Trying to change the world for the better is a difficult task.

Nonprofits face various challenges. They battle regulations and struggle to find the money to achieve their missions. They fight to get the word out about what they do and juggle donor and shareholder expectations, to name but a few.

In such a challenging environment, learning is essential. Knowing the right resources to turn to is an important part of being a resilient nonprofit professional.

Trying to change the world for the better is a difficult task.

Nonprofits face various challenges. They battle regulations and struggle to find the money to achieve their missions. They fight to get the word out about what they do and juggle donor and shareholder expectations, to name but a few.

In such a challenging environment, learning is essential. Knowing the right resources to turn to is an important part of being a resilient nonprofit professional.

Here are the top 10 nonprofit books to inform & inspire you:

1. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

Author: Simon Sinek

Author of the third most popular TED talk of all times, Simon Sinek is a British/American author, motivational speaker, and a marketing consultant. His somewhat unconventional and innovative views on business and leadership have attracted international attention.

In Start with Why, Sinek argues that organizations should put their “ why” at the forefront of their communications and strategy. He believes that it’s not the “ what” or the “ how” that motivate and retain talent, drive sales, or attract outstanding board prospects.

When most organizations or people think, act or communicate they do so from the outside in, from WHAT to WHY. They go from the tangible to the intangible. Sinek suggests that the most successful organizations are the ones that manage to communicate from the inside out.

If you have already seen his TED talk, the book can become a little repetitive.

However, it contains valuable insights for the nonprofit world, especially in regards to how nonprofits can communicate what they do to the outside world. Start with Why definitely makes it to our top nonprofit books list.