Board development workbooks
The Muttart Foundation of Canada has published workbooks to help charitable agencies examine their methods of operation and different ways of doing business.
There are currently six workbooks, covering:
- Board Building: Recruiting and Developing Effective Boards
- Financial Responsibilities of Non-Profit Boards
- Developing Job Descriptions for Board Members
- Hiring and Performance Appraisal of the Executive Director
- Drafting and Revising Bylaws
- Legal and Ethical Duties of Directors of Not-for-Profit Organizations:
Organizing Your Corporate Documents
These workbooks are available to download (as PDF documents) at: http://www.muttart.org/board_development_workbooks
Canada's Resource Centre for Voluntary Organizations (RCVO) also has a series of downloadable information pieces on Board Development: http://www.rcvo.org/questions/useful_info_BD.html
For further information on drafting board job descriptions and for sample job descriptions go to the Free Management Library's Sample Job Descriptions for Members of Boards of Directors: http://www.managementhelp.org/boards/brdjobs.htm
Nathan Garber's help sheets on Boards of Directors: Recruitment, training, and evaluation may also be useful: http://www.garberconsulting.com/#Online%20Articles%C2%A0%20&%20listserves
* Please note, the information published by these websites is written with North American nonprofit organisations in mind, and care should be taken in applying any legal or legislative advice to New Zealand organisations. See Keeping It Legal - E Ai Ki Te Turi for accurate information about NZ voluntary organisations' legal obligations: http://keepingitlegal.net.nz