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What Every Board Member Needs to Know, Do, and Avoid: A 1-Hour Guide

What Every Board Member Needs to Know, Do, and Avoid: A 1-Hour Guide


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Andy Robinson is one of America's preeminent authorities on boards, having spent two decades steering, advising, and coaxing hundreds of organizations of all stripes and sizes. He has guided these boards in virtually every facet of governance, including fundraising, board development, financial oversight, recruitment, strategic planning, and marketing. He has distilled this wealth of experience into a focused book that will help any board govern up to its potential. What Every Board Member Needs to Know, Do, and Avoid takes just an hour to read. But in that brief span of time, your board members will develop a sure-handed grip and a workable understanding of each of their important responsibilities. First published by Emerson & Church this revised edition reflects a change of publisher to Civil Sector Press. Table of Contents 1. Your Best Board 2. The Evolving Board: How Governance Changes As Organizations Change 3. Board and Staff: The Separation of Powers 4. "Why Did They Ask Me?" 5. "Can I See a Job Description?" 6. Reciprocal Board Agreements: What You Give, What You Receive in Return 7. The Gift of Time: How Much Is Enough? 8. Designing Your Best Board 9. Where Do Board Members Come From? 10. "How do we ask them to join our board?" 11. Board Renewal: Good Work That Never Ends 12. Five Options for Board Orientation 13. Ensuring Future Leadership: Succession Planning 14. Encouraging Turnover: The Value of Term Limits 15. How to Create a Great Agenda (and Then Cancel the Meeting) 16. Building Consensus 17. Deliberation vs. Action 18. Committees: Don't Overdo It 19. Financial Oversight 101: What Every Board Member Should Know 20. You, The Ambassador 21. Give Generously-People Are Paying Attention 22. Why Board Members Can't (Or Won't) Raise Money 23. One Solution: The Board Fundraising Menu 24. Board Fundraising Agreements 25. How to Fix It: Poor Attendance at Meetings 26. How to Fix It: Poor Follow-Through On Commitments 27. How to Fix It: Micro-Management and Confusion about Roles 28. How To Fix It: Personal Agendas and Conflicts of Interest 29. How to Fix It: Inactive Board Members Who Really Need to Leave 30. Evaluate Your Board, Evaluate Yourself 31. If It's Not Fun, It's Not Worth It


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781927375938
  • Publisher: Emerson & Church
  • Publisher Imprint: Emerson & Church
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 122
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A 1-Hour Guide
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1927375932
  • Publisher Date: 18 Nov 2022
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 7 mm
  • Weight: 240 gr


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