Nonprofit boards should get acquainted with the acronym GRC at their earliest opportunity. GRC is commonly known as governance, risk and compliance. Corporations, large and small, rely on these principles…
Board secretaries play a central role in managing governance for board directors. The secretarial position is one that guides the board toward best practices and making sure that all board…
If your nonprofit board wants to maximize your board meeting time as much as possible, one way to create efficiency is to begin utilizing a consent agenda. Some boards prefer…
Long-term planning is a strategic planning activity that leads boards to fulfilling their mission with maximum efficiency and impact. Planning for the long term requires nonprofit boards to identify and…
Mission and vision statements are the cornerstones of nonprofit work. Those words evoke thoughts of solving big problems over long periods of time. To some extent, that’s true. Nonprofit boards…
The first year of a new nonprofit CEO’s tenure often makes or breaks whether they’re going to work out. Some nonprofits estimate that a third to a half of new…
Technology has brought us many valuable business tools, including the ability to hold virtual board meetings. As with any new product, early board meeting software solutions were imperfect at best.…
College and university board directors would be remiss if they failed to consider the vast evolution that’s taking place in higher education governance. The changes stem directly from regulatory and…
Hospital boards that choose to conduct board self-evaluations have much to learn about how well the board functions as a unit. Some hospitals are required to conduct annual board self-evaluations,…
For the most part, government boards operate in much the same way as other types of boards. Best practices for good governance apply to all boards of directors, including municipal…
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