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Resources for Non-Profits & Boards
The Three Hats of a Board Member
Annual Nominating and Board Development Committee Calendar
Board Demographics and Expertise Tracking for Nominating Committees
Board Monitoring of the Agency Fiscal Position
Improving Board Effectiveness: Board Self-Assessment Survey
19 Suggestions for Board Chairs and Chief Executives
Chief Executive Performance Review Process
The Partnership of the Board Chair and the Chief Executive
Internet Links to Board Governance Resources
CompassPoint Non-profit Services makes the renowned Board Café papers available free of charge. These are brief, to-the-point, research-based better practices and tips about all aspects of non-profit boards and their work. If you only have time to look in one place, go to: http://www.compasspoint.org/boardcafe/archives.php. CompassPoint also sells books on some of the same topics.
BlueAvocado overlaps somewhat with CompassPoint Non-profit Services. It is concise and easy to navigate; www.blueavocado.org.
BoardSource is devoted solely to improving non-profit boards. It is an excellent source of books about better practices: www.boardsource.org/
Minnesota Council of Non-profits is an excellent general-purpose source of info about understanding the role of non-profit boards and improving their effectiveness: http://www.mncn.org/info_principles.htm
ManagementHelp is comprehensive and easy to navigate, but is not exclusively about non-profit management: www.managementhelp.org.
Four Best Books for Nonprofit Board Members:
- Governing Boards: their Nature and Nurture, the classic by Cyril O. Houle that says it all. $30.00 at amazon.com
- Improving the Performance of Governing Boards, by Richard Chait, Tom Holland, and Barbara Taylor. $47.95 at amazon.com
- All Hands on Board: The Board in All-Volunteer Organizations, by Jan Masaoka, a booklet available from www.compasspoint.org/bookstore for $10 plus shipping and handling.
- Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations, 2nd Edition
by Michael Allison and Jude Kaye, available from www.compasspoint.org/bookstore for $39.95 plus shipping and handling.

