Board Management
A Board of Directors is your compass for steering your nonprofit towards excellence and successful management of your board is key for sustainable growth.
Explore the strategies and tactics that can transform your board into a dynamic and cohesive team, ready to tackle the challenges and opportunities of the nonprofit world.
Conflict of Interest… or Conflict of Loyalty?
Often, conflicts of interest in nonprofits do not involve personal financial gain, but conflict of loyalty.
A Board Member Crosses the Line
How can nonprofits properly handle a board member when they cross the line?
All Hands on Board: The Board of Directors in All-Volunteer Organizations
This booklet was originally published by the National Center for Nonprofit Boards and the Support Center for Nonprofit Management.
Ditch Your Board Composition Matrix
Board composition matrices focus our attention on what people are, rather than on what the organization needs board members to do.
And Now for a Different Type of Board Agenda
Board meeting time is precious time, and the fulcrum of board-staff opportunity or disappointment. Let’s be smarter about how we use it.
Board Support Position: Sample Job Description
A sample job description you may consider using or modifying to fit your nonprofit’s open board support positions.
What’s the Right Size for the Board?
The single most common question asked of experts on nonprofit boards: What’s the right number of people to have on the board?
Organizing the Board to Support Nonprofit Revenue Strategy
Think more broadly (and effectively) about how board members can support the key aspects of your nonprofit revenue strategy.
Questions to Ask Prospective Board Members
Spend a few minutes ahead of time thinking about what to ask prospective board members to get a better idea if it’s a good match.
Executive Director Evaluation Survey Form
A process and an evaluation instrument for executive director evaluation surveys. Includes survey in Word format for easy modification.