3rd Edition - Revised and Expanded (Includes Free CD, available by mail, of all the forms in the book) Does your organization have a better program for recruiting and training the janitor than recruiting and training its board members? This step-by-step manual will help you create a strong recruitment and orientation program, putting your board on the road to increased effectiveness. Whether your board needs minor tweaks or a major overhaul, you will find yourself coming back to this common sense guide again and again. This no-nonsense manual, with dozens of samples, checklists, forms and real life stories, will show you: How changing your recruiting mindset can ignite your recruitment efforts What qualities board members MUST have (they may not be what you think ) Where to find prospects and who should do the looking How to 'uninvite' a prospect when the fit isn't right How new board members can hit the ground running the moment they're appointed - and earlier Your organization's best recruiting tool How to get the most from folks who just aren't board material And more