Board Management

[Tool]

Board Boot Camp

Does your board understand and embrace their role as fundraisers for your organization? If not, check out our board boot camp, an intense four-hour session to help board members understand what makes a development program successful, what their role is in fundraising, and how to develop a network of support for your organization.    Read more


[Recommended Book]

Boardroom Verities

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By Jerry Panas
Every board member must read this book — skip refreshments at your board meeting: give them a chapter of this book a month to chew on!

Publisher's Description:

This book presents eighty time-tested truths that govern board membership. They appear in a series of brief chapters, based on interviews with over 100 men and women who are trustees. Some of these Directors are famous names you will quickly recognize. Others are average men and women, much like the fifteen million across the country who serve on the boards of organizations just like yours.  Read more


[Workshop]

Building a Fundraising Board [1.5 CFRE Credits]

September 1, 2010
Sponsored by: Pennnsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations
Webinar
Presenter: Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE

Does your board refuse to accept their fundraising responsibility? Are they willing but not educated/trained in fundraising? Does the board lack enthusiasm for fundraising? Have you wondered if it is time for an extreme makeover of your board?

If so, this class is for you. In this session, we will discuss the role the board plays on the development team; how to involve them in the fundraising process; how to assure that they will enthusiastically get involved with the fundraising efforts of your organization.   Read more


[Recommended Book]

Care and Feeding of a Non-Profit Board: So You "Wanna" Be a Board Member!

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By Willi Baer
Publisher's Description:  

If you have ever served on a non-profit board of directors or would like to do so, this book is for you. The author takes you through the recruitment and board development process, orientation, training, hiring, stewardship and evaluation of the Executive Director, termination (when necessary), setting policy, strategic planning, and self-evaluation as well as dealing with the difficult board member. Knowing when to step down is equally important and is also addressed here. Do yourself and your colleagues a favor and don't put it down until you've finished.  Read more


[Recommended Book]

Fundraising Habits of Supremely Successful Boards: A 59-Minute Guide to Ensuring Your Organization's Future

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By Jerry Panas
Panas knows how to work with boards and how to motivate them to be successful.

Publisher's Description:

"A large part of virtue consists in good habits," said William Paley.

In his book, The Fundraising Habits of Supremely Successful Boards, Jerold Panas would rephrase that a tad: A large part of an organization’s success depends on its board’s willingness to cultivate certain behaviors.

Over the course of a storied career, Panas has worked with literally thousands of boards, from those governing the toniest of prep schools to those spearheading the local Y. He has counseled floundering groups; he has been the wind beneath the wings of boards whose organizations have soared.  Read more


[Recommended Book]

Governing Boards: Their Nature and Nurture

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By Cyril Houle
One of the best basic books about how boards are structured and how they operate.

Publisher's Description:

Must reading for nonprofit board members and chief executives, Governing Boards is both a comprehensive introduction and sophisticated manual on board organization, procedures, leadership, accountability, and legal concerns.  Read more


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