Joining a Nonprofit Board – What You Need to Know
Autor FW Epsteinen Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 mai 2011
Excerpted from Foreword"
"This book is a roadmap for the business person who wants to serve on a nonprofit board, and unwittingly assumes that the approaches that worked so well in the for-profit world can be seamlessly extrapolated to the nonprofit board room." --Roseanna H. Means, M.D., founder and president, Women of Means
"A must-read for all new and existing nonprofit board members. It is full of practical advice that will help improve the effectiveness of nonprofit board members and the organizations they serve." --Roger Servison, president emeritus, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and vice chairman, Boston Symphony Orchestra
"What a powerful tool now available for anyone involved with governance of America's nonprofit enterprises. The analysis is cogent and concise, amply supported by real-life examples." --George B. Beitzel, chairman emeritus, Amherst College, and chairman emeritus, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
"Joining a Nonprofit Board offers practical advice in complementing your business experience with the nuances of nonprofit governance, performance, and management in order to fully achieve the societal mission." --Jeffrey C. Thomson, president and CEO, Institute of Management Accountants
"This book will guide you through the differences between for-profit and nonprofit organizations (and boards). It will help you navigate through all the nuances in which nonprofit organizations actually operate on a day-to-day basis."--Elaine Ullian, former president, Boston Medical Center
"Joining a Nonprofit Board is a must-read. This book should be required reading and distributed at the opening board meeting." --Agnes C. Underwood, former head, Garrison Forest School and National Cathedral School; vice president/managing associate, Carney, Sandoe and Associates
"A Board needs a unifying and visionary objective--'It must be World Class.' This book successfully shows how to create a World Class Board." --W. Richard Bingham, former chairman, California Academy of Sciences
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780470931257
ISBN-10: 0470931256
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 161 x 234 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
ISBN-10: 0470931256
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 161 x 234 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
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Descriere
* This important guide helps orient new members who are serving (or have been asked to serve) on nonprofit boards. * Written from a business perspective, this book also helps nonprofit professionals understand where new board members are coming from and how they can best work with them.