Board Development:

Board Development for Nonprofit Preservation Organizations; by Marc Smiley. A useful booklet addressing board development issues specific to historic preservation groups, as well as other nonprofit organizations. Available through the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Board Governance Series, from the National Center for Nonprofit Boards. A series of 10 informative booklets addressing common issues faced by leaders of nonprofit organizations from basic responsibilities to understanding financial statements. Includes booklets on strategic planning, the role of the Board Chair, and board responsibilities in fundraising.

Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations; by John Carver. A best selling, comprehensive book outlining a "bold new approach to board job design, board-staff relationship, the chief executive role, performance monitoring, and virtually every aspect of the board-management relationship." Available online through publisher Jossey-Bass.

Carver Series: by John Carver. A series of 12 booklets detailing roles and responsibilities of board members from fiduciary responsibility to planning and running better board meetings. Includes booklets on board assessment of the CEO, board assessment of itself and making diversity meaningful in the boardroom. This is an invaluable series by a respected authority on nonprofit board governance. Available online through publisher Jossey-Bass.

Fundraising:

Grassroots Fundraising Journal, by Kim Klien. Published six times a year offering information to help raise money from community based sources through special events, direct mail, major donor programs membership campaigns and more. Sample Grassroots Fundraising Journal articles, subscriptions, and the free 'Dear Kim Klein' Electronic Newsletter are available at Chardon Press Online.

The Board Member's Guide to Fund Raising, by Fisher Howe. "What every trustee needs to know about raising money." A concise yet comprehensive resource for the entire fund raising process. Shows why board members must take the lead in fund raising efforts, and shows how this role can be personally satisfying. Available through the National Center for Nonprofit Boards and Jossey-Bass.

Marketing:

Marketing Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations; by Gary Stern. A comprehensive resource outlining a logical, step by step approach to developing a successful marketing plan for nonprofit organizations.

Management:

Goal Setting; by Susan Wilson. A step by step book for setting personal goals, developing assertive communication skills and developing effective goal setting and management skills.

The Leader's Handbook: A Guide to Inspiring Your People and Managing the Daily Workflow; by Peter Scholtes. A comprehensive manual for transforming management from old style command and control to a new, inspiring leadership style.

Managing a Nonprofit Organization; by Thomas Wolf. Offers checklists and explanations for virtually every aspect of managing a nonprofit organization: staffing, fundraising, trustees, financing, marketing, computerizing, planning and succeeding.

The Not-for-Profit CEO-A Survivor's Manual; by George Wright. An accessible text full of common sense information for leaders of nonprofit organizations. Short and easy to read, the book addresses key issues including staff recruiting, financial management and board development.

Personnel:

Nonprofit Personnel Forms & Guidelines; by Mathew Deluca and Nonprofit Personnel Policies by John Gillis. Both are extensive collections of personnel forms and policies reviewed by legal and management experts and designed to provide a working, easy to use resource for the nonprofit manager. Both are presented in loose-leaf format and are available online through Aspen Publishers.

Planning:

Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations, by Marc Smiley. One in a series of booklets published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. A comprehensive article outlining the need for and ways to approach strategic planning. Includes explanation of the phases of a planning process from assessment to setting goals and strategies and finally implementation and evaluation. Outlines the steps for developing a successful plan that truly reflects the direction and mission of an organization.

Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations; by John Bryson. A complete guide for strategic management in public and nonprofit organizations. Contains material on change, implementation of plans and information on planning techniques and processes. "...An excellent guide to transforming seemingly immutable constraints into opportunities." Available online through Jossey-Bass.

Creating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan; by John Bryson and Farnum Alston. A hands-on workbook for use by itself or as a companion to John Bryson's Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations. This workbook provides a step-by-step process for distilling and developing a strategic plan. Available online through Jossey-Bass.

Strategic Planning Workbook; by Bryan Barry. A step by step, accessible workbook for organizations wanting to develop a strategic plan with achievable goals and strategies that make sense.

First Things First; by Stephen Covey. A follow up book by the author of the best-selling Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. This text focuses on one of the key habits, putting first things first. Includes information on getting out of the crisis addiction and determining a personal mission statement, allowing readers to achieve the things that are truly important to them.

Morrisey on Planning; by George Morrisey. A series of three books including: A Guide to Strategic Thinking, A Guide to Long-Range Planning, and A Guide to Tactical Planning designed to guide a planning team through the process of creating powerful, functional plans. A Guide to Strategic Thinking addresses the critical first phase of the planning process: formulating the values, mission, vision and strategy that will respond effectively to change and help chart an effective future for an organization. A Guide to Long Range Planning provides the tools needed to uncover the critical strategic issues facing an organization and ways to address them. He covers creating, reviewing and modifying a strategic action plan in the process of moving forward. A Guide to Tactical Planning offers step-by-step instructions for identifying the specific accomplishments an organization and an individual team needs to achieve, how and when this will take place and who will be accountable. From Jossey-Bass Publishers