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Articles and book excerpts on this subject
- Avoiding the Pitfalls in Recruiting Board Members from The Secrets of Successful Boards
- Board Chair Responsible?, from Nonprofit Issues
- The Board Isn't Just a Board -- It's a Group! by Katherine Tyler Scott, Trustee Leadership Development
- Board Service by Young People from Your Guide to Youth Board Involvement and the Law
- Boards of All-Volunteer Organizations from Blue Avocado
- Boards vs. Managers - A Balancing Act, from The NonProfit Times e-newsletter, May 2008
- Build a Better Board in 30 Days from Build a Better Board in 30 Days
- Corporate Perspective of Serving on a Non-Profit Board, from Volunteer Vancouver
- Is Your Board Helping You or Hurting You? by Joanne Fritz
- Policy Governance© Defined, explanation of the John Carver approach to boards.
- A Volunteer Management Perspective on Boards of Directors, by Susan J. Ellis, The NonProfit Times (2008)
- Why the Board Should Consider Volunteer Issues from The Nonprofit Board's Role in Maximizing Volunteer Resources
- Work, Wisdom, Wealth & Wallop: Still the invincible standard for board excellence, by Jerold Panas
Free electronic books on this subject
All Hands On Board: the Board of Directors in All-Volunteer Organizations by Jan Masaoka, originally published by the National Center for Nonprofit Boards (19-pg. PDF)
Several free e-books on board topics from BoardSource, though some are members-only. Go to http://www.boardsource.org/Knowledge.asp?ID=2.
Web sites with information on this subject
Association
Xpertise Inc. (AXI) Resources
http://www.axi.ca/services/resources.htm
Wide variety of articles
on board and association management from this Canadian consulting
firm.
Board Cafe
http://www.boardcafe.org
Archive of past issues of this monthly e-newsletter for board
members from CompassPoint Nonprofit Services.
boardnetUSA
http://www.boardnetusa.org
A site "revolutionizing
the way nonprofit boards and new leaders find each other." Nonprofits
can post their board member vacancies and individuals interested
in board service can browse what might suit their interests.
BoardSource
http://www.boardsource.org
Major American source
for information about nonprofit boards of directors. Especially
see their "Essential
Questions" about board membership, the rest of their
Q&A
topics, and their 107-page compilation (PDF), A
Guide to the Literature on Governance: An Annotated Bibliography.
"Dynamic
Nonprofit Board" (PowerPoint presentation)
http://www.nassembly.org/nassembly/documents/Dynamic
_Nonprofit_Board.ppt#5
Free, downloadable presentation
in PowerPoint for teaching boardsmanship, from the Executive Leadership
Institute of the National Assembly of Health & Human
Service Organizations.
Ethics Q&A Archives – “Doing Good Right”
http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/archive/aeth.html
From CharityVillage NewsWeek (Canada), this archive of questions and answers to ethical questions by Jane Garthson focuses on sticky issues confronted by nonprofit boards.
Fieldstone Alliance - Free Resources
http://www.fieldstonealliance.org/client/tools.cfm
This
consulting, publishing, training, and research organization is focused on strong nonprofit performance. In this area of the site are articles and tools on various subjects, including boards, management and finance.
Free Complete
Toolkit for Boards
http://www.mapnp.org/library/boards/boards.htm
Comprehensive site compiled
by Carter McNamara, with many articles and links on specific board-related
topics.
Good Governance Guide
http://www.governancematters.org/index.cfm?section_id=1086
Governance Matters has developed this multi-section guide to help funders and nonprofit organizations in improving board performance.
Help 4 NonProfits
http://www.help4nonprofits.com/H4NP.htm
Library of articles
on boards and nonprofit management.
Adler
& Colvin
http://www.adlercolvin.com/resources/index.php
The "resources" area of this law firm's Web site offers a number of excellent articles on legal issues for nonprofit boards of directors.
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12/12/08
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