Rubber Stampers or Micromanagers: 85 Answers
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Peter Drucker, the father of modern management, used to say, "My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions."

"Behind every good answer lies a good question," says BoardSource in the introduction to this third edition.  Now with 85 questions and answers, it's a must-have resource for both new and veteran board members as you inspire them to be life-long governance learners. Suggestion: bring it to every board meeting--and pass it around the room. It will be irresistible to your board members in their search for proof texts!

When you scan the table of contents, dozens of relevant questions will jump off the page--and tempt you to read the crisp, well-written two- to four-page answers. Examples:

Part One: Basic Board Functions
1. What are the basic responsibilities of a nonprofit board?
5. What is the board's role in strategic planning?
7. What is the board's role in fundraising?
9. How does the board avoid the extremes of "rubber stamping" and micromanaging?

Part Two: Board Structure
13. What is the best size for our board?
19. What is the role of the board chair?
21. How should we select our board officers?

Part Three: Board Member Selection and Development
23. How can we recruit active, involved board members?
25. What is the chief executive's role in board recruitment?
30. Should members of the same family serve on a board?
32. What should we do about uninvolved board members?
35. Should board members be compensated?
37. Should individual board members be evaluated, and, if so, how?

Part Four: Board and Committee Meetings
39. How often and where should we meet?
41. How can we encourage debate while promoting civility in the boardroom?
42. What is the purpose of a board retreat?
44. How should staff members participate in board and committee meetings?
47. How can e-governance improve board and committee work?

Part Five: The Board's Role as a Fiduciary
52. What are the signs of financial distress in an organization?
54. What policies and practices should we adopt to manage conflict of interest?
55. How can we protect the organization--and ourselves--from lawsuits?
57. Why should every board member make an annual monetary contribution?
58. How can we develop board members' fundraising skills?
59. How can we generate revenue beyond fundraising?
61. What's the best way to keep track of board policies?

Part Six: Board-Staff Relations
64. What is the ideal relationship between the board chair and the chief executive?
66. Should board members be hired as staff members?
67. How should we evaluate the chief executive?
68. How do we set fair compensation for the chief executive and the staff?
70. What is the board's role in relation to the staff?
72. How can we facilitate the end of a chief executive's employment?

Part Seven: Organizational Change
75. What is the typical lifecycle for a nonprofit organization?
76. How do we ensure that the organization thrives after the founders depart?
82. How should we respond to an organizational emergency or controversy?
83. What is the board's role in hiring a consultant?
84. When should the board consider closing a nonprofit organization?

The first edition, written by Robert Andringa and Ted Engstrom, built the reliable rails for the second and third editions. I hope you're convinced. This is an excellent resource.
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I saw these being used by other rubber stampers and plan on using mine for those projects too.  I have other sequins too on my blog at cardartetc.blogspot.com.
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Acknowledging the shortcomings of wasteful of expensive tape (by throwing away about an inch of tape per label print), I appreciate the tidy labels this little machine continues to make.  I have used it for mailing packages, labeling equipment and sorting out wiring circuits. Although the printer seems wasteful in using up tape, I have yet to actually use up a cartridge.  I use the PC-based software, rather than the build-in 'lite' version, because of formatting flexibility and address library.  This is one of those tools that is hard to justify for the first use but is appreciated once you have it.
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I love using these Fiskars clear stamp sets--they are so easy to both use and clean up.  I like the ability to save the design for future use.

I like this much better than the hard acrylic blocks that are often sold with clear stamps.  This helps line up the paper & stamps with the grid, and allows for even pressure across the stamps.

Note: store the item with the sponge feet not squished, or they will not hold the plate evenly.  I keep mine on top of a box, upside down (so the little feet are in the air.)
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I like to be organized because I use clutter to stop my creative process. As I create, I also create paper. Email creates clutter inside my computer. It generates more paper. After Hurricane Wilma I was swamped with emails and didn't know how to manage the process.

I am currently reading Sally's book `Take back your life!' and implementing her methods. In her book is teaching me how to set up and manage my Microsoft Outlook. I so needed her inspirations. I was laughing when I read:

Mary Baker loves her paper. She had papers on her desk, on the floor, and on her credenza. Wherever there was a surface, there were papers. She was having a hard time finding and filing papers with so many of them placed randomly about.(page 53)

Was she standing in my office or what? *sigh*  Problem: The blogs and websites I have create traffic. From that traffic I get emails. It's a good thing if I had a system in place to manage the growth. I didn't. Once I got through Sally's lingo (she assigns her buzz words for tasks and actions) the book started to make sense. Common sense. That gave me the courage yesterday to sort through the 500 emails I had left over from 2005, edit and categorize them. Set up a new system. I feel grateful. I feel proud. Oh the relief!

"The answer is not in doing more. It's in slowing down so you can make better decisions and produce better results." --SALLY MCGHEE
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This stamper effectively cancels out personal name and address information on all my paper. I use it primarily for mail.  It's large enough to cover the address info in one swipe. It's A LOT quicker than shredding. Works well for me on matte paper and glossy magazine paper too -- just let the ink dry a minute on the glossy paper and it's good to go in the recycle bin!  Windowed envelopes DO have to get opened and then I stamp the paper inside, but it's still fast and easy.
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I love to use these for rubber stamping. You can color your rubber stamp, then "huff" (exhale a breath) onto them and stamp your paper--gives me more color options, so I don't need as many stamp pads.
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The address rubber stamp I received is perfect, smaller than the one I was previously using and that's what I wanted. Will order a different stamp from this company, very pleased with the ordering, shipping and quality of this product.
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Seems well designed, the stamp shapes were a good addition.
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I ordered one of these from a catalog and they work very well, however I was not aware that they are made in two sizes. What I thought was a terrific buy from amazon not so much as these are the smaller size and require two or more passes to cover an address. I'll have to do some research to find out which size I'm ordering next time. The product does hide the address well you just have to make two or three passes with these small stamps as opposed to one quick swipe with the larger one.
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The micro cuts seem more square than like small confetti strips, but it works well enough to destroy most financial/sensitive documents. The roller wheels allows for easy transport in an office environment, and the pull out tray makes emptying a simple task.

Overall: 5/5 stars,
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I'm using the cling vinyl to convert my wood block stamps from stampin up to cling mount stamps - time to reduce crafting storage space!  I have nto perfected the technique yet, so many of my stamps have wrinkles in the cling vinyl...or the vinyl isn't adhering as well as I expected - but I'm sure this is due to the adhesive I've been using and my technique.  The ones that worked as I'd expect, have decent cling strength and I'm very happy with the end results!
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so far it makes good stamps. and easy to use, if your use to the silhouette software. the only bad thing is the cost of the stamp kit replacements. but in comparison to the cost of traditional stamps its reasonable. especially since they are custom
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This seller is the best.  I will refer all of my rubber stamp business to them.  I had a small issue with a stamp I ordered and how they did it I'll never know but they sent a replacement and it was here within 48 hours.  Crazy fast and a great product.
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I've used this several times and it's easy to use. I made pockets for my $1 stamps and now store them in a 3 ring binder.
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useful for my stamp collecting, especially since I don't need a up to date volume, this one workes well and saved me $$$
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The stamps are high-quality, and all come together on one sheet of rubber. You have to cut the stamps out yourself, but I like that. This way you can decide how much or how little excess you want. Sometimes stamps have too much excess rubber around the image, but that's me being finicky.
Hope this helps someone for future purchases.
Mary