Research & Publications | Board Café Archives

Archived articles grouped by topic:

Big Decisions: mergers, closing down

Mergers: What Does a Typical Process Look Like? (06-28-2004)
The Right Way to Go Out of Business (07-17-2000)
Thinking About Going Out of Business (06-08-2000)
Should Your Nonprofit Be Considering a Merger (08-09-1998)

Board Committees and Officers

Governance Committees: Positive Trend on Nonprofit Boards (03-14-2003)
Board Committee Job Descriptions (02-08-1999)
Should Boards Have Committees, and if so, Which Ones? (01-24-1999)
Sample Job Descriptions for Board Officers (11-09-1998)

Board Direction and Role

The Board's Role in Raising Money (03-24-2008)
Working Board vs. Governing Board (01-17-2008)
The Right Way to Resign from the Board (10-15-2007)
Critical Path for the Board (03-21-2006)
Why Boards Don't Govern Part 2 (11-19-2004)
Why Boards Don't Govern Part 1 (10-28-2004)
Ten Quick Ways to Improve Board Meetings (08-30-2004)
The CompassPoint Board Model for Governance and Support: Part 2 (08-13-2003)
The CompassPoint Board Model for Governance and Support (07-23-2003)
The Strategic Board Agenda (12-23-2002)
The Board's Role in Personnel (06-27-2001)
Board Responsibilities for Volunteers (06-07-1999)
Should Staff Contact With the Board Be Restricted? (07-13-1998)

Board Meetings, Board Packets, Tools

What Information Should Board Members Have? (02-14-2006)
Self Assessment for the Board (02-01-2005)
What To Do With Board Members Who Don't Do Anything (09-14-2004)
Five Ways to Get in Trouble (01-23-2004)
What to Do When You Really, Really Disagree with a Board Decision (02-14-2003)
By-Laws in Brief (11-25-2002)
Dominating Personalities on the Board (05-20-2002)
Board Meeting Packets (01-26-2001)
Are We Doing a Good Job? (05-18-2000)
Removing a Difficult Board Member (10-12-1999)
Where to Have a Board Retreat (08-01-1999)
A "360 Degree Evaluation" of the Agency (04-13-1999)
Should the Board Hold Executive Sessions? (10-12-1998)
Making the Most of Time Together (05-11-1998)

Board Members: recruiting, diversity

What is the Role of an Attorney on the Board (02-28-2008)
Five Fast Ways to Recruit New Board Members (10-31-2006)
Proposed Diversity Principles (04-15-2002)
Young Voices in the Boardroom (10-19-2000)
Sample Conflict of Interest Policy (01-14-2000)
The Right Way to Do the Right Thing: Thinking About Ethics (12-14-1999)
Questions to Ask Yourself Before Joining Your Next Board (07-13-1999)
Diversity for Organizations Based in Minority Communities (03-10-1999)
Removing a Board Member (12-07-1998)
The Diversity Issue: Part 2 (01-12-1998)
The Diversity Issue (12-09-1997)

Especially for Board Chairs

Board Chair: Making Your Mark (10-01-2005)
Checklist for Success as a Board Chair (07-30-2001)
Governance Committees: New Trend on Nonprofit Boards (08-15-2000)

Executive Directors

Getting a New Executive Director Off to the Right Start (03-29-2007)
Firing the Executive Director (03-06-2007)
Accepting Responsibility for the Board (05-06-2006)
Succession Planning for Nonprofits of All Sizes (08-01-2005)
How Much to Pay the Executive Director? (06-01-2005)
What is Micromanagement and What Isn't? (02-25-2004)
Support Your Local Executive Director (06-26-2002)
Job Description for Executive Director (09-21-2000)
Should the CEO Have a Vote on the Board? (04-13-2000)
Hiring a New Executive Director? (03-20-2000)
Annual Evaluation of the Executive Director (09-14-1999)
When the Executive Director Leaves: The Job of the Board's Executive Transition Committee (09-08-1998)

Finance and Budget

Organizing the Board to Support the Revenue Strategy (08-13-2007)
Budget Crunch (04-15-2003)
Loans From Board Members (01-23-2003)
The Board and the Budget: Beauty and the Beast? (09-27-2002)
What You Need to do About Insurance (11-01-2001)
Readiness for Earned-Income Ventures (05-30-2001)
A Board-Staff "Contract" for Financial Accountability (11-21-2000)
Six Things the Board President Should Check Before the 990 is Filed (04-13-1998)

Fundraising

Raising Money in 30 Days (06-19-2003)
The Board Should Raise Money: True or False? (03-18-2002)
What is a Fundraising Feasibility Study and Is It Worth It? (08-30-2001)
New Findings on Nonprofit CEO Pay and Board Member Giving (02-22-2001)
Five Things One Board Member Can Do to Raise $100 to $5,000 (05-10-1999)
Two Simple Ways to Communicate Expectations About Money (02-09-1998)

Miscellaneous

The Twelve Board Cafe Days of Christmas (12-15-2007)
Nonprofit Copyrights (11-27-2007)
What 5,000 Board Café Readers Think About Boards (01-19-2007)
List of the Best: Books, Websites and More (09-01-2005)
Alligators in the Sewer: Myths and Urban Legends About Nonprofits (07-01-2005)
A Board Leads an Organization Out of the Ashes (01-24-2005)
Spotlight on Corporate Boards (08-22-2002)
What Now? (10-01-2001)
Nonprofit and Corporate Boards: Same or Different? (12-21-2000)

Public Policy

Sarbanes Oxley and Nonprofits (04-30-2004)
Yes or No: Lobbying by Nonprofits (09-15-2003)

Templates and Samples

Dashboard for Nonprofits (05-01-2005)
Policy Adoption Process (04-01-2005)
Sample Conflict of Interest Policy (05-27-2004)
A Board Member Contract (10-30-2003)
What is an Advisory Board and Should We Have One? (10-24-2002)
An Annual Board Committee Report (11-10-1997)

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