Elizabeth V Maring

I’ve served on the boards of four nonprofits, chairing three of them. Why didn’t I have this book 10 years ago? Elizabeth Maring covers all the essential aspects of leadership and governance for a nonprofit. Her examples and insights are useful to seasoned executive directors and board chairs, and invaluable to those with less experience. If that’s you, or if you’re working with a less experienced person, do yourself the favor, buy the book, and save the bruises. This readily readable overview of the critical risks and issues in running a healthy nonprofit is a real service to the community. Carl Erickson, Founder & Executive Chairman, Atomic Object

Having years of experience as a consultant/board member to small and large nonprofit organizations, I found myself high fiving the content of every chapter of The Nonprofit Playbook. Elizabeth Maring has made this resource comprehensible, to-the-point, and actionable. From the indicators of an unhealthy founder culture, to the importance of developing a crisis management plan, this book equips, empowers, encourages and admonishes nonprofit teams to run their charities with excellence, integrity and wisdom. Keep this book handy as you will want to refer to it again and again. Deborah Pegues, CPA/MBA, Bestselling Author of LEAD LIKE A WOMAN

ELIZABETH MARING is a seasoned leader, lawyer, nonprofit founder, consultant, and speaker. She has taken the lessons learned over 35 years of nonprofit service and placed them in The Nonprofit Playbook to help nonprofits achieve sustainable success.
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Throughout her career Elizabeth has held leadership and board positions in numerous nonprofits including Azusa Pacific University, Willow Creek Community Church, Heartland Community Church, the Christian Leadership Alliance, Sharefest, Inc. and Community Threads. In 2011, she founded Community Threads a Christian nonprofit social enterprise which generated over two million dollars in financial grants to benefit homeless women and children and provide educational scholarships. She lives in Michigan with her husband of 35 years, Clarence, and is the mother of two married sons, Daniel and Steven.

The Nonprofit Playbook is the ONE book that you need to make your nonprofit a sustainable success.

• Keys to successful money management and fundraising.

• Practices for building a better board

• Advice on how to find and retain great employees

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