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## [Stand for Your Mission Awards: Announcing the Finalists](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/stand-for-your-mission-awards-announcing-the-finalists)

 Posted by [BoardSource](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/boardsource) on Mar 8, 2018, 1:30:00 PM

BoardSource created the [Stand for Your Mission](http://www.standforyourmission.org) Awards to recognize nonprofit boards that have established advocacy as an expectation for engaged and effective board leadership, and, by doing so, are helping their organizations realize their missions.

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Topics: [The Board’s Role in Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/the-boards-role-in-advocacy), [Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/advocacy), [Stand for Your Mission](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/stand-for-your-mission), [board engagement](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/board-engagement), [collaboration](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/collaboration)

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## [Governing a Collaborative Organization](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/governing-a-collaborative-organization)

 Posted by [Anne Wallestad, Former President & CEO, BoardSource](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/anne-wallestad-president-ceo-boardsource) on May 31, 2017, 12:00:00 PM

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## [Creating a Culture of Collaboration, Nonprofits Can Learn from Pixar](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/creating-a-culture-of-collaboration-nonprofits-can-learn-from-pixar)

 Posted by [Hardy Smith](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/hardy-smith) on Feb 16, 2017, 12:14:01 PM

To infinity and beyond! Isn’t that a great and energizing phrase? Buzz Lightyear would certainly agree, as it’s his mission: To go further, be stronger, and ultimately be successful. Those of us who know the movie *Toy Story* can relate to his motivations. But we also recognize the many struggles he...

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## [A Good Question Can be a Game Changer](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/good-question-game-changer)

 Posted by [Anne Wallestad, Former President & CEO, BoardSource](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/anne-wallestad-president-ceo-boardsource) on Feb 9, 2017, 2:48:12 PM

One of my favorite questions to ask boards is “If your organization were founded today, what would it look like?” I love it because it leads to the board asking some other very important questions — questions that get to the heart of the organization’s existence:

- What’s our organization’s core...

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Topics: [joint programming](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/joint-programming), [collaboration](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/collaboration), [strategic partnerships](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/strategic-partnerships), [merger](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/merger)

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