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--November 2002 Selections--
Managing Change
Lessons Learned from Nonprofit Leaders
by
BoardSource
Every nonprofit organization
experiences a variety of changes such as a chief executive transition,
reorganization, an affiliation or merger, expansion, or rebranding.
Is your organization prepared to successfully navigate through these
changes? In Managing Change, leaders from a variety of nonprofit
organizations share their experiences in dealing with change and
offer real-life solutions that you can apply to your own organization.
You'll discover lessons learned regarding board composition, organizational
leadership, organizational structure, and critical turning points.
Each section offers an examination of key issues, illustrative case
studies and abstracts, and important action steps.
Order from
BoardSource
#304
68 pages.
2002.
Paperback
$27.00 -
Members
$36.00 - Non-members
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--August 2002 Selection--
Chief Executive Succession Planning:
The Board's Rule in Securing Your Organization's Future
by
Nancy
Axelrod
How ready are you
for a leadership transition? Discover why it is important for your
board to have a leadership transition plan whether or not you anticipate
an upcoming executive search. Learn how to devise an upcoming executive
search. Learn how to devise an ongoing chief executive succession
plan that is linked to the strategic planning, mission, and vision
of your organization. Help your board prepare for the future by
tying the needs of the organization into the chief executive job
description and chief executive evaluation.
Order from
BoardSource
#289
24 pages.
2002.
Paperback
$39.00 -
Members
$52.00 - Non-members
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--June 2002 Selection--
Unlocking Profit Potential
by
BoardSource
A nonprofit should be in good shape
before experimenting with social entrepreneurship. This booklet
will do the following three things:
- Educate Board Directors about
the concepts of social entrepreneurship and the options that are
available.
- Inform Board Directors about
the key issues of which they should be aware in order to make
decisions regarding social entrepreneurship.
- Give Board Directors direction
on how they can be involved in social entrepreneurship.
This booklet also provides Boards
with descriptions of alternate ways in which nonprofits can raise
revenues, case studies of nonprofit organizations that have experienced
success with various business ventures, guidelines on determining
the best business venture for the organization and getting it started,
and steps for preparation and implementation of revenue strategies.
Order from
BoardSource
64 pages.
2002.
Paperback
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--March 2002 Selection--
"Nonprofit
Board Answer Book"
Practical Guidelines for Board Members and Chief Executives
by
Robert
C. Andringa and Ted W. Engstrom
BoardSource
has created the next best thing to sitting down face to face with
thousands of board members and chief executives! Our newly revised
and expanded edition of the best-selling Nonprofit Board Answer
Book is organized in an easy-to-follow question and answer format
and covers almost every situation you're likely to encounter in
nonprofit board governance.
This
completely revised edition includes 25 brand new chapters building
on the phenomenal success of the first edition. It offers comprehensive
coverage of the nuts and bolts you need to build a quality board.
Learn more about:
- Structuring
a board for success.
- Selecting
and developing quality board members.
- Building
strong board-staff relationships.
- Nurturing
strategic alliances with other organizations.
Also
included are action steps, real-life examples, and worksheets.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
300 pages.
2001.
Cost:
$29.95 NCNB members
$39.95 non-NCNB members
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--January 2002 Selection--
Leaving
Nothing to Chance
by
Melanie Herman and Leslie White
Risk management plays a fundamental
role in nonprofit governance. It involves identifying risks and
establishing a response to unfortunate events. Melanie Herman and
Leslie White from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center present 10
steps for exercising Board accountability and risk management.
Leaving Nothing to Chance includes
helpful checklists, facts about directors' and officers' insurance,
and important information about volunteer liability.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
34 pages.
1998.
(#178)
Cost:
$12.00 NCNB members
$16.00 non-NCNB members
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--December 2001 Selection--
Developing
an Ethics Program:
A Case Study for Nonprofit Organizations
by
Charles E.M. Kolb
Today's nonprofits operate in an
era of accountability. When a nonprofit's reputation is damaged,
it's not easy to recover the public's trust. Framed by the United
Way of America scandal of the early 1990s. Charles Kolb, former
general counsel for the United Way of America, discusses the process
that the organization undertook in creating its ethics program and
describes how to develop, implement, evaluate, and revise a code
of ethics for a nonprofit of any size.
