Can an Org Use Your Book? Part 2: Types of Organizations
What kinds of organizations are we talking about? The possibilities are limitless; here are a few ideas:
- Nonprofit or not-for-profit charities (the difference is in their tax structure and doesn’t affect you, except that registered nonprofits have more clout) involved with medical or social issues
- Social service agencies
- Government agencies (federal, state, county, local)
- Public or private schools
- Other educational organizations
- Museums
- Trade and professional organizations within one profession
- Trade and professional organizations spanning many professions (e.g., Chambers of Commerce, BNI groups, organizers of business trade fairs
- Meeting planners and conference/convention organizers
Find them through your own networks, their websites and newsletters, trade or professional associations and directories, Chambers of Commerce, tourist information kiosks, Yellow Pages, and a thousand other ways.
Part 3 of this series will look at ways organizations might use your books, part 4 on the types of books that can work (you may be pleasantly surprised), and part 5, how to approach the organizations. And as a bonus, part 6 will apply what you’ve learned to bulk purchases in the corporate sector.
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