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Board Diversity IS Possible

Posted by BoardSource on Oct 15, 2013 4:12:52 PM

By George Jones, CEO, Bread for the City, and Yanique Redwood, Ph.D., president and CEO, Consumer Health Foundation

Topics: Board Diversity & Inclusivity

Helping Our Staff Help Our Board to Fundraise

Posted by BoardSource on Oct 9, 2013 12:14:19 PM

By Kathy Hedge, principal, Kathy Hedge Nonprofit Consulting

Topics: Board Best Practices, New Trends & Resources

Governance as a Lever

Posted by BoardSource on Oct 1, 2013 10:21:23 AM

by Susan Murphy, vice president, United Way for Southeastern Michigan

Topics: Board Best Practices, New Trends & Resources

Succession Planning & Sustainability

Posted by BoardSource on Sep 24, 2013 4:29:21 PM

By Judy Frick, Robert HB Baldwin Fellow, Communities In Schools National

Topics: Board Best Practices

Provisions for Day One

Posted by BoardSource on Sep 19, 2013 11:44:05 AM

By Cyrus N. White — principal consultant, The South Cabin Group LLC; board chair, GraceNet, Inc.; board member, Grand Rapids Area (MN) Community Foundation; BLF 2013 speaker

Topics: Board Best Practices

Now is the time to engage in public policy

Posted by BoardSource on Sep 5, 2013 2:03:09 PM

By Pat Libby, director, Institute for Nonprofit Education and Research, University of San Diego; BLF 2013 speaker

Topics: Board Best Practices, The Board’s Role in Advocacy, New Trends & Resources

Want to Avoid a Bad Board Experience? Consider Saying No

Posted by BoardSource on Aug 20, 2013 2:12:53 PM

By Rick Moyers, vice president of programs and communications, Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation; board member, BoardSource

Every day, hundreds–maybe even thousands–of people agree to join nonprofit boards.

Some of these new board members are recruited through careful nominating processes by...

Topics: Perspectives on Board Service, New Trends & Resources

People Counting

Posted by BoardSource on Feb 11, 2013 3:17:59 PM

By Vicki J. Rosenberg Former Director and Consultant, Transforming Michigan Philanthropy Through Diversity & Inclusion Vicki Rosenberg & Associates

Pick any channel, any medium, any time of the day or night, and you’re bound to encounter joyous depictions or serious hand wringing about the “new”...

Topics: Perspectives on Board Service, Board Best Practices, Board Diversity & Inclusivity, New Trends & Resources

"What is the one leadership quality or attribute that is absolutely necessary for a board chair?"

Posted by BoardSource on Dec 4, 2012 1:10:31 PM

By Mindy R. Wertheimer

That was the question posed to me by a colleague.

If you Google leadership attributes, you will discover lists and lists of attributes with many similarities — but no agreement on the absolute one. Even in The Board Chair Handbook, I list multiple leadership qualities without...

Topics: Board Best Practices