This checklist may be of use to those considering joining a board of a charity. As well, it may be useful to staff and the board of charities who are interested in improving their legal compliance and improving their risk...
Most nonprofit board members will tell you that at one point they had the misfortune of sitting on the board with a difficult person, someone who dominates discussions, intimidates other board members, is argumentative, shows up late, makes promises that...
The directors who serve on a nonprofit board do so voluntarily. But there are instances when directors are financially compensated for their time and effort. Adam Aptowitzer, a lawyer with the Ottawa-based law firm Drache LLP, explains when this may...
John’s board experiences in the nonprofit sector have run the gamut from exhilarating to frustrating. He has served on several boards, some of the traditional, management variety, others with a governance model. One of his current boards is a poster...
Discussion of not-for-profit organization governance has risen to common conversation for those engaged in associations; this includes members/donors, staff, volunteer leaders, government and more. Governance refers to the processes that govern the organization. This article reviews what they are and...
I am very concerned that the board of a charity to which I belong is not following its bylaws. I read the minutes and also hear about problems from staff and volunteers, and there are numerous ongoing violations. They appear...
Most governance boards in the nonprofit sector do a lousy job of training board members for governance. Governors are expected to acquire skills like collaboration and strategizing through osmosis and a brief annual orientation. Perhaps that’s why participants in Peer...
Many not-for-profit organization executives lie awake at night wondering what their members really want. Along with my colleague Jack Shand, CAE, I was involved in two projects recently where not-for-profit organization executives, and in the second instance major business leaders,...
The members of the committee who disperse our Christmas packages for needy families refuse to tell our board who the recipients are, saying the families might be ashamed. I think some of the packages go to relatives of other board...
Karen has been serving with a governance board for two years. It’s been a wild two years! In her first year, both senior managers quit within six months of each other, leaving the board scrambling for replacements. Members of the...
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