A practical guide for busy trustees. Great reminders for experienced board members and an easy orientation for new board members. It provides effective strategies for improving the effectiveness of a board. The board is geared to volunteer service boards but is useful to anyone serving as a board member.

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(pp. 7-8, from Preface)

…this is a little book to help conscientious board members and staff do a better job. All you need is a long coffee break or a short plane flight to get through the whole thing.

Having served on 21 boards and been president of seven as well as having worked with countless boards, I’ve learned from the best and the worst. My hope is that you can share in the joys and avoid the potholes.

Few boards will be able to implement all of the ideas in this book. Depending on the size, age, staffing, funding needs and mission of your organization, some ideas will make more sense than others.

There is no particular order as to when to do things. Implement what makes sense for you today.

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