Every non-profit organization begins with the spark of an idea of a community need that doesn’t currently exist. You might be surprised to learn that some of the most prominent…
In rare instances, non-profit board directors get paid for their time, but by and large, they serve as volunteers without pay. Non-profit board directors usually have a special connection to…
We can only define the responsibilities of a board member when we know the type of board on which the director serves. For legal purposes, nonprofit organizations are corporations, just…
Entity management and cybersecurity have long been viewed as having separate and distinct roles in relation to risk management. As the global economic climate progresses, the two roles are increasingly…
Laws and regulations set the standards for corporations to have boards of directors. Chartered or registered boards fall into the category of corporations, even though they don’t make or distribute…
There’s no question that the economic crisis of 2008 helped to reshape transparency within for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Organizational leaders in transparency go beyond the legal definition of accountability, transparency…
A board chair wears many hats, but two words that encapsulate the board chair roles and responsibilities are facilitate and leadership. Nearly every word spoken and every action taken by…
The now-former board chair of a mid-sized nonprofit organization resigned hastily in frustration. Having identified some management irregularities, he was riding roughshod on the chief executive, who countered with complaints…
Hypervigilance rules the day when it comes to a board of directors’ role in compliance and ethics matters. If your board members are not familiar with the terms duty of…
Have you ever looked out of an airplane window and marveled at how differently everything looks from an aerial view? You noticed which highways were jammed with traffic and which…
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