In Developing an Ethics Program,
board members will learn how having an ethics program can help
clarify and communicate the organization's values to staff, board,
funders, and the general public. Learn the importance of having
organization-wide acceptance of the code in order for it to be effective.
Also included is the full text of
the United Way of America code of ethics and a discussion of various
ethics code provisions.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
24 pages.
1999.
(#190)
Cost:
$12.00 NCNB members
$16.00 non-NCNB members
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--November 2001 Selection--
The
Board-Savvy CEO
by
Douglas C. Eadie
Today's chief executives need skills
that go well beyond the basic executive management competencies.
They need to develop a sophisticated understanding of governance
and a firm grasp of the process of helping a board to produce high-impact
leadership. The Board-Savvy CEO will help chief executives
work with the Board in leading innovation and change. Author Douglas
C. Eadie provides directives for all chief executives who are looking
to strengthen their bond with the Board.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
36 pages.
2001.
(#263)
Cost:
$15.00 NCNB members
$19.95 non-NCNB members
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--October 2001 Selection--
Transforming
Board Structure:
Strategies for Committees and Task forces
by
Marla J. Bobowick, Sandra R. Hughes, and Berit M. Lakey
In
Transforming Board Structure NCNB's
top governance consultants provide a fresh look at committees and
illustrate how Boards can use work groups to streamline the work
of the full Board. Discover the importance of reducing the number
of standing committees and relying more on ad hoc groups and task
forces to accomplish tasks on an as-needed basis.
The booklet covers:
- Who
should be on committees and task forces.
- Job
descriptions and characteristics of standing committees and task
forces.
- Recruiting
outside the organization for some committee members.
- Determining
the appropriate substructure for your Board.
- Ensuring
your committees are working as effectively as possible.
- Also
included is a diskette with job descriptions and sample committee
tools.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
40 pages,
includes diskette. 2001. (#274)
Cost:
$27.00 NCNB members
$36.00 non-NCNB members
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--September 2001
Selection--
Managing
Conflicts of Interest:
Practical Guidelines for Nonprofit Boards
by
Daniel Kurtz
For
most nonprofit boards, the likelihood for a conflict of interest
is often common. Recognizing and managing conflicts when they arise
can be pivotal to an organization's success. In Managing
Conflicts of Interest, Daniel Kurtz revises his best-selling
booklet How to Manage Conflicts of Interest: A guide for Nonprofit
Boards, providing a more practical approach to dealing with
conflicts of interest.
This
booklet presents a step-by-step approach to managing conflicts of
interest, beginning with the adoption of a thoughtful conflict-of-interest
policy, to promoting a culture of disclosure in the organization,
to suggestions for avoiding conflicts before they arise. Board members
will also learn about new intermediate sanctions regulations and
how organizations can avoid penalties from the IRS. Also included
are case studies that illustrate some of the most common conflict-of-interest
dilemmas along with suggestions for addressing that conflict.
Managing
Conflicts of Interest also
provides definitions to some common legal terms such as private
inurement and self-dealing. A helpful diskette includes samples
of conflict-of-interest policies and disclosure statements.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
20 pages,
includes diskette. 2001. (#269)
Cost:
$19.50 NCNB members
$26.00 non-NCNB members
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--August 2001 Selection--
Secrets
of Successful Fundraising:
The Best From the Nonprofit Pros
by
Carol Weisman
In
Secrets of Successful Fundraising,
experts with years of experience raising money for nonprofit causes
share their secrets and suggestions for developing a fundraising
strategy guaranteed to yield results. You'll explore methods of
getting comfortable with fundraising, options available to fund-raisers,
and insights into the growing influence of cause-related marketing,
Internet fundraising, and social entrepreneurship.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
352 pages.
2000. (#232)
Cost:
$22.50 NCNB members
$29.95 non-NCNB members
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--July 2001 Selections--
Nonprofit
Governance:
Steering Your Organization with Authority and Accountability
by
Berit M. Lakey
Take
an innovative look at governance and discover the ways that boards
and board members can add value to the organizations they serve.
Nonprofit Governance: Steering Your Organization
with Authority and Accountability defines the difference
between policy making and management and outlines how nonprofit
boards:
- Set
direction
- Ensure
the necessary resources
- Provide
oversight
Also
included are role and responsibilities of the individual board members,
discussion questions, and a board responsibility checklist.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
43 pages.
