It’s summer — the perfect time to fix the board. Hot Board Summer is a set of practical, ready-to-use tools that get your board back to being cohesive, productive, and actually growing the organization. Sharper meetings, clear roles, and a plan that outlasts the next meeting — built from 20 years of fixing dysfunctional boards.
The real problem
When a board drifts, it shows up everywhere — meetings that decide nothing, roles nobody’s quite sure of, and a year that’s really just twelve meetings in a row with no plan behind it. That’s not a people problem. It’s a structure problem. Give your board the right structure and the good people you already have start doing good work. These tools are that structure — pulled straight from 20 years of fixing dysfunctional boards, ready to use at your next meeting.
The tools
5 Tools to Run Board Meetings That Actually Decide Things
Agendas, formats, and decision tools that keep meetings moving and end with real decisions — not another “let’s circle back next month.” Your board leaves having actually done something.
5 Tools to End the “Whose Job Is That?” Problem
Simple tools that spell out who does what — board vs. staff, chair vs. member, this committee vs. that one. Board members finally know how to help, and staff stop getting stuck in the middle.
7 Tools to Stop Operating Meeting to Meeting
Everything you need to lift your board out of month-to-month firefighting and into a real plan — a direction everyone shares, priorities that stick, and goals you can actually track between meetings.
Start here — free
The Meeting Pack is the fastest win, and the Meeting Starter Kit is a free taste of it. Grab it, try it at your next meeting, and feel the difference before you buy a thing.
Ready for the full set?
Browse all three packs on Ko-fi — full descriptions, what’s inside, and pricing are all over there. This page just points the way.