Welcome to the Board: Your Guide to Effective Participation

by Fisher Howe

Book Overview

In easy-to-understand language, Howe answers the most common questions and concerns of prospective board members, and details their rights, obligations, and liabilities. Drawing on a lifetime of experience on nonprofit boards, Howe details the seven key responsibilities of a nonprofit board member--including how to go about the process of approving the mission, long-range planning, fundraising, and selecting and evaluating a chief executive. Additionally, Howe explores the leadership role each board member must assume if their organization is to excel.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787900893
• ISBN13: 9780787900892
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The Definitive Work

Fisher Howe has written a terrific introduction and orientation to nonprofit board membership. I was given it when I joined a board, and am now using it for new members of the boards I run. Great overview of the responsibilities and roles of board members.