Helping volunteer boards and committees get governance right
A practical book + hands-on support for small not-for-profits. Let’s get ticking…
About the book...
Third edition. More content, same plain English.
Just a Tick – A Best Practice Guide for Committees and Boards of Management.
(1st edition 1999, 2nd edition 2001, 3rd edition 2025).
Just a Tick is an easy-to-read guide written specifically for small not-for-profit organisations. Three-plus decades of working with volunteer boards and committees has taught me what people struggle with – and what actually makes a difference. I know the meetings-bloody-meetings aren’t the whole job. You’re also the person fielding calls, sorting problems and keeping the wheels turning. Whether you’re brand new to a committee or you’ve been around long enough to have seen it all, I wrote this book for you.
Cheers,
Kate McPhee
The resource book your Committee members will actually use.
Just a Tick will:
- Provide plain English step-by-step guidance on what good governance looks like in practice
- Give clear answers to the questions that come up in and around the Committee room
- Give you practical tools your Committee can use straight away - not theory, not jargon
- Build the confidence that comes from knowing your Committee is doing things properly
- Build a solid foundation that makes every meeting, discussion and decision a little easier.
I’m here to support small organisations with the governance activities they don’t have the experience, time or confidence to do in-house.
Practical support for the big picture and small details.
There’s a lot of work in running a not-for-profit that happens outside the Committee room. Strategic planning, governance, reporting, compliance, meeting procedures, operational support – these things matter, and they’re genuinely hard to get right without experience.
That’s what I do. I work alongside your Committee to sort out what’s needed, fill the gaps and build the kind of practical foundations that make everything else easier.
Think of it as sorting through the mix of chips, rocks, buttons and twists in a bag of Liquorice Allsorts – no two organisations are the same, but with the right support, you end up with a bag full of the good ones.
Governance support doesn't have to be complicated.
If less stress, less mess and more progress is what you’re looking for, contact me today to arrange a no-cost, no obligation phone or Zoom conversation.