--- title: BoardSource Blog - The Leader in Nonprofit Board Governance | Mission Impact description: Mission Impact | Nonprofit governance blog devoted to best practices and committed to inspiring nonprofit board service --- ![Blog-0216.jpg](https://blog.boardsource.org/hs-fs/hubfs/blog_photos/Blog-0216.jpg?width=1400&name=Blog-0216.jpg "Blog-0216.jpg") [![Blog-header-logo.png](https://blog.boardsource.org/hs-fs/hubfs/blog_photos/Blog-header-logo.png?width=360&name=Blog-header-logo.png "Blog-header-logo.png")](https://boardsource.org) [Back to blog homepage](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog) [![Board-metrics](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/Board-metrics.jpg)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/metrics-that-matter) ## [Metrics That Matter: Is Your Board Tracking the Right Things?](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/metrics-that-matter) Posted by [Irv Katz](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/irv-katz) on Apr 18, 2018, 2:00:00 PM Balanced scorecards, dashboards, strategic plan reports, even routine financial and activity reports: They range from basic to varying degrees of sophistication relative to accountability, management, and governance. “Metrics” is the prevailing mantra, but do the metrics that are routinely... 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I am not...* [more](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/the-for-profit-and-nonprofit-sectors-are-converging-what-are-the-implications-for-you) Topics: [Perspectives on Board Service](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/perspectives-on-board-service), [Mission Impact](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/mission-impact), [New Trends & Resources](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/new-trends-resources), [Current Events](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/current-events) [![](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/blog_photos/Merger-Study-Cover.png)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/missions-mergers-and-love) ## [Missions, Mergers, and Love](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/missions-mergers-and-love) Posted by [Jean Butzen](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/jean-butzen) on Nov 16, 2016, 10:54:01 AM Last month, a group of Chicago area institutions led by Mission + Strategy Consulting released [a new study on nonprofit merger strategies](http://www.ChicagoNPMergerStudy.org) focusing on the Chicago Metropolitan area and assessing how mergers can be an integral part of planning for nonprofits and funders alike. This first-ever study... [more](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/missions-mergers-and-love) Topics: [Mission Impact](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/mission-impact), [Mergers](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/mergers) [![](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/blog_photos/Vizzies.png)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/got-vizzies-some-tips-for-nonprofit-chief-executives-considering-the-dynamic-visualization-corner-of-the-big-data-world) ## [Got Vizzies? 10 tips for nonprofit chief executives considering the dynamic visualization corner of the “Big Data” world.](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/got-vizzies-some-tips-for-nonprofit-chief-executives-considering-the-dynamic-visualization-corner-of-the-big-data-world) Posted by [Chris Thompson, Ph. D., former director of research and evaluation, BoardSource](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/chris-thompson-ph-d-director-of-research-and-evaluation-boardsource) on Feb 12, 2016, 11:50:58 AM Like many nonprofits, BoardSource strives to keep up with the rapidly-evolving world of Big Data, both to increase our own data-based decision-making for continuous improvement internally and to deliver more value to our external community. Recently, this ongoing process has resulted in me becoming... 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