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The Writing on The Boardroom Wall Contributed by:
Nathan GarberWednesday, January 04, 2006 (7 years 131 days ago)
Ask yourself this question: "If your board stopped meeting for a year, what difference would it make to your organization?" If you don't come up with some good answers, it's time to start investing in your organization's governance structures and processes. Failure to do so will inevitably lead to making your organization as irrelevant as your board.
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Dealing With a Poorly Performing Executive Director: a Guide for the President Contributed by:
Nathan GarberThursday, April 07, 2005 (8 years 38 days ago)
Dealing with the executive director's performance problems is one of the most difficult jobs for the volunteer president of a nonprofit organization.
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Chairperson's Checklist for Great Meetings Contributed by:
Nathan GarberFriday, June 27, 2003 (9 years 323 days ago)
It will take time and work, but you can make your board and committee meetings more effective, more efficient, and more fun.
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A Strategy for Building Governance Capacity Contributed by:
Nathan GarberThursday, January 16, 2003 (10 years 120 days ago)
No organization can succeed over the long haul without systematized and conscientiously followed ways for people to let one another know what's going on. As organizations grow, communication takes on critical importance.
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Making the Best Use of Self Evaluation Questionnaires Contributed by:
Nathan GarberThursday, November 28, 2002 (10 years 169 days ago)
Some tips for conducting a board self-evaluation using questionnaires downloaded from the internet.
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Seven Questions to Ask Before You Join a Board of Directors Contributed by:
Nathan GarberThursday, July 11, 2002 (10 years 309 days ago)
It is a sad fact that if you have been invited to join a board of directors, the reason might not have anything to do with your skills, knowledge, or abilities, or even the size of your bank account...
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What Exactly IS the Board's Job? Contributed by:
Nathan GarberThursday, February 28, 2002 (11 years 77 days ago)
In the past fifteen years, there has been increasing interest in organizational governance in both the private and nonprofit sectors. In the corporate sector, it was a number of spectacular scandals that resulted in calls for governance reform. In the voluntary sector, this examination of the board's role has been driven partly by the experience of the private sector, but more importantly by the changing environment in which nonprofits operate.
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