Articles & Recommended Reading
From the League
“Charting a Path,” by Lowell Noteboom and John Goldman- "Good Governance for Challenging Times,” by Lowell Noteboom, Chair, League of American Orchestras (2003)
- “Stress Factors, ” An interview with Lowell Noteboom, Chair, League of American Orchestras, (2010)
- “The Board Chair Handbook," 2nd Edition (BoardSource publication)
- The League's Board Notes
- Boards That Make a Difference (J-B Carver Board Governance Series) by John Carver
- Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards by Richard P. Chait, William P. Ryan, and Barbara E. Taylor
- The New Work of the Nonprofit Board by Barbara E. Taylor, Richard P. Chait, and Thomas P. Holland
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins
- Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great by Jim Collins
- Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins
- Nonprofit Boards That Work: The End of One-Size-Fits-All Governance by Maureen Robinson
- Driving Strategic Planning: A Nonprofit Executive's Guide, Second Edition by Sue Waechter, from BoardSource
- Nonprofit Executive Compensation: Planning, Performance and Pay, Second Edition, from BoardSource
Other non-League Materials
- BoardSource: Handbook of Nonprofit Governance (2010 edition)
- BoardSource Toolkit: Surviving the Financial Crisis
- BoardSource Toolkit: Who’s minding the money?
- Blue Avocado – Practical, provocative and fun food for thought for Not Profits
- Economic Downturn Articles from Blue Avocado
- BoardSource dissects the entire Form 990 and explains why your governance should care
- Helpful Q&A from BoardSource
- Toolkit for Boards completing the New Form 990
- Webinars from Center for Creative Leadership