Nonprofit Hero is written by Valerie Jones who has raised more than $150 million for nonprofits and coached thousands of people to ask authentically and successfully for the causes they care about. She's addressed more than 50 audiences from Baltimore to Beijing and is one of fewer than 6,000 Certified Fund-Raising Executives (CFREs) in the world. In addition to running her boutique consulting firm, Valerie M. Jones Associates (VMJA), she's volunteered extensively, serving nonprofits as president, chair, board member and committee member. Her method works. Trained boards report increased comfort and willingness to ask. Many indicate they are prepared to ask for bigger gifts, can identify more prospective donors, and intend to contact these prospects sooner. Nonprofit Hero book contains stories, tools, and exercises not included in trainings. The book is even more comprehensive than the training and serves as a wonderful supplement to it. Readers will learn how to: -Honor their fears, surprisingly, these contain their personal prescription for success. -Channel their passion, by tapping the energy of why they want what they want. -Discover their asking personality, including how they should, and shouldn't, ask. -Get started, with tips on 26 simple things to do, right now, for free, to help raise money. -Follow five easy steps, starting with thanking, not asking, and with givers, not prospects. -Cast themselves as stars, finding the step they'll most enjoy and at which they'll excel. -Attract support, by listening, understanding motivations, and helping fulfill donors' desires. -Elevate their speech, so they can make their case sincerely and with compelling confidence. -Get in the right frame of mind to show up ready for "Yes," not braced for a "No." The book also will help readers form an in-depth description of their asking personality. It will indicate how they can best thank, steward, research, cultivate and ask, which of the five steps they favor, how to address their fears, play to their strengths, overcome their weaknesses, and how to acquire what they need from others in order to excel. There are 16 different and distinct profiles, one suited each reader. Finally, the book includes a toolbox of practical tools, such as sample giving do's and don'ts, sample thank-you letters, sample asking scripts, cultivation activity charts and more.