People and passion draw people to serve on a board. Nonprofit board of director best practices will help them fulfill that role well. As prepared as most board members believe they are, their first board meeting can be a rude…
In recent months, virtual meetings have become a necessity for organizations of every type because of COVID-19. If virtual meetings are new for your organization, you’re probably learning some of the nuances that make virtual meetings different from in-person meetings.…
Nonprofit board directors provide valuable services for their communities. It’s exciting to join a nonprofit board of directors and be part of the action. New nonprofit board directors quickly learn that accepting a seat on the board comes with huge…
With the onset of the pandemic, a remote working environment has become a necessity for nonprofit organizations of every type and size, as well as for businesses. Nonprofits need to be equally concerned about the safety and well-being of their…
If the board president or executive director of your nonprofit organization resigned tomorrow, what’s the first thing would your board do? If your answer is, “I don’t know,” it’s time to get busy working on nonprofit succession planning. Nonprofit boards…
When a crisis hits, it hits without warning, and it knows no boundaries. It takes a mighty collective force to deal with a crisis in the most effective way. The best way to confront a large-scale crisis is for government,…
It may be tempting for boards to skip board meetings and put board business on hold during times when it’s impractical or improbable for boards to meet in person. The reality is that it may be even more important to…
Governance is one of the most important functions of a board of directors. Vast changes in the financial arena, as well as in society, have kept the issue of governance in a state of evolution over the last couple of…
Higher education is a highly regulated industry at the state and federal levels and the demands from the lawmakers, regulators, and the public continue to increase. There will always be a basic set of regulations that pertain to employment, financial,…
Strategic management and operational management are different and equally important aspects of the business. They’re separate, but related processes that work in parallel to each other. Each process can run on its own and in poorly run companies, they sometimes…
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