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Ten Things Boards Do Right (Without Even Realizing It)
By Jan Masaoka, publisher, Blue Avocado; CEO, California Association of Nonprofits No matter what goes wrong in a nonprofit, somehow the board gets blamed. If the executive director embezzled money,...
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Boards and Public Displays of Disaffection
By Vernetta Walker, vice president of programs and chief governance officer, BoardSource A few weeks ago, there was a news story indicating that the entire 20-member board of the Minnesota Dance...
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Getting Beyond the Blame Game
By Anne Wallestad, president & CEO The challenges that organizations face in securing the resources they need to succeed is well-documented. Many organizations are teetering on the edge of...
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Building Trust Through Transparency
By Anne Wallestad, president & CEO, BoardSource, and Jacob Harold, president & CEO, GuideStar There is much debate about how to measure the effectiveness — or strength — of a nonprofit...
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20/20 Hindsight
By Vernetta Walker, chief governance officer and vice president of programs, BoardSource A recent article, “World Vision Reverses Decision To Hire Christians in Same-Sex Marriages,” really caught my...
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How Healthy Do You Want Your Nonprofit Board to Be?
By Anne Wallestad, president & CEO, BoardSource Last spring, I had a tough conversation with my doctor. I’m diabetic and have to be very careful about my health — exercise, eat well, monitor my...
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Donor vs. Investor: An Important Distinction
By Tom Ralser, principal, Convergent Nonprofit Solutions This post is one in a series written by individuals who will be presenting sessions at the 2014 BoardSource Leadership Forum in Washington,...
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Business Model Thinking: Three Things Your Board Must Understand
By Jeff De Cagna, chief strategist and founder, Principled Innovation LLC, and Michael Anderson, president & CEO, Canadian Society of Association Executives This is the second in our series of...
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Culture — The Holy Grail of Good Governance
By Michael R. Vanderpool, principal, Signature Success LLC This is the third in our series of posts written by nonprofit leaders who will be presenting sessions at the 2014 BoardSource Leadership Forum...
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Unpaid Payroll Taxes Can Mean Real Problems for Nonprofit Board Members
By Anne Wallestad, president & CEO, BoardSource Last month, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration issued a report that nonprofit organizations owe more than $875 million in unpaid...
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Grantmakers + Governance = Organizational Success!
The Annenberg Foundation funds what it considers to be a nonprofit’s most important asset — its leaders, both staff and board. Why? Because it sees a direct correlation between a nonprofit’s results...
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Taming the Information Monster – Enough Already!
By Michael R. Vanderpool, principal, Signature Success LLC This is the fourth in our series of posts written by nonprofit leaders who will be presenting sessions at the 2014 BoardSource Leadership...
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Visualize Success: Five Questions to Spark Your Board Experience
By Holly Duckworth, CEO, Leadership Solutions International This post is one of a series written by individuals who will be presenting sessions at the 2014 BoardSource Leadership Forum on October 9...
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Five Ways to Be a Model Board Member
By Karen Eber Davis, president, Karen Eber Davis This post is one in a series written by board leaders who will be presenting sessions at the 2014 BoardSource Leadership Forum on October 9 & 10 in...
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Fundraising? It’s Everyone’s Job
By Gail Perry, president, Gail Perry Associates/Firedupfundraising.com This post is one in our series written by nonprofit leaders who will be presenting sessions at the BoardSource Leadership Forum...
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The Leadership Opportunity: You’re Next!
By David Livingston Styers, director of consulting services and senior board governance consultant, Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership; BoardSource senior governance consultant This post is...
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Designing Community-Level Support for Emerging Leaders
By Carrie Minnich, co-chair, Get On Board How do you attract the next generation to your board and make sure they have the skills to be the future leaders of your organization? Two Northeast Indiana...
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Use Advocacy to Close Your Nonprofit’s Doors!
By Renee Vandlik, president, Advocacy Difference LLC This post is one in a series written by nonprofit leaders who will be presenting sessions at the BoardSource Leadership Forum (BLF) taking place on...
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Diversity is the New Black
By Ebonie Johnson Cooper, chief millennial officer, Friends of Ebonie, LLC This post is another in our series written by nonprofit leaders presenting sessions at the 2014 BoardSource Leadership Forum...
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Are You Listening to Your Board Members?
By Peter Zehren, president & CEO, Zehren Consulting This post is one in a series written by board leaders who will be presenting sessions at the 2014 BoardSource Leadership Forum on October 9 &...
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