2000. (#242)
Cost:
$12.00 NCNB members
$16.00 non-NCNB members
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ALL
Hands on Board:
The Board of Directors in an All-Volunteer Organization
by
Jan Masaoka
In
organizations without paid staff, such as neighborhood associations,
youth soccer leagues, or garden clubs, the volunteers both govern
the organization and do the hands-on work. All
Hands on Board, co-published with the CompassPoint Nonprofit
Services, describes the 10 jobs common to boards of all volunteer
organizations. Written for a grassroots audience, this booklet discusses
basic legal and fiduciary responsibilities, management and leadership,
and collective and individual duties.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
24pages.
1999. (#197)
Cost:
$6.00 NCNB members
$8.00 non-NCNB members
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--June 2001 Selections--
Board
Self-Assessment Guide
by Joshua Mintz,
Denise Cavanaugh
and Jane Pierson
NCNB's new guide, Self-Assessment
for Foundation Boards, by Joshua Mintz, Denise Cavanaugh and Jane
Pierson, offers new thinking on ways to better address governance
responsibilities and challenges specific to foundations. The guide
is 65 pages long and includes a 26-page questionnaire. It is available
as part of the Foundation Self-Assessment Kit, which includes the
guide and 15 questionnaires.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
65 pages
plus a 26-page questionaire (order #234)
Cost:
$179.00 NCNB members
$239.00 non-NCNB members
Each additional
questionnaire (order #239)
Cost:
$8.50 NCNB members
$11.50 non-NCNB members
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The
IRS Form 990: A window Into Nonprofits
by
Andrew S. Lang
It is important to know the message your organization's Form 990
conveys to the public. As more organization's post their 990s on
the Internet, important organizational information is accessible
to members, funders, the media, and the public. Ensure that your
board is sending out the right message with The IRS Form 990: A
Widow Into Nonprofits.
This booklet describes the Form 990 and its purposes, and includes
a step-by-step guide through each part of the form. Also included
is a discussion of the filing requirements and disclosure rules.
Author Andrew S. Lang points to the sensitive areas that the board
should pay particular attention to before submitting. Topic highlighted
include:
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Explanation of the Form 990, the purposes of the form, and who
must file it.
- Issues
of public disclosure and who could be looking at your organization's
990 and why.
- Tips
for ensuring that the information reported is shedding the most
favorable light on the organization.
- Breakdown
of each part of the form and highlights of the information required,
the potential problems in completing each section, and the potential
opportunities to educate the public.
Also
included is a guide to Schedule A, the attachment that all 501 (c)(3)
organizations must complete.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
32 Pages.
2001. (#261)
Cost:
$12.00 NCNB members
$16.00 non-NCNB members
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--May 2001 Selection--
To
Go Forward, Retreat!
The Board Retreat Handbook
by
Sandra Hughes
Whether
your board is bringing on new members, starting a strategic planning
process, or conducting a self-assessment, a board retreat is perhaps
the best place to address head-on some of the challenging issues
facing your board and organization. In To Go Forward, Retreat!,
author and noted NCNB senior consultant, Sandra Hughes, distills
lessons learned from her more than 20 years leading retreats and
consulting with nonprofits. Discover the importance of gaining
full commitment from the board's leadership, selecting an outside
facilitator, and setting clear and realistic goals. This handbook
provides the do's and don'ts of a successful retreat planning
process, including tips on:
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Icebreakers, seating arrangements, and alternative meeting spaces
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Involving staff, guests, and spouses
- Getting
input from participants in the pre-planning process
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Using humor and joy to bring the group together
Also
included is a helpful board retreat checklist and pre-retreat
questionnaires to help with the planning process.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
37 pages. 1999. (#196)
Cost:
$22.50 NCNB members
$30.00 non-NCNB members
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--April
2001 Selection--
The
Board Meeting Resource Kit
20 Ideas for Jumpstarting Your Board Meetings
Board
meetings are the essence of nonprofit board work. It is important
that the time spent in these meetings is significant to both the
board and the organization.
For the meetings to be truly productive, the entire board must
agree upon board meeting rules and procedures.
The Board Meeting Rescue Kit contains a variety of proven
ways to increase the productivity and efficiency of your board
meetings. The ideas in the booklet will inspire your board on
new ways to liven up discussions, streamline board procedures,
increase effectiveness, and save valuable time.
