- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: F. E. Robbins & Sons PR (December 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0966616812
- ISBN-13: 978-0966616811
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 299 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,230,120 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
Sitting in a board room are people with different points of view, different voices, and different styles, which is why Carol's colleages share their expertise, joys, and insights in this book. No attempt was made at uniformity other than spelling, grammar and punctuation.
The purpose of this book is to give board member some tools and advice on how to do well. This book is not a book of best practices, but rather, like a board, the opinion of many different folks.
Carol has two unique talents. The most unusual is her uncanny ability to get upgrades on airplanes. The other is recruiting marvelous people to get involved in exciting projects.
This book will help you share your unique talents so as to achoeve the mission of a group you care about.
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4.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
This book doesn't mess around--it's in the trenches with you, Aug 30 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Secrets of Successful Boards: The Best from the Non-Profit Pros (Paperback)
I have a bookshelf of tomes on board management. Each is valuable, in its own way.But if I wanted to help a busy colleague manage a board more effectively, I'd hand him or her Secrets of Successful Boards. It's got just about everything a person needs to get the job done, and it's a fairly fast read.
Carol Weisman has assembled an impressive collection of essays, each covering a different aspect of board management, each from a different expert.
This book doesn't mess around -- it gets right into the trenches with you. Do you want to run a more effective meeting? It's right there. Does your board lack passion? Find out how to build a passionate board. Concerned about legal liability? There's a chapter devoted just to legal issues.
Perhaps most surprising is a chapter on Internet strategies for nonprofit organizations. Though it seems to go outside the "box" of board management, the Internet has become a hot topic for boards and I applaud the editor for including it.
The chapters are as follows: Building a Board with a Passion for Mission (Carol E. Weisman); Fund Raising for Newcomers to Nonprofit Boards (Charles D. Brown Jr.); The Job of the Trustee (Katherina M. Rosqueta); Making Nonprofit Board Meetings Work - or Averting Nonprofit Board Meeting Meltdown! (David M. LaGreca); Mission-Based Strategic Planning: The Key to Your Organization's Survival (Terrie Temkin, Ph.D.); Structuring Your Board to Achieve Maximum Results, or Which Comes First the Chicken or the Egg? (Mike Schroeder); Legal Issues: Reducing Risks of Personal Liability (Donald W. Kramer); Building a Strong Board - Executive Director Relationship (Fern E. Koch); People Raising: A New Perspective on Volunteer Resources (Susan J. Ellis); and Internet Strategies for Nonprofit Organizations (Steve Epner).
4.0 out of 5 stars
Buy one for each of your board!, Mar 23 2012
By Wendy T. Markum "wendoll" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Secrets of Successful Boards: The Best from the Non-Profit Pros (Paperback)
I found this book and her fundraising book in a file cabinet in the office of my new job. I am kind of a reading addict, so I was excited to see how these would match up to some of my more "textbook oriented" resources. I was pleasantly surprised with both the content and ease of read. This book is highly recommended for board members and volunteer fundraisers! The only thing that kept me from 5 stars was that it could have provided a website with forms, since many reading this book might not know where to look.
1 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Illustrations, Feb 23 2000
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Secrets of Successful Boards: The Best from the Non-Profit Pros (Paperback)
I thought that the illustrations accompanying Carol's masterpiece were simply outstanding. The fluidity of the pen strokes is reminiscent of a younger Van Gogh. The avant garde humor on par with the comedy banter of Chris Rock. Overall, an exceptional book!
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