Ten Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards

Ten Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards
Author: Richard T. Ingram
Publisher: BoardSource, Inc.
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1586861069

Designed to help nonprofit board members and senior staff, "The six books address all of the fundamental elements of service common to most boards, including board member responsibilities, how to structure the board in the most efficient manner, and how to accomplish governance work in the spirit of the mission of the organization."--Pg. 2 of Book 1

The Nonprofit Board Answer Book

The Nonprofit Board Answer Book
Author: BoardSource
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2010-12-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118047486

“Think for a moment of the best conversations you’ve had with friends and colleagues. You were honest with one another—not shy about speaking up but relaxed, even if the topic being discussed was serious in nature. That’s the type of conversation The Nonprofit Board Answer Book aims to have with you in the pages that follow. It follows a question-and-answer format, enabling you to quickly find an answer to a burning question you have right now. At the same time, it’s easy to pick up and read straight through, either cover to cover or one section at a time. At the end of each question-and-answer pairing you’ll find suggested action steps. These offer ways to put the information to a practical use on your own board and within your own nonprofit organization. Implementing some of these steps may lead to more questions as you become even more committed to fulfilling your responsibilities as a board member. Remember: behind every good answer lies a good question. So keep asking those questions.”--from the Introduction

Enhancing Board Effectiveness

Enhancing Board Effectiveness
Author: Franklin N. Ngwu
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2019-03-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351689061

Enhancing Board Effectiveness seeks to examine the conceptualization and role of the board in a variety of contexts and articulate solutions for improving the effectiveness of the board, especially in developing and emerging markets. Enhancing Board Effectiveness with therefore address the following central questions: To what extent is the concept and role of the board evolving? What rights, powers, responsibilities and other contemporary and historical experiences can enhance the effectiveness of the board, especially in the particular contexts of developing and emerging markets? What socio-economic, political, regulatory and institutional factors/actors influence the effectiveness of the board and how can the policies and practices of such actors exert such influences? In what ways can a reconstructed concept of the board serve as a tool for theoretical, analytical, regulatory and pragmatic assessment of its effectiveness? In examining this issues, Enhancing Board Effectiveness will investigate theoretical, socio-economic, historical, empirical, regulatory, comparative and inter-disciplinary approaches. Academics in the relevant fields of accounting, behavioural psychology/economics, development studies, financial regulation, law and management/organizational studies, political economy and, public administration will find this book of high interest.

Building a Successful Board-Test Strategy

Building a Successful Board-Test Strategy
Author: Stephen Scheiber
Publisher: Newnes
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2001-10-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0750672803

Part I: Strategies and Tactics; Part II: Making the Job Easier; 7. Environmental-Stress Screening; Part III: Creating Test Solutions; Part IV: Pulling It All Together; Appendix.

Joan Garry's Guide to Nonprofit Leadership

Joan Garry's Guide to Nonprofit Leadership
Author: Joan Garry
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2017-03-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119293065

Nonprofit leadership is messy Nonprofits leaders are optimistic by nature. They believe with time, energy, smarts, strategy and sheer will, they can change the world. But as staff or board leader, you know nonprofits present unique challenges. Too many cooks, not enough money, an abundance of passion. It’s enough to make you feel overwhelmed and alone. The people you help need you to be successful. But there are so many obstacles: a micromanaging board that doesn’t understand its true role; insufficient fundraising and donors who make unreasonable demands; unclear and inconsistent messaging and marketing; a leader who’s a star in her sector but a difficult boss… And yet, many nonprofits do thrive. Joan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership will show you how to do just that. Funny, honest, intensely actionable, and based on her decades of experience, this is the book Joan Garry wishes she had when she led GLAAD out of a financial crisis in 1997. Joan will teach you how to: Build a powerhouse board Create an impressive and sustainable fundraising program Become seen as a ‘workplace of choice’ Be a compelling public face of your nonprofit This book will renew your passion for your mission and organization, and help you make a bigger difference in the world.

High Performance Boards

High Performance Boards
Author: Didier Cossin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2020-06-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119615658

