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Dear Friend,

I am writing to you as a friend, because I have heard from so many people over the years, who own my book, Board Recruitment & Orientation: A Step-by-Step, Common Sense Guide, that I feel we are indeed friends!

It is hard to believe it has been 7 years since we released that book. It is hard to believe the critical and industry acclaim the book instantly received.

And it is even harder to believe that was the very first book I ever wrote!

In that 7 years, people have loved the book enough to make it the #1 Selling Board Recruitment Manual in the sector (according to Amazon.com).

Here are some of the reasons people give us, to describe why they love this book:

It is practical.

It is easy to use.

It is fun (and funny!).

It has great stories of success AND failure.

It tells it like it is, with no nonsense.

It works!!!

With a book that good, why revise it?

I never set out to revise this whole workbook. Really. I just started out tweaking - a bit here, a page there. Suddenly I looked up, and I had changed virtually every page in some way! Not only that, I had added what wound up being 55 new pages, 21 new chapters, and a whole new step to the recruitment process!

Looking at Board Recruitment & Orientation now, it is a completely different book from the one I wrote in 2001 - and yet it is still that same practical, no-nonsense guide.

It is simply more relevant, more powerful, more practical.

And so, in celebrating 7 years since I sat down to write the original version of what has since become the best-seller in its category, here are 7 reasons you will LOVE this new edition!

Reason #1:

MORE of everything!

More of everything you loved the first time.

There is not a single page in this book that I have not revised, adjusted, and added to. The 55 new pages (and 21 new chapters) I wound up adding to the book give you

• More forms and brainstorm sheets
• More practical steps
• More stories (7 years worth!)

More background before you start recruiting. More depth as you move along. More insight into the process of building an energized board and an amazing organization. You can see some of that just by looking over the New and Expanded Table of Contents!

If we could make this book MORE practical,

what would you want MORE of?

Here’s what we did:

Reason #2:

More Forms - ALL on CD!

Our goal for this book has always been the same as yours: That you use this book to build a better board.

• Is the process of recruitment itself helping you engage your current board members?
• Is your whole board involved in deciding what is most important in the recruitment process?

To help you answer YES to those questions, we have taken all the forms from the book, and included them in PDF format on a BONUS CD. Print them for all your board members, to make it easier to discuss these issues at the board table!

Is your board even ready to recruit?

If not, should you start anyway?

Reason #3:

Avoid the Mistakes of a Board that is NOT READY to RECRUIT!

“Reason #3 Why You Will Love the Revised and Expanded 3^rd Edition of this book” is all about the mistakes made by boards who are NOT ready to recruit (but who think they are...).

And OH! the mistakes boards make!

Do any of these sound like your board?

Are you hoping to solve current board problems by recruiting new board members?

Do your board members micromanage? Fail to attend meetings? Argue about whether they should have to donate to the organization?

Does your board understand just what it is the organization does, how it does that work - and why that is important?

These are just some of the signs of a board that is not ready to recruit. And all those signs - and lots more - are addressed in this new Revised & Expanded 3^rd Edition.

This whole new part of the book will prepare your board, so it is ready to recruit AND ready to govern!

Is your board energized?

Do they feel they are making a huge difference?

Reason #4:

Create a Culture of “Amazing!"

What is the culture of your board? Is your board just doing what it’s always done, with no thought to why? Or does it have a conscious purpose - a purpose that is alive and energizing?

What is the change your board wants to make in the community?

What talk do you want the board to walk as it does its work?

Do you want the board to aim most of its work at solving organizational problems?

Or do you want the board to aim its work at creating AMAZING progress in the organization and in the Community?

This is a WHOLE NEW STEP in the Board Recruitment Process, new in this Revised & Expanded 3^rd Edition.

And it is the step that will set up your board for greatness!

What if the simple act of Identifying Prospects

could move your organization’s impact in the community

to a whole new level?

Reason #5:

Build a Pipeline to Your Board!

In the Revised & Expanded 3^rd Edition of Board Recruitment & Orientation, we tell the story of a board that thought they had no recruitment prospects. What did they realize that put them on the right track? They had GREAT prospects hiding in plain sight!

This chapter of the book is almost 100% new. We have completely revised, rewritten, and added to this chapter, to make it more effective in so many ways!

What if you could build a pool of engaged volunteers AND a pool of board prospects, all at the same time?

What if you could energize and engage your current board members while engaging new prospects?

What if you could recruit a diverse board that reflected the community, without going to the same people everyone else in town is asking?

What if you could do all this while making your whole organization more engaged AND more stable?

How important is it to you,

to have a board that knows what it’s supposed to do?

Reason #6:

Get Your Board Educated!

The Revised & Expanded 3^rd Edition of Board Recruitment & Orientation has almost double the pages dedicated to this important topic.

We have expanded on some of the topics covered in earlier editions. And we have addressed topics that weren’t covered at all in those earlier editions.

How to ensure new board members understand the organization’s financial statements (And how to ensure CURRENT board members do as well!)

A Sample “Board Welcome” piece to immediately make new board members comfortable AND productive

2 full pages of Board Orientation Do’s and Don’ts - including FOOD!

Reason #7:

Finally, Sane Advice About Boards and Fundraising!

Should boards have to fundraise? And if prospects think they will have to fundraise, will that make it more difficult to recruit good people to the board? (Answer: Of course it will make it more difficult...)

Could you use a Board Giving Policy that your board will actually LOVE and USE?

Could your board use a realistic and energizing answer to the question of boards and fundraising - an answer that will make your board happy AND your staff happy AND your fundraising consultants happy?

The Revised and Expanded 3^rd Edition of Board Recruitment & Orientation: A Step-by-Step, Common Sense Guide is, quite simply, an opportunity to build the most effective, most engaged, most energized board you can imagine - a board that is poised to make a difference in the community your organization serves.

An energized and effective board

is within your reach!

It has been an honor to have so many people love the early editions of Board Recruitment & Orientation. I cannot wait to hear how you use this revised edition to build an energized, engaged, and effective board for your organization! Fondly,