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Field Guide to Developing, Operating and Restoring Your
Nonprofit Board
(Previous edition was "Field Guide to Developing and Operating Your
Nonprofit Board of Directors")
See the high praise for our publications.
by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD,
partner in Authenticity Consulting, LLC
Testimonials!
"As a facilitator,
instructor and consultant to many non-profit organizations, I
can attest that this is the most detailed and complete book on the
subject matter that I have come across. I particularly liked
the references to other sections of the book, references to other
contents in external resources and references to content available
on the web. The book is a must-read for anyone involved in
a nonprofit organization at any level!"
-- Desmond Alufohai, CMP, Miami, Florida
"The guide includes
enough background theory to show you how to make change take
place. Especially valuable are the practical, active tips that
will really bring about change, instead of just talking about
it. "
-- Leonard Zych, Executive Director, Executive Service Corps
of San Antonio
New Edition of this Book!
This book is a new edition from
the previous "Field Guide to Developing, Operating and Restoring
Your Nonprofit Board,” which already provided comprehensive,
step-by-step information about how to form, operate and evaluate
high-quality nonprofit Boards. This new edition adds many more
guidelines to ensure strong governance in each of all of the
most important aspects of the nonprofit, including strategic
planning, programs, marketing, staffing, finances, fundraising,
evaluations, transparency, sustainability and lobbying.
This new edition also adds step-by-step guidelines
to:
1. detect and fix broken Boards
2. select the best Board model for the nonprofit to implement
3. define how much the Board members should be involved in management, depending
on the Board model
4. decide whether to use committees or not, and if so, which ones
5. establish specific, appropriate goals for Board committees
6. conduct comprehensive succession planning of the CEO position
7. ensure legal compliance to the Sarbanes-Oxley act
8. ensure highly ethical behavior of Board members
General Description
There are already plenty of publications
about nonprofit Boards. There are few other, if any, guides that
provide step-by-step guidelines for building, operating -- and
even fixing broken -- Boards. Some publications provide basic,
introductory overviews of Boards. There are many small publications
that provide practical suggestions about one certain Board practice,
for example, how to staff a Board or how to evaluate a Board.
Some publications contain highly reflective and even inspirational
discussions about the type of governance needed for the 21st
Century. If you "boiled down" the information in these
publications to the most practical suggestions and then added
a lot of other practical suggestions and materials -- including
about fixing Boards -- you'd end up with our Field Guide.
This guide is very useful to start a Board or
to fix a currently struggling Board. In our experience over the years, Boards
rarely struggle because they don't understand advanced concepts. Rather, Boards
struggle because they have not mastered, or they have gotten away from, the
fundamentals. This guide will help your Board to establish and always maintain
mastery of all of the fundamentals. Guidelines are written in an easy-to-implement style,
resulting in a highly practical resource that can be referenced at any time
during the life of a nonprofit Board and organization.
Numerous, Downloadable Sample Board Policies
in This Field Guide!
- Board Job Descriptions
- Executive Director Job Description
- Annual Calendar of Board Activities
- Comparison of Board and Staff
Roles
- Board Committee Charter
- Board Staffing Checklist (Board
Renewal Cycle)
- Board Member Recruitment Grid
- Board Member Application Form
- Board Conflict-of-Interest Policy
- Board Member Contract
- Board Ethics Policy
- Board Decision-Making Policy
- Executive Director Evaluation
Form
- Board Member Self-Evaluation
Form
- Board Self-Evaluation Form
- Board Attendance Policy
- Board Media Relations Policy
- Whistleblower Policy
- Document Retention/Destruction
Policy
Numerous Guidelines Included for How to Govern
the Nonprofit!
- How to Make Sure Stakeholders Are Always Heard
- How to Ensure Relevant and Realistic Strategic Planning
- How to Make Sure Board Operations Are High-Quality
- How to Verify Programs Meet Needs of the Community
- How to Ensure Fair Management and Productive People
- How to Take the Lead in Fundraising – All Kinds
- How to Effectively Get the Word Out About the Nonprofit
- How to Ensure Sound Management of Finances and Taxes
- How to Advocate for Public Needs – and Lobby Legally
- How to Track Performance of Nonprofit, Board and People
- How to Identify and Avoid Risks to the Nonprofit
- How to Ensure Sustainability of Nonprofit, Programs, People and Money
- How to Regularly Measure Overall Health of the Nonprofit
- How to Ensure Transparency and Accountability
Be sure to see the Table of Contents and Figures
and Index.
Our Other Useful Nonprofit Publications
Other Authors' Publications for Nonprofit Organizations
Our Nonprofit Board Development Services and
Training
Pricing for Each Board Guide
- Don't be the only expert Board
resource in your organization!
- Make sure all of your Board
members and your Chief Executive have this guide.
- $32.00 each. Revised July 2008,
296 pages (including sample Board policies and access to on-line
policies). 30-day, money-back guarantee.
Carefully Consider Getting Companion Guide
for Executive Directors, As Well
- The Executive Director often
is the person who first organizes the Board, and in many cases,
helps the Board to do its job.
- Therefore, carefully consider
getting the Field Guide to Leadership
and Supervision for Nonprofit Staff. Having both guides will
ensure that the Board and Executive Director are working "from
the same page".
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