Learn
how your board can:
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Establish ground rules
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Clearly define desired outcomes of the meeting
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Focus on decision-making
- Reinforce
the organization's mission
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Encourage relationship building
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
28 pages. 2001.
(#252)
Cost:
$9.00 NCNB members
$12.00 non-NCNB members
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-- March 2001 Selection
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Maximize
the Effectiveness of Your Next Financial Audit
by
Andrew
S. Lang
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards and the American Society
of Association Executives (ASAE) today released Checks and Balances:
The Board Member's Guide to Nonprofit Financial Audits
to help board members oversee their organization's financial performance.
Written by Andrew S. Lang, CPA, this concise publication examines
ways in which nonprofit organizations of all sizes can maximize
the effectiveness of a financial audit.
"The
financial audit plays a critical role in validating the stability
and integrity of all nonprofit organizations," says Judith O'Connor,
president and CEO of NCNB. "An audit provides the board of directors
with an external perspective of the organization's financial performance,
as well as suggests ways to strengthen financial processes and
safeguards."
"Checks
and Balances: The Board Member's Guide to Nonprofit Financial
Audits provides essential information to assist board members
with oversight of their organizations' financial performance,"
said Michael S. Olson, CAE, president & CEO, ASAE. "By strengthening
financial safeguards, the industry as a whole gains credibility."
Highlights
of the book are:
- The
goals of an audit and why an audit is important
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The audit process and what the audit will tell you
- How
to choose an auditor
- Alternative
types of audits, including the A-133, fraud, operational, and
tax audits
Andrew
S. Lang, CPA, is president and CEO of the Lang Group, Chartered,
a 52-year-old consulting and certified public accounting firm
in Bethesda, Maryland, that specializes in nonprofit organizations.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
Cost:
$12.00 NCNB members
$16.00 non-NCNB members
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Speaking
of Money: A Guide to Fund-Raising for
Nonprofit Board Members
By
Hugh Downs
ABC News journalist Hugh Downs walks viewers through a series
of candid interviews in which real board members explain:
- Why
fund-raising is an essential Board responsibility
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How board members work in partnership with staff
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Why each board member should make a personal contribution
Equally
suitable for use at board orientation sessions, development committee
meetings, or board retreats, Speaking of Money is a thoughtful
and humorous look at critical board responsibility.
Helpful
User's Guide
Written by Kay Sprinkel Grace, the user's guide reinforces the
video's principal points with discussion material and dialogue-generating
questions.
Hosted
by Hugh Downs. 30-minute video, plus 20-page user's guide. 1996.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
Cost:
$46.50 NCNB members
$62.00 non-NCNB members
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-- February 2001
Selection --
The
Board's Role in Strategic Planning
by
Kay
Sprinkle Grace
This
best-selling booklet explains the importance of strategic planning
and why board involvement is essential. Discusses types of planning,
defines key planning terms, and outlines a sample process. Emphasizes
the importance of ongoing monitoring, evaluation, and revision
once the plan is in place. A valuable primer for board members
and executives who are beginning a planning process - and a perfect
companion to the video, Blueprint for Success.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
24 pages. 2000. (#206)
Cost:
$9.00 NCNB members
$12.00 non-NCNB members
Cost:
$9.00 NCNB members
$12.00 non-NCNB members
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-- January 2001 Selection
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Keeping
the Peace
Resolving
Conflict in the Boardroom
by
Marion Peters Angelica
Whenever human beings interact,
especially those with differing ideas, backgrounds, personalities,
values, and interests, conflicts are bound to arise. In nonprofit
organizations, conflicts can occur among staff, between staff
and board, or within the board itself. Often board members are
left grappling with the most constructive way to appease everyone
involved in the conflict while coming to a mutually agreeable
solution.
This booklet, co-published by
the Amherst Wilder Foundation, provides a thorough explanation
of the types of conflict, the reasons conflicts can arise, and
approaches that can most effectively resolve them. Designed for
chief executives and board chairs, or other board or staff members
who are involved in managing conflicts, Keeping the Peace provides
a step-by-step guide to resolve conflict to ensure that everyone
is treated fairly and a feasible solution is reached.
