It’s a rare meeting where the board of directors has enough time to accomplish everything it needs to, and having an established and focused board meeting agenda helps the board maximise accuracy, efficiency, and productivity. A board meeting agenda…
“Reduce, reuse, recycle”: These principles aren’t just necessary to an ecofriendly household — they're also key components of mission-driven success. Finding new ways to use resources — for example, discovering that a back-office staff member is a natural at public…
Charity leaders and boards recognise that AI is going to expand to even more uses, and new AI applications beyond ChatGPT will continue to emerge at full steam. To ensure AI is used responsibly within their organisations, these leaders…
Trust between governments and citizens is a basic tenet of democracy. Governments function and serve their constituents more efficiently when an underlying trust exists between them. Trust and confidence built in times of stability can be an enormous advantage…
Equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) remains an important priority for every industry, including — and perhaps especially — mission-driven organisations. Charities and nonprofits’ commitment to providing accessible services and supporting the greater good go hand-in-hand with the values and…
Mission-driven organisations and associations continue to embrace equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) initiatives as an expression of their mission and values. Many have crafted and implemented ED&I policies for their board and for their organisations. The goals of those…
Equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) is now a critical part of the conversation in every boardroom. Corporate boards are gradually working toward increased diversity and chasing the recognised value in more diverse leadership. But diversity in the boardroom can…
As mission-driven entities, charities and nonprofits face specific pressures and challenges in promoting equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I). An organisation’s values will promote a greater good when ED&I is a priority — a good that often benefits overlapping demographics…
Equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) values are inextricably bound to the missions of most charity and nonprofit organisations. In serving their constituents and communities and fulfilling their missions, mission-driven organisations help improve the lives of people from different backgrounds,…
As generative AI becomes more widely accepted, many leaders in the nonprofit and charity sector are no longer asking whether they should use it, but rather where else they can use it. After all, as a transformative technology that…
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