The Advisory Board Playbook
The Advisory Board Playbook by Nancy Mayer, published by Winsome Entertainment Group on March 29, 2022, is a comprehensive guide designed to help businesses leverage the power of advisory boards. This edition, consisting of 220 pages, explores how a well-structured advisory board can enhance business development, foster entrepreneurship, and drive growth. Mayer outlines the importance of assembling a diverse group of professionals to provide valuable insights, streamline decision-making, and ultimately increase profitability.
Readers will discover practical strategies for establishing an effective advisory board, including five essential steps for engagement and methods to make meetings productive and enjoyable. The book emphasizes the significance of selecting the right type of advisory board—be it strategic, customer-focused, or community-oriented—and offers tools for maximizing the benefits of these collaborations. With a focus on business development and new enterprises, The Advisory Board Playbook serves as a resource for those looking to optimize their organizational strategies and enhance their competitive advantage.
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Are the Right People at your Table?
A powerful advisory board brings its successes, experience, and expertise to your table. Expect a properly facilitated seasoned team to collaborate and build capital, connections, and ideas in your favor. This collective of six to eight diverse professionals condenses timelines, eliminates costly mistakes, and expands your sphere of influence to increase your growth exponentially and help secure your next round of funding.
“Less than 6% of startups, and small to medium businesses have a formalized advisory board and the ones that do are seeing 3X revenues and 2X productivity for a substantial impact on profitability.” Business Development Bank of Canada Report
The value and power of advisory boards is one of the best knowledge-based investments with a very high ROI which capitalizes on the current trends in society – working together to co-create better solutions. Whether a Strategic, Customer (CAB), Community or Peer board, the Advisory Board Builder proprietary approach will deliver tools for monetary, performance and relational capital rewards.
This book will show you:
- How the RIGHT advisory board can add huge value and a competitive advantage to your business’ bottom line
- Five steps to having an engaged, effective advisory board
- How to make board meetings, fun and interactive with actionable results
- Which type of advisory board is the best option for your organization and how to implement it successfully
“A wise advisor’s hindsight is your foresight.” Nancy Mayer
“As an investor and the founder of VentureCapital.com since the 70s, I have seen the magic that happens when a variety of mentors / advisors collaborate to help founders solve a specific challenge. In this book, Nancy has been able to formalize a step-by-step process to get the right advisors at the table and apply their collective knowledge to create innovative solutions.”
Brad Bertoch, Founder of VentureCapital.org
“As the founder of The NGO Whisperer(TM) and a Global Consultant working with notfor-profits worldwide, I highly recommend The Advisory Board Playbook as a guide to anyone seeking to set up a not-for-profit advisory board for their organization. This book helps not-for-profit leaders understand both the Why and the How of leveraging great advisors to ensure that the purpose or the organization and the good work it brings to the world are optimized and that everyone involved feels valued and appreciated.”
Carolyne A. Opinde Dr.h.c. MSc.PMP(R), Founder and CEO, The NGO Whisperer(TM)
“This is a great book that should be on your shelf.”
Bradley Roulston, Fellow to the FPSC and community organizer
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