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Doing good better! : how to be an effective board member of a nonprofit organization / Edgar Stoesz and Chester Raber.

Stoesz, Edgar. (Author). Raber, Chester. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1561480991
Physical Description: 150 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Publisher: Intercourse, PA : Good Books, [1994]
Copyright: ©1994

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-147) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction (p.3) -- Organizations : why are they needed? (p.5) -- Trustees : their roles and responsibilities (p.11) -- Governance : distributing the task (p.23) -- Leadership : showing the way (p.34) -- Meetings : gain or pain? (p.43) -- Minutes : more than a formality (p.53) -- The doctrine of completed staff work (p.56) -- Money : it makes the world go round (p.60) -- Information : the need to know (p.68) -- Consultants: helping boards to help themselves (p.75) -- Planning (p.80) -- Conflict : inevitable, and not necessarily bad (p.93) -- Legal dimensions : the risks involved in doing good (p.99) -- Renewal : preventing a premature death (p.111) -- Leaving right : signing off (p.116) -- Exhibits (p.121) -- Recommended readings (p.146) -- Index (p.148) -- About the authors (p.150).