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ByGene Takagi and Emily Nicole
Board Management,Gold Avocado,Leadership and Management
August 19, 2025
Attorney Gene Takagi and Emily Nicole Chan discuss whether nonprofit boards can vote by both mail…
📅 Upcoming Live Q&A: October 15, 2025 – Learn how board governance documents are essential for…
Nonprofit leaders share their “happy accidents” — unforeseen twists of fate that ended up bringing…
The role of the board of directors in personnel or human resource administration is frequently a sticky issue for nonprofits.
ByJan Masaoka
Community and Culture,Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG),Leadership and Management
May 14, 2011
All our organizations stand on the shoulders of movements. Are you strengthening the movements that provide the nutrients for your org?
A board member shares a story about the difficult process of firing a nonprofit founder when money just wasn’t coming in.
Blue Avocado readers share their ways of signing off on nonprofit emails. The consensus is quick, and in keeping with the tone of the email.
Despite the importance of the nonprofit board, there’s strikingly little clarity about who is responsible for its performance.
Checks and balances can be difficult when your nonprofit isn’t big. Discover five internal controls for the very small nonprofit.
Blue Avocado columnist Vu Le inspires us again with his ideas for nonprofit-themed children’s books. We should all be writing some!
Men share their thoughts on being male in the majority-female nonprofit world.
In this Board Cafe column, look at short-term and long-term strategies for the board members known as deadwood or worse.
Consultant David La Piana discusses how boards tend to be frustrated with their committees when they don’t know how to organize them.