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Passion is Not Enough!
By Chris Grundner, president and CEO, Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement Are you familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? Abraham Maslow, a psychologist, introduced the concept in a 1943...
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How to Get Beyond B-Minus: The State of Nonprofit Boards Today
By Anne Wallestad, BoardSource president & CEO Today, BoardSource launched Leading with Intent: A National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices, which is a comprehensive scan of current nonprofit...
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Boards: A View from the Corner Office
By Marla J. Bobowick, MBA/CNM, senior governance consultant, BoardSource; author, Leading with Intent report While we live in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) times, nonprofit boards...
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Make Informed Fundraising Decisions
By Ron Wormser, lead author, Informed Fundraising: An Introduction & Guide “Why does the world need yet another book on fundraising?” I was asked this question by a friend who is a...
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Adaptive Strategic Planning for Today’s New Normal
By Ann F. Cohen, chief strategist and change agent, Ann Cohen & Associates; BoardSource senior governance consultant Do you remember that childhood game called “Freeze”? If only we could play it...
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Is Your Spending Rate Sustainable?
By Heather Myers, managing director, non-profits, Russell Investments As a board member, you have a difficult job. You need to ensure that your organization has the money, talent, experience, and...
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Executive Committees: To Be or Not to Be?
By Robin Hindsman Stacia, BoardSource senior governance consultant; principal, Sage Consulting Network, Inc. Not to be? Many of you may think that questioning the relevancy of the executive committee...
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CEO Transition: Are You Ready for the Inevitable?
By Katha Kissman, BoardSource senior governance consultant; interim leader and organizational development consultant BoardSource has long noted that one of the 10 basic responsibilities of all boards...
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Calling All AmeriCorps Alums
by Andy Davis, BoardSource director of training, AmeriCorps alum A year ago, AmeriCorps Alums and BoardSource began to discuss a potential partnership. I immediately thought it would be a great idea...
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Employment Agreements: Five Things Every Nonprofit Board Should Know
By Anne Wallestad, president & CEO, BoardSource This morning, I had an opportunity to sit in on a session hosted by CEO Update, which focused on the ins and outs of CEO contracts and compensation....
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B-Minus! Nonprofit Boards Can Do Better
By Bruce Lesley, BoardSource senior governance consultant In my community, the public schools dismissed their students for the summer last week, which means that some parents are spending this week...
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Why Board Engagement in Advocacy is Essential
By Anne Wallestad, president & CEO, BoardSource We ask a lot of nonprofit boards of directors. We want them to be deep thinkers about strategy and mission, vigilant providers of oversight,...
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Nonprofit Boardroom Taboos
By Gary Patterson, principal, Fiscal Doctor When you were a teenager, do you remember one of your parents saying “Speak to your father [or mother] about that” when you asked an uncomfortable question?...
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How Nonprofit Boards Achieve Transformational Change
By Katha Kissman, BoardSource senior governance consultant This post is one in a series written by board leaders who are presenting sessions at the 2015 BoardSource Leadership Forum. We invite you to...
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Equip Your New Nonprofit Board Members to Be Effective on Day One
By Cyrus N. (Russ) White, principal, The South Cabin Group LLC; board member, Grand Rapids (MN) Area Community Foundation This post is one in a series written by individuals who are presenting at the...
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Passing the Nonprofit Governance Torch to GENNEXT
By Kay Irby, director of organizational development, Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations This post is one in a series written by nonprofit leaders who are presenting sessions at the 2015...
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Building a Collaborative Nonprofit Board Team
By David Styers, BoardSource Senior Governance Consultant; manager of program & business development, Presidio Institute, a Presidio Trust Initiative This post is one in a series written by board...
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Modeling the Nonprofit Board Behavior We Seek
By Susan Howlett, consultant and author This post is one in a series written by experts who will be presenting sessions at the 2015 BoardSource Leadership Forum taking place on November 9 & 10 in...
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What Does It Take to Stand Out and Excel in the Nonprofit Sector?
By Marshall H. Ginn, CFRE, founder, Capital Development Strategies LLC; Selection Committee Chair, Management Excellence Award, Center for Nonprofit Advancement This post is one in a series written by...
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Fuel the Operations of Your Nonprofit with a Dashboard
By Peter Manzetti, director, Governance, Risk and Compliance Services, Friedman LLP; Amish Mehta, partner and not-for-profit practice leader, Friedman LLP This post is one in a series written by...
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