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SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL BOARDS: THE BEST OF THE NONPROFIT PRO'S
Edited By Carol Weisman
Sitting in a board room are people with different points of view,
different voices, and different styles, which is why Carol's colleages
share their expertise, joys, and insights in this book. The purpose of
this book is to give board member some tools and advice on how to do
well. This book is not a book of best practices, but rather, like a
board, the opinion of many different folks. Carol has two unique
talents. The most unusual is her uncanny ability to get upgrades on
airplanes. The other is recruiting marvelous people to get involved in
exciting projects. This book will help you share your unique talents so
as to achoeve the mission of a group you care about.
ISBN: 0966616812
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TRANSFORMATIONAL BOARDS: A Practical Guide to Engaging Your Board and Embracing Change
by Byron Tweeten
A fully developed discussion of how to set and review policy, recruit
new board members, do performance evalution, monitor finances, and do
long-range thinking and planning.
ISBN: 0787959138 |
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The Art of Trusteeship:
The Nonprofit Board Members Guide to Effective Governance
by Candace Widmer & Susan Houchin
The well-being of any nonprofit organization rests first with its
volunteer board of directors. This book offers board members the
guidance they need to successfully govern their organizations—no
matter what type or size of nonprofit they may lead. It shows how to
fulfill ten key trustee responsibilities and includes much-needed
detail on defining a mission, strategic planning, executive selection
and evaluation, fundraising, financial oversight, and board
self-assessment. This hands-on guide is filled with illustrative case
studies and real-life examples that clearly show how a variety of
creative boards have tackled challenges and strengthened their
organizations.
ISBN: 0787951331 |
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The Strategic Board: The Step-by-Step Guide to High-Impact Governance
By Mark Light
This book inspires readers to ask all of the
right questions and outline personal goals with regards to strategic
planning and high-impact governance for nonprofit boards. Presents a
specific model of governance with a step-by-step plan for
implementation.
ISBN: 047140358X
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SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL FUND RAISING
By Carol Weisman
19 nonprofit gurus (including Peter Brinckerhoff) share their
fundraising secrets. Chapters include: board involvement, feasibility
studies, generating multiple revenue streams, hiring consultants,
special events, direct mail, planned giving, grants, major gifts, cause
related marketing, corporate giving, internet fundraising, social
entrepreneurism, newsletters, accounting 101, strategic alliances, and
donor recognition.
ISBN: 0966616820
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Losing Your Executive Director Without Losing Your Mind: A Nonprofit's Guide to Executive Turnover
By Carol Weisman and Richard Goldbaum
The key issues and hands-on ideas on how to address this important and highly stressful topic for any nonprofit board.
ISBN: 0787963712
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Boards That Make a Difference : A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations
by John Carver
John Carver's groundbreaking Policy Governance model has influenced the
way public and nonprofit boards operate around the world. Now, as
widespread experience with the model accumulates, Carver enriches his
definitive exposition with updated policy samples, a new chapter on the
process of policy development, and additional resources for various
types of boards.
ISBN: 0787908118 |
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High Impact Philanthropy : How Donors, Boards, and Nonprofit Organizations Can Transform Communities
by Alan L. Wendroff & Kay Sprinkel Grace
A definitive text about transformational philanthropy in the 21st
century. A guide for nonprofit organizations, their staff leaders,
their board members, other volunteers, and the nonprofit
donor-investor. Includes eight main ideas of philanthropy, including
solid strategies for traditional major gifts programs to make them
transformational.
ISBN: 0471369187
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Nonprofit Boards : Roles, Responsibilities, and Performance
by Diane J. Duca
This practical guide is dedicated to helping nonprofit board members,
chairpersons, and executive directors develop and manage effective
boards, empowered to respond to the special needs of their
organizations. Diane J. Duca offers different ways to approach
organizing and utilizing a board by presenting different board models.
Using case studies and illustrations from real-life situations, she
explores every aspect of board management, clarifies the roles of board
members and executives, and discusses the board's legal and ethical
obligations.
ISBN: 0471130206
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The Budget-Building Book for Nonprofits : A Step-by-Step Guide for Managers and Boards
by Murray Dropkin & Bill LaTouche
A hands-on resource that shows nonprofits how to budget as a team. The
book includes step-by-step instructions and terrific worksheets and
forms for easy entry.
ISBN: 0787940364
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Building Effective Boards for Religious Organizations: A Handbook for Trustees, Presidents, and Church Leaders
by Thomas P. Holland
Holland offers an unprecedented look at the crucial role a board plays
in a religious nonprofit, and addresses the complexity and depth a
religious mission adds to all aspects of the board's work. This is a
comprehensive, practical handbook for any religious organization which
offers guidance and role definition to all members of the board, clergy
and religious organization.
ISBN: 0787945633
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Nonprofit Boards That Work: The End of One-Size-Fits-All Governance
by Maureen K. Robinson
Offers non-profit organizations methods for turning their board into an
asset and an effective governance body. Discusses the ways in which
organizations can evaluate how best they can be served by their board,
and how to use their specific requirements to tailor a set of
governance strategies.
ISBN: 0471354325
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The High-Performance Board : Principles of Nonprofit Organization Governance
by Dennis D. Pointer & James D. Orlikoff
The authors provide sixty-four principles designed to help your board
achieve peak performance. They describe every principle in detail and
present best practices and practical applications for each one. Each
section of the book concludes with a board check-up-a set of questions
that can be used to assess your board in light of the principles. A
quick read for busy board members, this book is the ultimate board
"drivers' manual."
ISBN: 078795697X
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