ECFA Tools and Templates for Effective Board Governance

If you knew that by leveraging a specific tool or a template it would exponentially enhance your communication, your outcomes, your results, and your governance joy, you'd do it, right? These add-water-and-stir practical tools will enhance your board's productivity.

All of the 22 tools in this 266-page book have been field tested in hundreds of boardrooms. Here is just a sampling of the downloadable templates including:

- Board Retreat Trend-Spotting Exercise

- Rolling 3-Year Strategic Plan Placemat

- Board Member Annual Affirmation Statement

- The Board's Annual Financial Management Audit

- The 5/15 Monthly Report to the Board

- Board Policies Manual

When you use these time-saving solutions, you'll wonder why you didn't discover them sooner.

Dan Busby is the President of ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability) in Winchester, VA and has been in leadership positions with ECFA for over 20 years. He has served over 110 man-years on nonprofit boards and is the author/co-author of 66 editions of 11 different titles, plus numerous eBooks and booklets. An avid baseball fan and former umpire, Dan frequently consults with the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

John Pearson is a board governance and management consultant from San Clemente, CA. He served more than 30 years as a nonprofit ministry CEO at Willow Creek Association, Christian Camp and Conference Association, Christian Management Association (now CLA),and other ministries. He is the author of Mastering the Management Buckets and co-author of Marketing Your Ministry, and he's endured over 500 board meetings (but who's counting?).