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This Nonprofit Learning Lab resource entitled, Building an Effective Board of Directors, offers detailed information on how to manage a board and avoid potential pitfalls that might arise. This guidebook includes activities and worksheets to help staff and board members create a more effective board.
Jeanne Tedrow, President and CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
The executive committee is a small group, commonly with authority to act on behalf of the full board between meetings or in an urgent situation. The role of the executive committee is to assist the board in carrying out its responsibilities in the most effective manner possible. This outline helps boards in determining if an executive committee is a necessary tool for their organization.
Nonprofit Board Orientation Checklist - This checklist is a general outline to guide the orientation of new board members. Your organization should modify it as you see fit to ensure that all new board members are provided with the information necessary to fulfill their responsibilities. (BoardSource, 2016)
Download a sample Board Member Committee description to use as a summary of who serves on which committees and what each committee's area of responsibility entails.
It is important to know what is expected in order for a board member to fulfill his/her commitment to serve your organization. Make it clear by using this sample to outline what the duties and responsibilities would be required. (Blue Avocado)
Sample Board Member Contract
Sabbaticals can be a win-win for your organization and everyone in it. Sabbaticals Help Keep Good Executives offers lessons and advice from nonprofit leaders who have taken sabbaticals. (North Carolina Center for Nonprofits)
Smart nonprofits take risks—many risks—every day. Such organizations are creative, inventive, and continue to succeed despite the changing environment. These organizations know that success demands risk-taking, and they create an organizational culture that regularly assesses risk, favors intelligent risks, and mitigates the impact of known risks. (First Nonprofit Group)
Risk Management: Your Role as a Board Member
Overviews of the general procedure for changing bylaws at a nonprofit organization:
How to Amend Nonprofit Bylaws by NOLO.com
How To Amend Bylaws: Everything You Need to Know by UpCounsel.com
How to Revise Your Bylaws by ForSmallNonprofits.com