Category Archives: Nonprofit Governance

Six Ways to Start Your Board Search

As we approach the end of summer some of you may be thinking about getting more involved as volunteers.  If you’re new to the idea of volunteering at the board level, here are six ways to find board opportunities: Local … Continue reading

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Recommended Reading of Recent Governance Posts

Here are four recent blog posts worth the read: The Healthy Leadership Team by Debra Beck at the Laramie Board Learning Project. In this post she discusses the results of an on-line survey that asked people what factors into a … Continue reading

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Is There an Elephant in Your Board Meeting?

Today elephants lurk at many board meetings. Just ask the trustees of Penn State and Duke Energy.  These are the topics everyone feels are too confrontational to bring up before the entire group lest someone be offended and resign.  I … Continue reading

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