HARDY'S READING LIST
Hardy Smith is author of the best-selling book, Stop The Nonprofit Board Blame Game. He publishes a newsletter and blog, and actively shares his insights on social media.
These resources are provided to assist nonprofit, association, and chamber of commerce leaders, along with their volunteer board members.
HARDY SMITH ARTICLES WRITTEN FOR INSTITUTE FOR ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT BLOG
- 7 Success Tips for Working With Volunteers April 2024
- Ask Questions To Improve Communications With Board Members September 2023
- Are You Communicating Effectively With Your Board Members? August 2022
- Get Clarity On Board Member Expectations May 2022
- Make Board Leadership Matter August 2021
- Avoid Board Diversity Recruiting Mistakes May 2021
- Hall of Fame Leadership Lessons October 2019
- Make Meetings Matter July 2019
BOARDSOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS
Hardy is a guest blogger for BoardSource, whose mission is to inspire and support excellence in nonprofit governance and board and staff leadership.
See Hardy’s posts below, and sign up here to follow the blog.
- Make Board Diversity Work
- Do You Know Your Board Members?
- Are Nonprofit Best Practices Stupid?
- Selecting and Developing Board Leadership: Choose Your Leaders Wisely
- Creating a Culture of Collaboration, Nonprofits Can Learn from Pixar
- Communicate Effectively to Create Better Board Relationships
- Change Your Approach to Board Engagement
- Is “Nonprofit Planning” an Oxymoron?
- Want to Improve Board Performance? Take These Five Steps
- Recruit Nonprofit Board Members with Purpose and Process
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Helpful Documents:
Webinars & Podcasts:
- Motivating and Inspiring Your Nonprofit Board w/Hardy Smith: Jeff Dowdy’s “The Beacon” Podcast
- Making Planning Pain-Free and Productive w/Hardy Smith: James Moore & Company Webinar
