Called to Serve
Subtitle: Creating and Nurturing the Effective Volunteer Board
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: June 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780802849229
Subjects: Charities & voluntary services; Christian spiritual & Church leaders; Management & management techniques; Non-profitmaking organizations; Nonprofit organizations; Corporate Philanthropy; Applied Christian Ethics; Voluntarism; Business & Economics; Sociology; Nonprofit Organizations & Charities; Business/Economics; Management - General; General; Associations, institutions, etc.; Associations, institutions, et; Boards of directors; Management
First sentence: Deae Verley, You mentioned in one of our discussions that a major factor in your new calling was the need to develop a governing board for the study center, and you asked if I had any thoughts to share.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: vi; title: Preface
pagenum: vii; title: Getting Started
pagenum: 3; title: The Marks of an Effective Board
pagenum: 7; title: The Work of the Board
pagenum: 23; title: The Design of the Board Structure
pagenum: 31; title: The Role of the Chairperson
pagenum: 45; title: What Does a Trustee Promise?
pagenum: 53; title: A Chairperson’s Guide
pagenum: 61; title: Living with Tensions
pagenum: 73; title: What the Board Owes the President
pagenum: 81; title: Last Things
pagenum: 89