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Board Composition and Recruitment
Given the tremendous responsibility and power of boards, making sure you have the right composition of leaders on your board is absolutely fundamental.
Board Chairs
Considerations for seeking candidates for the special role of Board Chair.
Beware of a Runaway Executive Committee
Tips for dealing with a committee that acts independently of the rest of the board.
Best Practices for Board Meeting Minutes
What nonprofit boards should generally include include and exclude from their meeting minutes and how those minutes should be maintained.
Basic Guidelines and Sample Agenda for Board Training Session
Guidelines to consider when developing your organization's particular approach to board training.
Ambassadors Chart Sample
Ambassador charts encourage board participation and highlights individual board members' efforts.
Advisory Boards and Committees
Resources on what advisory board are, why they matter, and how to get them off the ground.
A Founder's Legacy: Leaving Well
Helping your organization transition during executive succession when you've decided to move on.
A Board Member Contract
Be sure each Board Member is clear on their duties via an agreement modeled after contracts.
Sample Request for Liability and Insurance Consulting Services
Sample request for proposal for property and liability risk management and insurance consulting services.
Toward a Theory of Sector Selection
As social entrepreneurs around the world create new organizations to solve emerging public problems, they do so drawing on a broad range of organizational forms, ranging from the traditional nonprofit form to the classic business corporate form.
Debunk Nonprofit Myths
Some assumptions about nonprofits are like urban legends. Like the legendary alligators in New York City sewers, these stories have gained credibility through their longevity. This article includes several popular myths about nonprofits.
Innovation Network
Innovation Network provides program planning and evaluation consulting, training, and web-based tools to nonprofits and funders across geographic and programmatic boundaries. The organization works to make evaluation accessible to all nonprofits, so they have the knowledge and skills to manage and improve their work.
Best Practices for Gift Acknowledgement
Guide for designing and implementing a system to provide donors with timely and meaningful thank yous and acknowledgments.
Donor Thank You Mini-Guide
A short guide to help you create efficacious donor thank yous.