Boards of Directors

and Working with Committees

Books on this topic

Articles and book excerpts on this topic:

• 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.
• 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 topic:

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 topic:

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.

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.

Non-Profit Nuts & Bolts
http://www.nutsbolts.com/np-articles.htm
Practical tips from the archive of a monthly printed newsletter, with articles on several topics in addition to board relations.

Silk, Adler & Colvin

http://www.silklaw.com/

Click to the "Articles and Publications" area of this law firm's Web site and you'll see a number of excellent articles on ethics, what corporate scandals may mean to nonprofits, and other legal issues for boards of directors.

 

Relevant Hot Topic Essays:

• Boards of Directors: Governing at a Distance? - Nov '07

 

For information on this topic specifically relating to the Australasian region please visit our friends at OzVPM:

http://www.ozvpm.com/resourcebank/resource_boards.htm

7/14/08

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