Fundamentals of Hospital Board Governance
When you enter the hospital as a patient, you have certain expectations for how you will be treated. You expect that the doctors will use tests to assess your health.…
How Should Your Mid-Cap or Small-Cap Leverage Proxy Advisory Firms?
State laws generally require all publicly traded companies to hold annual meetings to conduct the most important business of the year. The investment field generally refers to the months between…
What Constitutes Board Director Misconduct?
When board directors behave badly, the consequences for the board director and the organization can be swift, severe and long-lasting. Misconduct by board directors can be intentional or unintentional, and…
What Does the Executive Director of a Non-Profit Organization Do?
The executive director of a non-profit organization wears many hats. To be effective, an executive director needs to wear them all equally well. At any given moment, an executive director…
Government Regulations for Nonprofit Organizations
The federal and state governments reward nonprofit organizations for the good work they do by not requiring them to pay taxes. The trade-off is that all of their funds must…
Nonprofit Board Development: Building the Ordinary into the Extraordinary
Are you muddling through your board meetings only partially following the agenda? Are you having more discussions about how parliamentary procedure works than about pertinent matters? Does each of your…
BoardEffect Ranked on Entrepreneur’s 2017 Top Company Cultures List
Philadelphia PA – February 28, 2017 BoardEffect, the leading board management software solution provider for non-profit and mission-based organizations worldwide, announced that it was ranked on Entrepreneur's Top Company Cultures list, a…
New Board Members: Orientation 101
Orientation is vital to a board's long-term effectiveness, yet it remains one of the hardest tasks a board faces. Orientation should be thought of as a process rather than a one…
Do’s and Don’ts of Nonprofit Board Development
The board of directors of a nonprofit organization is the ultimate governing body of the group. Individually and collectively, the board is responsible for financial oversight, providing leadership and direction,…
The Easy Guide to Understanding Board Procedure
If you’ve attended a board meeting for the first time, you may be surprised at just how much happens there in the space of a short time. You might also…
