January 8, 2004 | Read Time: 1 minute
The Ultimate Board Member’s Book: a 1-Hour Guide to Understanding and Fulfilling Your Role and Responsibilities, by Kay Sprinkel Grace, offers advice for people serving on the boards of nonprofit organizations. Ms. Grace, a fund-raising consultant in San Francisco and a member of the faculty of the Fund Raising School at Indiana University’s Center on Philanthropy, in Indianapolis, says boards play a crucial role in helping charities fulfill their missions. This guide provides an overview of fund raising and other tasks board members perform and describes how members should interact with employees. It also gives advice on running effective meetings and recruiting new board members.
Publisher: Emerson & Church, Publishers, P.O. Box 338, Medfield, Mass. 02052; (508) 359-0019; fax (508) 359-2703; 120 pages; $24.95.
