Doing Good Better

How to be an Effective Board Member of a Nonprofit Organization

Edgar Stoesz

• Publisher: Good Books
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9781561488247
• eBook ISBN:
  9781680990843
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Digital Marketing
• Index: Business

This trusted handbook for nonprofit board service is newly revised and includes new case studies and even more tips and ideas from the trenches of nonprofit board work. Doing Good Better is approachable wisdom. Edgar Stoesz has made Doing Good Better a guidebook for both board members of nonprofits, whether new to the task, or highly experienced.First, Stoesz identifies two failings common to many boards of nonprofit organizations that are often overlooked: 1. A board's governance role is very different from the role of management. "Making this distinction requires a reorientation for most board member, because in their day jobs, they are managers or employees."
2. Boards often fail at two matters: a.) preparation of their members, and b.) regular evaluations of their own effectiveness and focus.In short, pointedly-written chapters, Stoesz covers: Helping Directors Understand Their Governance Role
A Plan to Fulfill the Purpose
Reporting Back to the Members
Planning Effective Meetings
Great Boards Have a Good Fight (occasionally)
Working Your Way Through a Crisis
Great Boards Celebrate
Leaving RightStoesz deftly interweaves background philosophy, vision, and razor-sharp specific ideas. "Discussion/Action Questions" conclude many of the chapters. In addition, Stoesz offers a "Board Evaluation Form, " a "Director's Self-Evaluation Form, " and an outline for the "Executive Director Annual Review."

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Preface to the Revised and Updated Edition
• 1. Organizational Greatness Begins with Great People
• 2. Helping Directors Understand Their Governance Role
• 3. Defining the Purpose—Duty #1
• 4. Planning to Fulfill the Purpose—Duty #2
• 5. Fulfilling the Purpose Through Delegation—Duty #3
• 6. Resourcing the Plan—Duty #4
• 7. Monitoring and Evaluating Performance—Duty #5
• 8. Serving the Membership—Duty #6
• 9. Better Meetings
• 10. Consent to Dissent
• 11. Governing Through Policies
• 12. Boardroom Behavior
• 13. The Role of the Chairperson
• 14. The Minute Record
• 15. The Board Role in Fundraising
• 16. Board Committees—Getting More with Less
• 17. Budget—A Necessary Management Tool
• 18. Helping Directors Become Great Leaders
• 19. Smelling Salts for Troubled Organizations
• 20. Spirituality in the Boardroom—Beyond Seeing
• 21. Under the Shadow of Litigation
• 22. Lighten Up—A Place for Humor and Celebration
• 23. Ending Well
• Afterword
• Exhibits
• About the Author
• Back