Board Members Rule

Board Members Rule: How to Be a Strategic Advocate for Your Nonprofit

by Ann W. Lehman & Robert M. Zimmerman


Co-published by Unlimited Publishing LLC and Zimmerman Lehman, comes a new book by the authors of Boards That Love Fundraising. They have written a new and accessible hands-on book, Board Members Rule, based on their experience in working with boards and nonprofits for many years. Board Members Rule reframes a board member’s role to be a strategic advocate for your nonprofit and its constituency. Given the heightened awareness of accountability and transparency, Board Members Rule shows how to pay attention to both while furthering your values, mission and vision and promoting pragmatic, effective and efficient strategies. Geared for busy board members, it includes succinct chapters on fiduciary responsibilities, financial oversight, relationships with the CEO, fundraising and marketing, recruiting for talent and diversity, strategic planning, self-evaluation and making meetings meaningful. It's filled with practical and common-sense tools, resources, forms, examples and learning exercises.


About The Author:


Ann W. Lehman and Robert M. Zimmerman are partners at Zimmerman Lehman, a consulting firm for nonprofits. They have more than 60 years of combined experience working with nonprofits in board development, fundraising and public policy. Ann has been an executive director and Bob a development director on both coasts. Both Ann and Bob are well known for motivating boards with their practical, down-to-earth, no-nonsense advice and sense of humor. Ann and Bob live with their son, Gabriel Zimmerman Lehman, in the San Francisco Bay area.