What is a five-star board member? 
Every nonprofit wants to have five-star board members, right? So, what makes a good board member? While there is a myriad of books written about the topic, it comes down to five simple criteria: Board members believe in the mission of the organizations They understand the difference between governance and management They know their roles and responsibilities They are willing to support the organization with their time, talent, and treasure They are eager to support the organization’s fundraising efforts 
In this book, we will show you how to find board members who enthusiastically support your mission, vision, and values. We will teach you how to get them to understand the difference between governance and management and show you how to help them understand their roles and responsibilities. 
We’ll talk about the importance of board giving and how to help them bring the bear their time, talent, and treasure to help your organization grow. We’ll dispel the myth of Give, Get, or Get Off and teach you a new way to think about your board members’ contributions to your organization. 
We discuss board recruitment as well as retaining good board members. 
Table of Contents 
Chapter One: What is a Five-star Board Member? 
Chapter Two: How Do Your Board Members Measure Up? 
Chapter Three: Building a Board That Engages in Fundraising 
Chapter Four: What Do You Need to Look for in Board Members? 
Chapter Five: Creating Position Descriptions 
Chapter Six: Where Do You Find Good Board Members? 
Chapter Seven: Whose Job is It to Recruit Board Members? 
Chapter Eight: What is the Process for Recruiting Board Members? 
Chapter Nine: Retaining Good Board Members 
Chapter Ten: Bringing It All Together 
Written as part of the Nonprofit Quick Guide™ series, Building a Five-star Board focuses on creating a board that will take your nonprofit to new heights. Other books in the series address other areas of fundraising, such as development planning, grant writing, business contributions, fundraising communications, finding and keeping donors, volunteerism, and career advancement, among others. 
If you want to grow revenues to keep up with increasing costs, improve financial performance and stability, or have greater ability to meet unmet or growing client demand, the Nonprofit Quick Guide™ series is for you.

Building a Five-star Board (The Nonprofit Quick Guide Series)

Business & Money

Lysakowski, Linda

Oppelt, Joanne

Management & Leadership

Joanne Oppelt Consulting, LLC

When you hear the words "capital campaign," do you think about the "pain" part of the process? Yes, a campaign can be disruptive to your organization and consume a lot of staff and volunteer time. But it can be a tremendous asset to your organization in two ways. First, you are able to achieve your goal of a new building, an expanded facility, an endowment for the future. Second, a campaign, when done right, will strengthen your organization overall. This book will guide you every step of the way to assure a successful campaign, starting with getting the basic infrastructure in place to ensure that your campaign will be run efficiently and effectively. Then we move into the role of the board, staff, and volunteers in your campaign. We also answer the tricky, and sometimes debatable, question: Do we need to do a planning/feasibility study, or not? (The answers to this question might surprise you.) We also talk about the importance of a campaign plan, how to develop one, how to be sure the plan gets implemented, and how to adjust it when necessary. We will talk about the role of a consultant in the campaign. The consultant is not the magic bullet that will go out and raise the money for you. A campaign is a team effort, but most campaigns require some level of help from an outside consultant. We'll cover what level of help your organization needs from a consultant and, if you decide to engage a consultant, we'll show you how to find right one. Also, one of the keys to a successful campaign is finding donors to support your campaign, and how to solicit gifts that meet the needs of the donors and the organization. We will also talk about life after the campaign and how you can build a stronger organization moving forward. Chapters Chapter One: What is a Capital Campaign? Chapter Two: Are You Ready for a Campaign? Chapter Three: What Role Does You Board Play in a Campaign? Chapter Four: Do You Need a Feasibility Study? Chapter Five: The Role of the Campaign Cabinet and Committees Chapter Six: Developing Your Campaign Plan Chapter Seven: Finding and Soliciting Donors Chapter Eight: What Happens When Things Go Wrong Chapter Nine: Bringing It All Together

How to Run a Successful Capital Campaign (The Nonprofit Quick Guide Series)

