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Your Guide to More Effective Board Meetings

Most people know that meetings of any kind can be unproductive, and unfortunately board meetings are no exception. In many cases, board meetings are even more unproductive than everyday office …

Meeting Minutes, An Essential Guide for Directors

Important decisions are made all the time in the boardroom and accurate meeting minutes are crucial as a record of those decisions and discussions. Taking minutes, though, can seem like a …

Decoding the Ethical Framework

Revelations about the governance failings in some of our most iconic organisations is again challenging our paradigms about how organisations are, or can be, controlled and held accountable. Attention …

Why Crisis Management is a Boardroom Responsibility

The single most important recent development in crisis management is the growing recognition that responsibility for this critical function lies absolutely with the board and top executives. While …

The Funding Conundrum

The board of a not-for-profit organisation is ultimately responsible for the organisation, its impact and its activities. But what does this really mean? Many directors find it difficult to understand …

Financial Metrics: A Guide for NFP Boards

It’s easy to count how much money you’ve made. It’s not so easy to demonstrate that you really are helping children to reach their full potential, or how effectively you’ve raised awareness of a rare …

The Role of Newbies in the Boardroom

Not-for-profit organisations are increasingly looking for a younger presence in the boardroom for the digital skill sets and perspective they can bring to emerging areas of board oversight, including …

Fulfilling Your Obligations as a Not-for-profit Director

When Mark Edmonds joined his first not-for-profit (NFP) board he was surprised by what he found. “I’d attended board meetings as a senior executive and, because the role interested me, I’d also …

Cybersecurity – Is This a New Directors’ Duty?

When not-for-profit organisations hear about cybersecurity issues and big data breaches in large international companies such as Facebook and Target, they often make the mistake of assuming that …

Customer-Centricity and Creating Better Social Outcomes

How important do you think customers are for your not-for-profit (NFP) organisation to achieve its objectives? Can you see the relationship between customer-centricity and your organisation’s goals to …