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 (08/10/1998) |
Board Committees and Officers |
| Governance Committees: Positive Trend on Nonprofit Boards (03/14/2003) |
| Board Committee Job Descriptions (02/09/1999) |
| Should Boards Have Committees, and if so, Which Ones? (01/25/1999) |
| Sample Job Descriptions for Board Officers (11/10/1998) |
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 (08/31/2004) |
| The CompassPoint Board Model for Governance and Support: Part 2 (08/18/2003) |
| The CompassPoint Board Model for Governance and Support (07/22/2003) |
| The Strategic Board Agenda (12/23/2002) |
| The Board's Role in Personnel (06/27/2001) |
| Board Responsibilities for Volunteers (06/08/1999) |
| Should Staff Contact With the Board Be Restricted? (07/14/1998) |
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? (10/13/1998) |
| Making the Most of Time Together (05/12/1998) |
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 (12/08/1998) |
| The Diversity Issue: Part 2 (01/13/1998) |
| The Diversity Issue (12/10/1997) |
Especially for Board Chairs |
| Board Chair: Making Your Mark (10/01/2005) |
| Checklist for Success as a Board Chair (07/31/2001) |
| 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 (09/09/1998) |
Finance and Budget |
| Organizing the Board to Support the Revenue Strategy (08/13/2007) |
| Budget Crunch (04/15/2003) |
| Loans From Board Members (01/24/2003) |
| 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 (04/14/1998) |
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? (08/31/2001) |
| 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 (02/10/1998) |
Miscellaneous |
| The Twelve Board Cafe Days of Christmas (12/18/2007) |
| Nonprofit Copyrights (11/28/2007) |
| 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 (10/20/2003) |
| 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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