# New guide to effective volunteer boards by Ken Burnett - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/01/04/new-guide-effective-volunteer-boards-ken-burnett/ - Published: 2006-01-04T00:00:00+00:00 - Author: Howard Lake White Lion Press has published the latest in its Tiny Essentials series of fundraising books. Ken Burnett’s The Tiny Essentials of an Effective Volunteer Board is published this week. Ken Burnett’s new book tackles the difficulties in building an effective volunteer board. Writing in the Tiny Essentials’ series hallmark style of entertaining and distilled advice, Burnett shares his experience and thoughts through the person of “Warren Maxwell” who suddenly finds himself propelled into the chairman’s seat of the medium- sized voluntary organisation on whose board he serves. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) Maxwell knows that he has to think and act fast. How can he stop his board from sinking into turgid irrelevance? How can he ensure that his board becomes a beacon of best behaviour, a paragon of all that is excellent in nonprofit governance? He decides he has to uncover as quickly as possible what it takes to build a volunteer board that is truly effective. By exposing the shortcomings of too strong and too weak boards Maxwell reveals the secrets of what makes an enlightened, balanced and highly effective volunteer board. Tiny Essentials of an Effective Volunteer Board costs £7.95 plus postage and packing. * **[Year of the Volunteer Award for Pennies from Heaven Business Development Director](https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/01/12/year-volunteer-award-pennies-heaven-business-development-director/)**( 12 January 2006) * **[Individuals in not-for-profit sector fail to capitalise on the benefits of volunteering](https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/01/16/individuals-notforprofit-sector-fail-capitalise-benefits-volunteering/)**( 16 January 2006) * **[Retailchoice.com lists charity shop volunteer vacancies](https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/02/01/retailchoicecom-lists-charity-shop-volunteer-vacancies/)**( 1 February 2006)