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Workshop Links

Here are all the links mentioned by Chuck Loring during the Strong Boards For

Effective Governance & Good Fundraising Workshop on Wednesday April 16, 2008
Sponsored by The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation

These were collected by Patrick Phillips of Vineyard Voice: http://vineyardvoice.org/

They are in the order given during the workshop.

BoardSource Knowledge Center:

http://www.boardsource.org/Knowledge.asp?ID=4

The Source: Twelve Principles of Governance That Power Exceptional Boards:

http://www.boardsource.org/Knowledge.asp?ID=4.922

Fearless Fundraising for Nonprofit Boards: Revised Edition!:
http://www.boardsource.org/Bookstore.asp?Item=8

Sarbanes-Oxley:

http://www.independentsector.org/PDFs/sarbanesoxley.pdf

Founders syndrome:

http://www.managementhelp.org/misc/founders.htm

Nonprofit Governance:

http://www.boardsource.org/dl.asp?document_id=424

Legal Duties of Nonprofit Board:resource online:

http://www.clronline.org/resources/legal-lines/basics/LegalDuties.pdf

History of Nonprofits:

http://www.boardsource.org/dl.asp?document_id=11

ROI:

http://www.redf.org/download/boxset/REDF_Vol2_8.pdf

Outreach:

http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/nonprofitlinks/manage.html#boards

Year round recruitment (deep resource):

http://www.lisc.org/docs/experts/2005/eo_12_14_2005.pdf

Legal Duties of Nonprofit board:

http://www.clronline.org/resources/legal-lines/basics/LegalDuties.pdf

BoardSource -- Assessment:

http://www.boardsource.org/Knowledge.asp?ID=1.344

Fundraising:

http://www.managementhelp.org/fndrsng/np_raise/np_raise.htm

Bowling Alone:

http://www.bowlingalone.com/ Socially Not Joiners
Boomers and Xers love to volunteer

Board Organization/Structure: Task Forces, Committees:

http://www.boardsource.org/Knowledge.asp?ID=3.388

Executive Session:

http://www.governanceinstitute.com/_coreModules/content/contentDisplay.aspx?contentID=775
and:

http://www.nonprofitmgtsolutions.com/defining.html

Consent Agenda:

http://www.bloch.umkc.edu/mwcnl/board%20resources/Consent%20Agendas.pdf

National Council of Nonprofit Associations:

http://www.ncna.org/

BBB Wise Giving:

http://us.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=113&id=4ef08b14-37cb-4974-a385-7f41f63b16b0

Board Expectation Statement: Example

http://alum.mit.edu/docs/ccg/living-groups/board-member-expectations.pdf

Board Building Cycle:

http://www.empowerment.state.ia.us/common/pdf/spring_train/building_cycle.pdf

Checklist to Evaluate a Nonprofit Board of Directors:
http://www.managementhelp.org/org_eval/uw_brd.htm

Role and Culture of Fundraising:

http://www.aahsa.org/qualityfirst/resources/governance_accountability/nonprofit/documents/Governance_Philanthropy_Whitepaper1.pdf

Cultivating Donors:

http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/faqs/html/cultivation.html

Donor-Centered Fundraising:

http://www.amazon.com/Donor-Centered-Fundraising-Penelope-Burk/dp/0968797814

Donor Retention:Fundraising Success:

http://www.fundraisingsuccessmag.com/search/category/category.bsp?linkdata='Retention/Renewal/Lapsed%20Donors'&linkvar=category

Building Donor Loyalty: The Fundraiser's Guide to Increasing Lifetime Value:

http://www.amazon.com/Building-Donor-Loyalty-Fundraisers-Increasing/dp/078796834X

Planned Giving at Oxford University:

http://oxford.planyourlegacy.org/andhttp://www.keble.ox.ac.uk/alumni/development/douglas-price-society/oxford-planned-giving

The Artful Journey: Cultivating and Soliciting the Major Gift (Hardcover):

http://www.amazon.com/Artful-Journey-Cultivating-Soliciting-Major/dp/1566250900

Generations: The Challenge of a Lifetime for Your Nonprofit (Paperback), Peter Brinkerhoff:

http://www.amazon.com/Generations-Challenge-Lifetime-Your-Nonprofit/dp/0940069555/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208375620&sr=1-9