You and Your Nonprofit Board: Advice and Practical Tips from the Field’s Top Practitioners, Researchers, and Provocateurs

by Terrie Temkin

Terrie Temkin guides a star-studded cast of collaborators in creating a board volume that delivers the wisdom of the nonprofit world's leading practitioners, researchers, and provocateurs. This easily-digestible book is a must for board directors and anyone who is interested in effective nonprofit leadership. The focused, short-essay format makes it easy for the reader to absorb the authors' thinking on a variety of some traditional—such as board member roles and responsibilities, recruitment, meeting management, and evaluation—and others not so much. For instance, you'll find articles on coaching for directors, the value of conversation, and several new structures for governance. YOU and Your Nonprofit Advice and Practical Tips from the Field’s Top Practitioners, Researchers, and Provocateurs is a book of how, not what. Eschewing a single perspective of governance, it is suggestive, not prescriptive. And it invites you to be part of the dialogue. It is the first governance book of its kind Whether you are new to the field or have been immersed in it for years, you will find new ideas to help you navigate today's fast-paced, information-saturated reality in which wise practice is rapidly evolving. About the Editor Terrie Temkin, PhD, is widely considered by her peers to be a preeminent thought leader in the field of governance. She is a founding principal of the international consulting firm CoreStrategies for Nonprofits Inc. and is a cocreator of the new governance framework, Community-Engagement Governance™, discussed in this book. A prolific writer, Terrie’s work can be found throughout the world in books, journals, blogs, and her popular column, “On Nonprofits.” Terrie also teaches nonprofit governance at Florida Atlantic University. About the CharityChannel Press In the Trenches™ Series You’ll know an In the Trenches book not just by its cover, but by the authors' fun, upbeat writing style. But don’t be fooled by its down-to-earth approach and ample use of sidebars. In the Trenches books are authoritative and cover what a beginner should know to get started and progress rapidly, and what a more experienced nonprofit-sector practitioner needs to move forward in the subject.

340 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2013

Reviews

[Gayle L. Gifford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gayle L. Gifford

This book is great. Just terrific new thinking about nonprofit boards and how to strengthen them. Terrie did an amazing job bringing together these important perspectives on boards.

Gayle



P.S. Full disclosure: I have a chapter in the book on the relationship between the CEO and the Board Chair.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is more than a book - it's like 46 separate journal articles or seminars in one package. No matter where your board falls in the maturity cycle, there will be something for you to learn now, and more for later as you keep this as a reference for future situations. Anyone who works at a nonprofit or serves on a nonprofit board should own this book. Thank you Terrie for putting it together!

[Janine Barzyk Ackerman · Rating 3 out of 5]

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