A Gateway to 21st Century Governance: Are We Ready?
The function of accountability and community engagement is being re-examined locally and globally as people and organizations demand more democratic governing structures.
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Financial Transactions with Your Board: Who Is Looking?
In a first-of-its-kind study, nonprofits report on their transactions with board members—some for the better and some for the worse.
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Governing Disasters – Let’s “Begin the World Over”
As we went to “press” this morning it struck me that we had a theme going – dysfunctional governance.
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What Do You Talk about at Your Board Meetings?
Board meetings require intentional design and good facilitation so that the board can do the work of governance without getting sidetracked by management stuff and other matters.
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The Inclusive Nonprofit Boardroom: Leveraging the Transformative Potential of...
Diversity on boards has to be good, right? So how is it that study after study suggests the opposite? A closer look at boards today reveals that exactly how we diversify makes all the difference.
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The Best and Worst of Board Chairs
Do you know one when you see one? Initial research shows that there is a great deal of agreement about what makes a good board chair.
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New Frontiers and Critical Questions: Moving Governance Research Forward
Several insights into the world of nonprofit governance have emerged in recent years, yet much remains to be explored. This article discusses five areas for future inquiry.
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Advisory Boards and Other Bodies: Yes or No and Why or Why Not? (Part 2)
Management and fundraising expert Simone Joyaux has more tips, guidelines, and checklists for establishing advisory boards–except don't call them advisory boards!
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What’s Driving Your Nonprofit: Opinion or Expertise? There Is a Difference!
Are you living in a "fact-free zone?" Many in the nonprofit sector have opinions about best practices for fundraising, but what does the research say?
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A Boy Scout Exodus? Where Would Members Go?
An Associated Press article speculates as to where Boy Scouts of America members might go if turned off when the organization decides about openly gay members.
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A Very Sticky Nonprofit and Its Legacy
I want to direct your attention today to our feature, by Tom Scanlon. It provides some context and a challenge to the concept of strategic philanthropy.
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Ponzi Schemes That Ensnare Nonprofits (and How to Avoid Them)
Nonprofits, donors, and people allied with them: watch out when there are deals that sound too good to be true. They just about always are.
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Underestimating the Power of Nonprofit Governance
This article proposes that nonprofit leaders are increasingly focused on secondary issues, and asks, What does the sector stand to gain as a result of retraining our focus from structural concerns to...
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In Everything You Do Today…GET OUT THE VOTE!
If the broad and diverse American nonprofit sector stands for anything at all, it stands for the participation of everyone in the democratic governance of this nation.
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Effective Board Chair-Executive Director Relationships: Not About Roles!
The secret to ensuring that this critical relationship works isn’t about clear role definition, it’s all about trust, according to recent research.
View ArticleSystem-Wide Governance for Community Empowerment
Centro Presente, a leading organization in the immigrant justice movement, energized its mission and constituency when it moved from a top-down board to a governance structure that engaged a broad...
View ArticleReframing Governance
The most substantive decisions on your organization’s governance is likely happening far from the board room. How should your governance systems respond?
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Who "Owns" Your Nonprofit?
FROM THE ARCHIVES NPQ is proud to say that this article written a decade ago is a classic – because it discusses in a practical but unusual way a question every board of directors should be able to...
View ArticleThe Shifting Tides of Nonprofit Governance: An Interview with Paul Light
What model does your board follow?
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