Andy Robinson

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.

A guidebook to walking the End-to-End Trail from Land's End to John o' Groats in Scotland’s far north. Covering 1956km (1215 miles), this long-distance route known as LEJOG takes 2–3 months to hike and is suitable for all reasonably fit walkers. The route is described from south to north in 61 stages, each averaging 32km (20 miles) in length. An alternate 3-month schedule is also included. The route avoids road walking as much as possible and takes advantage of long-distance trails, including the South West Coast Path, Pennine Way and West Highland Way. Maps included for the routeWealth of advice to help you prepare for and undertake your walk, covering equipment and safetyInformation on accommodation and facilities on routeNotes on history, geography and local sights

Guidebook to the John O' Groats Trail, a 235km long-distance walk from Inverness to John O' Groats in the far north of Scotland. The trail boasts stunning coastal scenery and fantastic cliff-top walking, while attractive towns and villages offer accommodation. It can be completed in around a fortnight.

Is Leadership only for the people at the top of an organization? No This is the biggest myth surrounding leadership The reality is that we are all leaders, and leadership skills are essential for all people, from all walks of life. In his powerful new book, LeadersRus, leadership trainer and facilitator, Andy Robinson, provides a unique insight and fresh vision on new approaches into personal leadership. He explains how we all have leadership gifts, skills and experience that we can access, develop and share every day, to live better, more purposeful lives. From leadership at home, to the workplace and in our personal lives, LeadersRus will equip you with simple, yet powerful ways of uncovering our existing leadership skills and experiences, coupled with challenges and opportunities to develop these further and achieve a level of mastery.

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... The dawn of the 21st century was full of promise for Latin America. After military dictatorships and CIA-backed coups plagued South and Central America throughout the Cold War, a new set of leaders took control as history came to an end, armed with programs to reduce poverty and reclaim national wealth. Today, those leaders have fallen like dominos--Brazilian Lula is in prison with his political heir deposed, Evo Morales fled Bolivia as a mob descended, and a protracted coup in Venezuela unseated Hugo Chavez's heir. 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. Joining the old staples like gold and bananas that underscored the original plunder of the Americas are a new generation of valuable resources to power new technologies and eco-friendly lifestyles: coltan for smartphones, lithium for electric cars, and avocados for guacamole to name a few. Roving reporter, Andy Robinson, takes readers from the salt planes 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.

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.