Called to Serve is for people with questions about creating and maintaining a
successful nonprofit board. How can the board of a nonprofit organization work
best? Now that I'm on such a board, what should I do? How can we find the best
trustees? How should I think about my work for nonprofits? What kind of
relationship between a board and the staff will work best? How can we organize
and develop the service of busy, committed people?

Internationally renowned CEO and best-selling author Max De Pree packs his many
years of experience on nonprofit boards into these short letters directed to
busy folks active in nonprofit life. Brief, clear, and — above all — useful,
Called to Serve notes the marks of an effective board, lays out the proper work
of boards, gives choices for structuring a nonprofit board, and covers the roles
and relationships of board chairpersons, trustees, and presidents.

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