BE Savvy is BoardEffect’s annual conference designed specifically for the BoardEffect user community. Join over 200 BoardEffect users from around the globe to learn how to optimize your workflows, explore best practices and enhance your usage of BoardEffect. This three…
There is something satisfying about integrating two technologies. Recently, I’ve been working on the integration of some internal systems at BoardEffect. I took a moment to appreciate how transformative these connections can be for a business. A process that used to take hours now takes a fraction of the time. This allows teams to focus…
While researching a recent blog post on the topic of “effective board leadership,” I came across an article called “Developing Leadership on Boards of Directors” by Barbara Miller and Jeanne Bergman from a 2008 edition of The Journal of Nonprofit Management. While I don’t know the authors and wasn’t previously familiar with their work, I…
Board meetings get all the attention, but the magic of good governance doesn’t really begin or end at the board table. Just as it’s not the pomp and circumstance of graduation that will matter most in any young adult’s life, but rather what happens before and after the actual event. The same is true regarding…
The evolution of technology is changing the way the boards functioned, historically. Over past decades, board members hand-wrote meeting dates in their date books and carved out time in their schedules for meetings, adding in extra time for traveling. Executive committee members had to allow time for an extra meeting in their schedules. Technology has…
The board of the ABC Corporation formed an ad hoc committee to explore ways to address cyber risk for company emails. The committee completed their research and recommended that the company contract with one of three cyber risk protection companies—each with different packages for protection levels and costs. The board had not yet acted on…
“Effective board leadership” is a hot topic. A Google search on the term yields about 2.87 million results, a few of which jump out as being quite informative. These range from the quick and useful “The 10 Habits of Highly Effective Boards” from AGB’s Trusteeship Magazine to the scholarly, comprehensive, and seemingly timeless “Developing Leadership…
Are your board members complaining behind closed doors? Are they frustrated that some board members are not prepared? Do they feel like their input is being overshadowed by a few outspoken members? These are some of the common complaints by board members who feel that board meetings are just a waste of time. Board member…
Every board benefits by having a slate of board members that has a diverse background of experience, talent, and ability. One of the most common strengths among them is leadership. When the board faces conflicting viewpoints and complex problems, strong leadership is the driving force behind addressing them in a diligent, comprehensive manner.
At BoardEffect, we’re continually enhancing the product and refining features that elevate board performance. These enhancement ideas come from many sources, but most frequently they come directly from conversations with clients using the platform. This month, we highlight some new functionality that came directly from client feedback.
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