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Boards of All-Volunteer Organizations
Volunteerism is an enormous economic force, yet it is never mentioned in business school or in economics departments. –Walter Hoadley, former Chief Economist for the Bank of America All-volunteer organizations (AVOs) are a major social …
Board Meetings by Phone: Legal? A Good Idea?
With gas prices rising and everyone getting busier, more and more board members want to participate in board meetings by telephone. The advantage: more people participate. The disadvantage: there's a lot lost in human interaction for both the board …
What Should Boards Know About Insurance Brokers?
Considering how insurance costs typically constitute a sizable chunk of a nonprofit budget, this significant cost is remarkably un-examined. A key part to getting the lowest costs, the best coverage, and the best service is getting the right insurance …
Board Cafe: Meaningful Acts of Appreciation for Boards and Staff – 7 Do’s and 2 Don’t’s
"We [board members] do this huge amount of work, and we're volunteers, but the staff never seems to have any response but criticism for us not doing more!""I'm the executive director, and the board just seems to focus on what we …
Abolish Board Committees?
A fresh and radical idea: consider eliminating all (or most) of your board committees. Too many boards are bogged down by committees that are inactive or maybe even semi-fictitious. And board members can feel compelled to be on three or four committees …
Reasons to have – and reasons not to have – an attorney on the board
"We should have an attorney on the board." It's conventional wisdom we've all heard. We expect that an attorney would bring legal expertise (so we won't thave to pay a lawyer) and that she'll have a skill set, personality, and …
