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Field Guide to Developing, Operating and Restoring Your Nonprofit Board Paperback – January 1, 2008

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There are already plenty of publications about nonprofit Baords. Some publications provide basic, introductory overviews of Boards. There are many with practical tips on one certain Board practice, for example, how to staff a Board. Some contain reflective and even inspirational discussion about the type of governance needed for the 21st century. If you boiled down the information in these publications to the most practical suggestions and then added a lot of other useful material, including how to fix a broken Board, you would end up with our Field Guide. It includes 20 sample Board policies that can be downloaded and many guidelines for governing nonprofits effectively. This book was formerly titled "Field Guide to Developing and Operating Your Nonprofit Board of Directors".

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January 1, 2008
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1933719052
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Authenticity Consulting, LLC; 3rd Edition (January 1, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 296 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1933719052
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1933719054
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2 pounds

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Lynn P.

Great Resource

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2010

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The Field Guide to Developing, Operating and Restoring your Nonprofit Board is very informative and is a great resource is your are involved with any organization. It will aid in helping an already existing organization with a board improve and become stronger, or aid in developing a board properly. It is not difficult and well worth the cost.

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Maribel A.

Excellent guide. Was not expecting such a practical and concise one!

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2012

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This Field Guide to Developing , Operating and Restoring your Nonprofit Board honors its name to the fullest. As a Chair of our Board, with minimal experience in this field, I am - in the present tense- taught and guided through establishing a great governing foundation for our organization in a no non-sense and practical way. Two thumbs up for Dr. Carter Mc Namara. It is a "Must Purchase".

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Verastine Wardlaw

This book answered questions I didn't realize I needed to ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2017

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This book answered questions I didn't realize I needed to ask as well as providing answers I was looking for.

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P. Scott

Incredibly comprehensive, yet clear

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2013

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As a member of a nonprofit board of trustees I am using this book to develop our board. I cannot speak highly enough about how comprehensive and yet how simple the book is. I am very grateful to have it as a resource and highly recommend it to anyone who serves on a nonprofit board.

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Tom Spudic

Excellent, practical and very positive in tone, even when dealing with board conflict. Very well presented.

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2015

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Excellent, practical and very positive in tone, even when dealing with board conflict. Very well presented.

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Great book

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2011

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Very helpful. I was able to see we are a sleeper board and now know how to possibly go about changing it for the better.

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J Garland McLellan

Practical and clear

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2011

I foolishly believed a field guide would fit comfortably in my pocket; this book is huge. It is also hugely useful and well worth the effort of picking up. There is a reason it is now in its third edition and I suspect that is because it gets sold out.

The key attribute of this book is that it retains the plain English, no nonsense style, that characterises Carter's writing. He makes his point, supports it, gives some further ideas and moves on to the next point. His matter of fact approach to topic headings such as (I kid you not) `How to quickly replace your CEO' is practical and refreshing. If you want to do there is probably a good description of a reasonably successful method somewhere in this book.

There are really three books here. The first is a step by step guide that will help anyone establishing a not-for-profit organisation to get it created, registered and soundly governed by a well disciplined skills based board. There are sample policies, job descriptions, agendas, and other `goodies'. Better yet; if you are too lazy to type up your own plagiarised version the book is backed by a website where you can download up to date copies of each sample in word format.

The second book is a pleasant but not Pollyanna-ish look at a wide range of board activities, including oversight of fundraising, hiring and firing a CEO, board and meeting evaluations, aligning with community interests, and even setting up a solid suite of committees to do the detail work. Like a few not-for-profit specialists Carter lists the audit committee as ad hoc but suggests a finance committee as a standing committee with many of the functions that I would expect an audit committee to fulfil. Taken in its entirety this book would probably give you a well functioning board: Taken piece-meal you will need to check the cross references to make sure you don't duplicate or omit anything.

The final book lists some common signs of a board that is headed for problems and gives clear advice on how to turn it around. The section on how to manage interpersonal conflicts is succinct, practical and unemotional. If you can get persons A and B (no hypothetical names or case studies here - just authoritative clear advice) to do their bit you will definitely make progress. If you can't even get them to do that there is a nice section on reaching workable decisions in the face of conflict.

The inner trilogy comes full circle with a discussion of `Founder's Syndrome'; salutary reading for prospective founders (possibly this should be before the beginning; it would avoid a lot of grief if founders could become inspired by the vision of the organisation carrying on without them). Then there is a treasure trove of appendices. I literally couldn't put it down. This is a book I shall return to often when I need common sense in a nonsensical board situation.

The book is not a substitute for proper legal advice but, as its name suggests, a worthy part of your survival equipment before you venture into the field of not-for-profit governance. Far from detracting from the utility the lack of legal references gives the book a readability and practicality that will make useful around the world.

* Julie Garland McLellan is a professional non-executive director, board and governance consultant and mentor. She is the author of "Presenting to Boards", "Dilemmas, Dilemmas: practical case studies for company directors', "The Director's Dilemma", "All Above Board: Great Governance for the Government Sector" and numerous articles on corporate strategy and governance.

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