Keeping the Peace includes
discussions about:
- Conflict structure --
how recognizing the type of conflict can help in the design
of appropriate conflict resolution strategies.
- Identifying conflicts --
how to watch for signs of conflict, changes in communication,
recurring tensions, and other patterns
- Analyzing conflicts --
how to use analytical abilities, managerial judgment, and creative
thinking to determine how to proceed with conflict resolution
- Balancing Power -- how
to recognize the different types of power and identify a conflict
manager that can effectively represent disparate positions
- Conducting the process --
how to bring all parties together to listen, generate solutions,
and resolve the conflicts
Every organization should be
prepared to handle conflict when it arises. This booklet is a
reliable primer on conflict resolution that can help diffuse difficult
situations.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
44 pages. 2000. (#248)
Cost:
$22.50 NCNB members
$30.00 non-NCNB members
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-- December 2000
selection --
The
Policy Sampler
by
Kathleen Fletcher
A
Resource for Nonprofit Boards In addition to steering the nonprofit
organization, nonprofit boards are also responsible for setting
policies that govern their own actions. This new resource from
NCNB provides nonprofit leaders with more than 70 sample board
policies and job descriptions collected from a wide variety of
nonprofits.
The
user's guide, written by Kathleen Fletcher, provides a basic overview
for each policy. The diskette expands and enhances the information
in the user's guide. It contains a full selection of sample policies
and job descriptions that can be easily customized to suit your
organization.
Some
of the sample policies included are: anti-discrimination, capital
expenditures, confidentiality, conflict of interest, expense reimbursement,
grievance, indemnification, investments, nepotism, sexual harassment,
and many more!
Also
included are sample conflict-of-interest disclosure statements,
a board member contributions form, and a board member contract
for board members to fill out and sign.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
The
PC-formatted diskette comes with both Microsoft Word
and generic text files. Policies diskette by NCNB.
52
pages. 2000. (#226)
Cost:
$39.00 NCNB members
$52.00 non-NCNB members
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November 2000 Selection --
Measuring
Board Effectiveness
by
Thomas P. Holland and Myra Blackmoon.
Authors Thomas P. Holland and
Myra Blackmoon have enhanced and updated the popular booklet,
How to build a more Effective Board, to include a full
board self-evaluation questionnaire based on six characteristics
of effective boards.
Building on the ground-breaking
research that led to the Harvard Business Review article
"The New Work of the Nonprofit Board" by Richard Chait,
Thomas Holland, and Barbara Taylor, board memberswill learn methods
of examining and improving board performance and incorporating
ongoing board education into regular board business. The booklet
also includes information on retreat planning and building group
cohesion.
Based on years of research, Measuring
Board Effectiveness includes a full questionnaire, instructions
for scoring and interparting the evaluation, and the compiled
results from more than 250 nonrpofit organizations around the
country who have measured effectiveness using this tool.
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
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By
phone: 800-883-6262
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By
fax: 202-452-6299
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Kit includes
booklet plus five effectiveness evaluation questionnaires.
36
pages, includes 5, 16 page questionnaires, Revised
2000. (#241)
Cost:
$46.50 NCNB members
$62.00 non-NCNB members
Extra 16-page questionnaires
in sets of 5 (#246)
$7.50 NCNB members
$10.00 non-NCNB members
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-- October 2000 Selection --
The
Board Building Cycle:
Nine Steps to Finding, Recruiting, and Engaging
Nonprofit Board Members
by
Sandra R. Hughes, Berit M. Lakey, and Marla J. Bobowick
One of the most important responsibilities of a board is to ensure
that it continuously adds qualified new members and keeps them engaged.
Board building shouldn't just happen when it's time to fill a vacancy,
but should be a continuous process that includes year-round activities.
The Board Building Cycle features nine-steps to help your
board perfect the board development process including:
- Identifying,
cultivating, and recruiting prospective board members
- Orienting
new board members
- Encouraging
board members to get involved
- Educating
the board about the organization's work and context
- Rotating
out board members to make room for new skills
- Engaging
the board in a self-assessment
Order from
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards:
Included with The
Board Building Cycle is a useful diskette (Microsoft
Word and generic text files), containing worksheets
and forms.
52
pages. 2000. Includes diskette. (#230)
Cost:
$27.00 NCNB members
$36.00 non-NCNB members
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