Doing Good Better! How to Be An Effective Board Member of a Nonprofit Organization: Revised and Updated

Well-meaning individuals become board members but few are given adequate instructions about how to do their job well. Stoesz identifies failings common to many boards of nonprofit organizations that are often overlooked. covering the realities that often threaten the relationship between a nonprofit organization and its board, and suggests strategies for overcoming these common difficulties.

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, a guidebook for both board members of nonprofits, whether new to the task, or highly experienced.

Stoesz 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.”

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