All board members share the responsibility for a nonprofit organization’s financial health. The treasurer is an officer of the board. Like other board officers, the treasurer has additional responsibilities. It’s important for the treasurer to manage the financial matters of…
While it may appear that the treasurer of a nonprofit organization does nothing more than appear at the board meeting with the financial report in hand, many of the duties and responsibilities of a nonprofit treasurer happen behind the scenes.…
Board meetings become unproductive when there’s not enough time to thoroughly discuss issues in order to make good decisions for a nonprofit organization. Board directors find themselves rushing through the agenda, making decisions in haste along the way. Forming committees…
Have you ever left a board meeting with the evening’s discussions swirling around in your head, and yet you couldn’t remember anything that you talked about? Such experiences leave board members feeling like meetings are a waste of time. Board…
The way that we’ve thought about governance is changing in nearly every realm and industry around the globe. Colleges and universities have largely let their senior managers run their institutions. Boards of trustees typically recruit dedicated and loyal alumni to…
Interconnectivity is a maze of opportunity that is also fraught with both seen and unseen risks. The web of threats and rewards is an equally challenging playing field for cyber-attackers, whose tricks and tactics are getting smarter and more sophisticated.…
Some of our country’s best programs and companies come together when one or more people become passionate about tackling a problem that’s been on everyone else’s back burner for a long time. That was the case when Stephanie Sonnabend and…
Did you know that you don’t have to be interested or involved in a specific cause to serve on a nonprofit board of directors? The fact is that there are lots of nonprofits right in your community that have vacancies…
2017 was a new high-water mark for seismic change in the US: political, economic, environmental and societal. Many serious issues hit nonprofit boardrooms across the nation. Trustees have needed to pay close attention to changes in regulations, funding sources, natural…
Women have spoken out and fought for equality dating back more than 150 years. Progress has been slow, but steady. In 1920, the 19th amendment gave U.S. women the right to vote, which paved the way for even more progress…
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