This book is very detailed and thorough. It tends to focus on American examples and larger voluntary organizations but is extremely helpful in putting the volunteer commitment first and foremost in all organizational discussions. This is recommended for the board member who is going to make a “career” of board work! It has a good chapter on evaluation of board performance.

This short, concise book is a classic! It gets away from cumbersome Parliamentary Procedure which may not always be appropriate to non-profit groups. It specifies exactly what each person at the meeting should and should not be doing.

Another useful book from Herb Perry on the functioning of boards. It is excellent, concise, easily readable. This is a MUST-HAVE for every non-profit organization (but only if every new board member reads it!).

This book offers an excellent and understandable overview of financial management for nonprofit agencies.

This book doesn’t claim to be comprehensive but is a great primer to convince you of the need for comprehensive policies and procedures as an essential component of risk management.

This workbook is part of a series which includes a five-program video set (co-produced with United Way). It is ideal for the board members themselves, who are committed to working through a self-training process. Many worthwhile exercises are suggested for this development process.

This is a large and comprehensive binder which can accompany the above workbook and video series (co-produced with TVO) or it can stand alone as worthwhile reference on all matters related to leadership and the development of a board of directors. This is a reference for the organization while the workbook and video series can be used by the individual volunteers.