodity lottery.' Andy Robinson shows that the lottery lives on, and is widely played, in the 21st century." 
—Barry Eichengreen, author of Exorbitant Privilege\n"This is a beauti

Gold, Oil and Avocados: A Recent History of Latin America in Sixteen Commodities

Melville House

The Choice: Serving Heaven or Serving Hell

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Sovereign World, Ltd.

A practical guidebook for walking from Land's End to John o' Groats. The 1956km (1215 mile) long-distance route, known as the End to End Trail, follows paths and tracks rather than road, and takes to the hills whenever it can. The route is presented in 61 daily stages averaging just less than 32km (20 miles).

The End to End Trail: Land's End to John o' Groats on foot

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

Cicerone Press

Which of the following best describes your board: Phenomenal, fantastic, astonishing, boffo? Okay, pretty good is more like it. That's the perspective Andy Robinson takes in his book, Great Boards for Small Groups. Andy knows that most boards are made up of well-meaning people who want to help. Transforming them into a powerhouse is unrealistic. But getting them to over-achieve isn't. If your board needs clearly defined objectives, meetings with more focus, broader participation in fundraising, and more follow-through between meetings, Andy will help you chop through the thicket. Granted, even after your board absorbs Great Boards for Small Groups, the adjectives above might still be a stretch. But Andy is betting that at the very least, Exceptional is a label that will apply.

Great Boards for Small Groups: A 1-Hour Guide to Governing a Growing Nonprofit

Management & Leadership

Emerson & Church

When it comes to the donations we receive, we'd all like ours super-sized, thank you. But unless yours is an elite organization, million dollar gifts are as common as prime rib at McDonalds. Andy Robinson knows this and it's why he's written Big Gifts for Small Groups. Ninety percent of America's nonprofits depend on gifts in the range of $500 to $5000. That's their sweet spot and it's Andy s focus in this 60-minute read. If there ever was a stand up guy, it's Robinson. And he's not about to mislead anyone, certainly not the board members for whom this book is intended. Fundraising takes discipline he makes that clear. But it's not as hard as many think. And it's a whole lot easier when board members follow the steps outlined in Big Gifts for Small Groups. It's also more satisfying than burger and fries.

Big Gifts For Small Groups: A 1-hour Board Member's Guide To Securing Gifts Of $500 To $5,000

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