How does your nonprofit organization's fundraising team approach the business community for support? 
Sadly, for many organizations, the answer is, "We don't!" 
For others, it is seeking sponsorship of their events. Some apply for corporate foundation grants. Or perhaps they call their local businesses when they need gifts in kind or maybe for a gift certificate for their silent auction. Some have even joined their local chamber of commerce, gotten the mailing list, and sent an initial letter to member businesses asking for donations (horrors!). 
What's wrong with all these methods? In How to Run an Annual Business Appeal, you will find out the pros and cons of these approaches, and how you can be much more effective with your business fundraising by running a volunteer-driven annual business campaign. 
We'll show you how to identify business prospects within your community, how to build relationships with business leaders who will serve as volunteers in a peer-to-peer fundraising appeal, and how to recruit, organize, work with, train, and retain these volunteers. 
So, grab this fast-reading book if you want to be more successful in approaching your business community.\nSummary Outline of Book: 
Chapter One: What Is the Best Way to Approach Businesses? 
Chapter Two: Finding Prospective Business Donors 
Chapter Three: How Do You Build Relationships with Business Leaders? 
Chapter Four: Organizing Your Annual Business Appeal 
Chapter Five: Organizing the Volunteer Structure 
Chapter Six: Finding and Recruiting Volunteers 
Chapter Seven: Making the Calls 
Chapter Eight: Reporting 
Chapter Nine: Bringing It All Together\nAbout the Nonprofit Quick Guide Series 
How to Run an Annual Business Appeal is written for busy executive directors, development professionals, and board members who want to run a successful annual business appeal. As a Nonprofit Quick Guide™, you can read it in one sitting or grab a few chapters over lunch. More importantly, it gives you practical advice that you can easily implement without spending a ton of money.

How to Run an Annual Business Appeal (The Nonprofit Quick Guide Series)

Review\n"I can't believe I have worked at executive level in nonprofits for so long without this book as a reference. It's so practical and accessible." Christine Duncan MSWCEO, YWCA Monterey County\n"Reading this book convinced me that getting and having more money does not mean overextended nonprofit leaders have to do more. I learned we do need to think differently about fundraising than the typical books advise. I've been involved with nonprofits for over 40 years and the Sustainable High ROI Fundraising System gave me new, fresh, and importantly, proven, ways to put an effective net-revenue-generating system in place. Every executive director needs to learn, using Joanne's approach, how they can absolutely work less and get more! The real-life cases using her system synched it for me. I'm excited to share this incredibly valuable book with nonprofit executive directors, board members, and colleagues."Mary Hiland, Ph.D.President, Hiland Consulting\n"Nonprofit professionals don't need another book on the techniques of fundraising. What we need is an easy-to-read and practical book that shows how to put the techniques together into a system that produces measurable immediate and long-term results. Having read this book cover to cover, I can finally say that this is that book!"Stephen C. Nill, JD CEO, CharityChannel LLC\nThis highly informative book will transform your nonprofit’s fundraising and bring immediate results. Joanne Oppelt’s inventive Sustainable High ROI Fundraising System will get your board, staff, and community excited about your mission so they eagerly support it financially and recruit other donors to join them. This unique system will help your nonprofit raise more money, improve its ROI, increase net income, and realize continuous net surpluses, all within the context of your current organizational capacity. Most fundraising books are about the mechanics of implementing specific fundraising activities. This book is different. It tells you how to implement a complete fundraising system. Based on Joanne’s 30+ years of nonprofit experience, The Sustainable High ROI Fundraising System was specifically designed to improve any fundraising program. After implementing The Sustainable High ROI Fundraising System, your nonprofit will finally see the financial results your organization has always dreamed of.

The Sustainable High ROI Fundraising System (The High ROI Fundraising Series)

Oppelt MHA, Joanne

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Building a Five-star Board (The Nonprofit Quick Guide Series)

How to Run a Successful Capital Campaign (The Nonprofit Quick Guide Series)

How to Run an Annual Business Appeal (The Nonprofit Quick Guide Series)

The Sustainable High ROI Fundraising System (The High ROI Fundraising Series)