{"title":"Jan Masaoka","description":"\u003cp\u003eJAN MASAOKA is a writer and thinker on nonprofit organizations, with particular emphasis on boards of directors, business planning, and the role of nonprofits in society. Her books include \u003cem\u003eThe Nonprofit’s Guide to Human Resources\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAll Hands on Board\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMasaoka has been named eight times as one of the \"Fifty Most Influential People\" in the nonprofit sector nationwide, named Nonprofit Executive of the Year by Nonprofit Times, and named California Community Leader of the Year by Leadership California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she’s not writing, Masaoka served for 14 years as executive director of CompassPoint Nonprofit Services in San Francisco, founded and edited \u003cem\u003eBlue Avocado\u003c\/em\u003e magazine to 64,000 subscribers, and served as CEO of the California Association of Nonprofits from 2011 to 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJan lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJan Masaoka’s books are published by Fieldstone Alliance, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"best-of-the-board-cafe-hands-on-solutions-for-nonprofit-boards","title":"Best of the Board Café: Hands-On Solutions for Nonprofit Boards","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-id=\"w0s4hy-193jgr-asmqfz-koo98z\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"140\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Bestseller Becomes Even More Pertinent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFirst published in 2005, this collection of CompassPoint online newsletter articles became instantly popular with busy board members of nonprofits. Now updated with new essays that are short enough to read over a cup of coffee, readers will find essential insights on board responsibilities, executive directors, fundraising, finance, and more. New topics include: eleven ways to get a new executive director off to a good start, a board member’s guide to nonprofit insurance, how to take a public stand, working boards versus governing boards, the right way to resign from the board, the best way to raise money, meaningful board-staff acts of appreciation, and what boards need to know about copyrights.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0940069792\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780940069794\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Jan Masaoka","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42523503821016,"sku":"9780940069794","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":42523503853784,"sku":"9781630262839","price":43.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/71jeWka2sOL_mockup_v2_1645120766_b88afe77-30d9-4db9-a85a-9c8e481b7e8c.jpg?v=1791989625"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-jan-masaoka.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}