How to measure the ROI of nonprofit board software
Making the decision to invest in any technology for your nonprofit can be tricky, particularly if it’s hard to quantify the return on that investment. You don’t want to…
Nonprofit Organizations: How They Work and What They Do
In simple terms, a nonprofit organization is one that functions to further a mission, social cause, or shared goal. Unlike businesses, nonprofit organizations do not exist to make a…
How to evaluate nonprofit board effectiveness
When volunteer board members choose to invest their time in an organisation they want to feel their participation is valuable and that they are making a difference. Likewise, their time…
Embracing Technology to Build an Effective Community Healthcare Board
As a board member of a community healthcare nonprofit, working within the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, you probably face a multitude of challenges that require problem solving and…
Association or Organization: What Is the Difference?
How can you know whether a group that gets together regularly should be called an association or organization? While people commonly use the terms interchangeably, there are distinct differences…
Top 12 Security Considerations for Your Volunteer Board
As a volunteer board director, you’re highly dedicated and invested in your cause. In a perfect world, all the money you raise would go toward your programs and activities.…
Risk Management Analysis: How Volunteer Boards Can Spot Red Flags
With over 1.5 million nonprofits to choose from, donors have an abundance of organizations they can choose to support. Considering that, it stands to reason that donors have a…
How To Use Governance Technology to Protect Nonprofit Board Members Against Cyberattacks
Cyberattacks are here to stay and ransomware demands to organizations are unfortunately skyrocketing. Nonprofit boards need to know the essentials of how to protect data and their board members against…
Fiduciary responsibility: A complete guide with examples
A fiduciary responsibility is an obligation that prevents one party from acting in their own interest rather than in the interest of the organization. For nonprofits, this ethical commitment…
Healthcare Board Portal
BoardEffect, a Diligent company, was designed for the work of efficient and collaborative boards to enable effective leaders. Healthcare executives and trustees have long relied on BoardEffect to improve board…
