As a board member of a community healthcare nonprofit, working within the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, you probably face a multitude of challenges that require problem solving and…
How can you know whether a group that gets together regularly should be called an association or organization? While people commonly use the terms interchangeably, there are distinct differences…
As a volunteer board director, you’re highly dedicated and invested in your cause. In a perfect world, all the money you raise would go toward your programs and activities.…
With over 1.5 million nonprofits to choose from, donors have an abundance of organizations they can choose to support. Considering that, it stands to reason that donors have a…
Cyberattacks are here to stay and ransomware demands to organizations are unfortunately skyrocketing. Nonprofit boards need to know the essentials of how to protect data and their board members against…
A fiduciary responsibility is an obligation that prevents one party from acting in their own interest rather than in the interest of the organization. For nonprofits, this ethical commitment…
BoardEffect, a Diligent company, was designed for the work of efficient and collaborative boards to enable effective leaders. Healthcare executives and trustees have long relied on BoardEffect to improve board…
As a board member, you play a vital role as a steward of your nonprofit’s mission and its funds. Risk management is an essential responsibility for all nonprofit boards…
It seems that with every day that goes by we're hearing more and more about issues in the media related to cybersecurity—particularly cybersecurity issues in healthcare. Unfortunately, much of…
As commonplace as it is for board secretaries to take nonprofit board meeting minutes, it may surprise you that boards of directors are not legally required to take minutes…
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