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Board members are talented, experienced, and knowledgeable leaders. They know how to be effective. They achieve success by taking on one issue and focusing on it until it is resolved. Many nonprofit boards try to do too much. Their agendas are cluttered with marketing decisions, programing needs, financial decisions, fundraising challenges plus the usual […]  One of the often-overlooked responsibilities of nonprofit boards is to develop its current and future leaders (volunteer and professional). Another responsibility of a nonprofit board is to lay the foundation for an uncertain future. While it sounds like it is impossible to prepare for something that is vague at best, it is still a necessity. […] Nonprofits must follow laws, accounting standards, accreditation standards, guidelines, best practices, codes of conduct, and traditions. Yet it is when a nonprofit breaks the rules that its sustainability improves. Part of a nonprofit board’s responsibility is to monitor activity and ensure the nonprofit stays on the straight and narrow. The regulations and rules are […] There are simple things your nonprofit’s board can do to ensure it receives the information it needs […] When nonprofit boards place an emphasis on their own accountability, their nonprofits exceed expectations. […] Nonprofit executives who practice long-term thinking and planning produce better results. […] Your nonprofit’s risk assessment is much more valuable than the time and effort it takes. […] How your nonprofit’s board members define what is better for your nonprofit determines your success. […] There is a process for increasing the performance of your nonprofit’s board. […] When a board emphasizes consensus it stifles board member engagement. […] |
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