All About Boards provides short, practical, time-saving, inexpensive resources to help orient and train board members. From short booklets to ready-made PowerPoint(TM) presentations. Designed for Busy Staff, Board Members, or Consultants. Explore our growing selection of resources at www.AllAboutBoards.com.

BoardSource

Boardsource, provides practical information, tools and best practices, training, and leadership development for board members of nonprofit organizations worldwide. Visit http://www.boardsource.org, and discover an assortment of publications, videos, on-screen presentations, workshops, seminars, and other valuable resources for your nonprofit board.

DAVID E. DAX

Provides comprehensive capacity-building services to both start-up and experienced community- and faith-based not-for-profit organizations, with emphasis on the following:

Has a proven track record in grant procurement and 35 years experience with municipal, state, federal, and regional planning agencies, non-profit organizations, churches, and denominational bodies. Specializes in housing and community development, services to the homeless, religious institutions, and health care providers.

Linda N. Spencer Fund Raising Counsel

Through a proven track record in raising millions of dollars, LINDA N. SPENCER is able to provide:

Muir Management Strategies

Our two principals provide hands-on results-oriented board development services, individual coaching, dispute resolution, and financial evaluations for non-profit organizations. We will take on an extensive organization-wide audit or spot troubleshooting. Drawing from over twenty years of non-profit experience and our expertise in law, business and psychology, we:

Stanford Center for Social Innovation

The Stanford Center for Social Innovation inspires current and future generations of executives to become agents of social change and promote the mutual exchange of ideas and values across sectors, across disciplines, and between theory and practice. The Center's executive education programs are designed not only to develop exceptional leaders and managers but also to equip professionals with the critical knowledge and tools they need to build capacity within their organization and the communities they serve.

Join us for Executive Program for Philanthropy Leaders (EPPL) the week of June 3 – 9, 2007. EPPL focuses on leadership development for high-level grantmakers using cutting-edge strategic frameworks with a special emphasis on vision, power and trust, board governance, and collaboration. Selected topics include strategy, financial analysis, organizational performance, and closing the knowing-doing gap. For more information, please visit us online at http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/exed/eppl/.

You might also consider sponsoring your grantees for one of our nonprofit programs. The Center subsidizes a significant portion of the cost of these programs, enabling us to keep tuition low for nonprofit executives. A complete listing of our 2007 Social Innovation Programs can be found on the program page of our web site, http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/exed/programs.html.