Every nonprofit board does its best work when it has the right people, the right processes and the right tools. There is one specific tool that helps boards with essentially every process that nonprofit boards perform — a board portal.…
Getting a board of directors together and submitting all the forms and fees to start up an organization is a good place to begin. Soon after, boards need to work full steam ahead to round up the necessary funding to…
BoardEffect Governance Technology Evangelist Dottie Schindlinger talked with Independent Sector Chief Strategy Officer Jeffrey Moore about the importance of storytelling in changework. Jeff will be at BoardEffect’s BE Savvy 2018 Conference this September to lead a session called “What Is Our Story.”…
One of the greatest things about starting a new nonprofit or other type of organization is that countless organizations have already worked out many of the kinks and challenges that tend to plague start-up organizations. New boards are typically aware…
So, you have a great idea for a nonprofit organization. The process for registering and setting up a nonprofit organization isn’t difficult, but it does take time to complete all the necessary steps. It’s important to register the nonprofit correctly,…
When it comes to governance, colleges and universities have more at stake than the good name and reputation of their institutions. Colleges and universities were originally founded to educate the future leaders of the nation so they could go forth…
If a hospital board trustee arrived at the hospital for treatment, chances are pretty good that the medical professionals treating him or her wouldn’t know who the person was. The law requires hospitals to have a board of trustees to…
The current governance model for nonprofit organizations consists of a volunteer board of directors that hails from the community and that partners with paid or unpaid managers. This model is so widely used and accepted that most people don’t give…
Fundraising is a top priority for nonprofit organizations. As such, it’s the activity that rightly gets the most time and attention. There’s no standard way for your board to approach fundraising. The only wrong way to approach it is not…
When it comes to nonprofit and charitable organizations, state laws don’t vary substantially, but they do vary somewhat. Nonprofit board members need to know what the state statutes are, when to submit initial and periodic registrations, and which state agency…
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