A comprehensive guide to transforming boards and achieving best-practice governance in any organisation. When practising good governance, the board is the vital driver of organizational success, while fostering positive social impact and economic value creation. At all levels, executives around the world are faced with complexities rising from disruptive business models, new technologies, socio-economic changes, shifting political circumstances, and an array of other sources. High Performance Boards is the comprehensive manual for attaining best-in-class governance, offering pragmatic guidance on improving board quality, accountability, and performance. This authoritative volume identifies the four dimensions, or pillars, which are crucial for establishing and maintaining best-practice boards: the people involved, the information architecture, the structures and processes, and the group dynamics and culture of governance. This methodology can be applied to any board in the world, corporate or non-profit organization, regardless of size, sector, industry, or context. Readers are introduced to a fictitious senior board member – an amalgamation of board members from well-known organisations – and follow her as she successfully handles real-life challenges with effective governance. Drawn from the author's 20 years of practice and confidential work with boards across the world, this book: Demonstrates how high-performance boards innovate and refine their practices Discusses examples of board failures and challenges, including case studies from both for-profit and non-profit organisations including international organizations and state-owned agencies or even ministries Provides a proven framework to create best-in-class governance Includes a companion website featuring tools for board assessment and board practice High Performance Boards has inspired more than 3000 board members around the world. This book is essential reading for professionals and managers interested in governance and board members, senior managers, investors, lawyers, and students of governance.

Domain Modeling Made Functional

Domain Modeling Made Functional
Author: Scott Wlaschin
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2018-01-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1680505491

You want increased customer satisfaction, faster development cycles, and less wasted work. Domain-driven design (DDD) combined with functional programming is the innovative combo that will get you there. In this pragmatic, down-to-earth guide, you'll see how applying the core principles of functional programming can result in software designs that model real-world requirements both elegantly and concisely - often more so than an object-oriented approach. Practical examples in the open-source F# functional language, and examples from familiar business domains, show you how to apply these techniques to build software that is business-focused, flexible, and high quality. Domain-driven design is a well-established approach to designing software that ensures that domain experts and developers work together effectively to create high-quality software. This book is the first to combine DDD with techniques from statically typed functional programming. This book is perfect for newcomers to DDD or functional programming - all the techniques you need will be introduced and explained. Model a complex domain accurately using the F# type system, creating compilable code that is also readable documentation---ensuring that the code and design never get out of sync. Encode business rules in the design so that you have "compile-time unit tests," and eliminate many potential bugs by making illegal states unrepresentable. Assemble a series of small, testable functions into a complete use case, and compose these individual scenarios into a large-scale design. Discover why the combination of functional programming and DDD leads naturally to service-oriented and hexagonal architectures. Finally, create a functional domain model that works with traditional databases, NoSQL, and event stores, and safely expose your domain via a website or API. Solve real problems by focusing on real-world requirements for your software. What You Need: The code in this book is designed to be run interactively on Windows, Mac and Linux.You will need a recent version of F# (4.0 or greater), and the appropriate .NET runtime for your platform.Full installation instructions for all platforms at fsharp.org.

The Value Creating Board

The Value Creating Board
Author: Morten Huse
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2008-11-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134074174

This book breaks new ground, offering a major survey on boards of directors throughout various European countries, opening up the hitherto unexamined area of study of board behaviour and the workings of the value creating board.

Start and Build

Start and Build
Author: Bob Parker
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2021-07-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1635688949

The underlying reason for the publication of this book is to address the need for information and provide guidance to individuals as they peruse business opportunities. This book provides a step-by-step process to help anyone develop their idea into an actionable plan. The authors, combined, have been involved in several very small and very large local- and international-based businesses over a twenty-year period. We hope to provide guidance to anyone with an idea that can be potentially turned into a business. Idea-driven people are the backbone of a new business, but they need guidance on how to bring their ideas to reality. Starting with a solid foundation will provide stability. Putting pen to paper tends to spark detailed conversation about the initial business idea. We urge people to spend ample time researching everything about a business before committing significant financial resources. Rely on factual data and not opinions. In addition, engage the best people you can find for advisory services in all functional areas. The most important aspect is to enjoy the process and have fun while embarking on a new business venture. This will reflect in the end result, a solid plan to start and grow a new small business.

Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems - CHES 2009

Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems - CHES 2009
Author: Christophe Clavier
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2009-08-28
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 364204137X

CHES 2009, the 11th workshop on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems, was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, September 6–9, 2009. The wo- shop was sponsored by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR). The workshop attracted a record number of 148 submissions from 29 co- tries, of which the Program Committee selected 29 for publication in the wo- shop proceedings, resulting in an acceptance rate of 19.6%, the lowest in the history of CHES. The review process followed strict standards: each paper - ceived at least four reviews, and some asmanyaseightreviews.Membersofthe Program Committee were restricted to co-authoring at most two submissions, and their papers were evaluated by an extended number of reviewers. The ProgramCommittee included 53 members representing 20 countries and ?ve continents. These members were carefully selected to represent academia, industry, and government, as well as to include world-class experts in various research ?elds of interest to CHES. The Program Committee was supported by 148 external reviewers. The total number of people contributing to the - view process, including Program Committee members, external reviewers, and Program Co-chairs, exceeded 200. The papers collected in this volume represent cutting-edge worldwide - search in the rapidly growing and evolving area of cryptographic engineering.