Customizing boards and committees

How to put together a board that serves an organization’s specific needs.

The key governance questions all boards must answer

Seven Essential Governance Questions to lead governing bodies and senior staff to become best- in- class organizations

Being the best (board) volunteer you can be

How to perform successfully as a board volunteer.

Governance Q&A: Termination clauses in job offer letters

Is it ethical for an organization’s job offer include clauses about termination without cause?

Outcome Measurement: Outcome indicators and influencing factors

This is the fourth in a series of six articles that discuss outcome measurement. This month we will learn how to select indicators to measure outcome achievement and identify influencing factors that can affect whether or not that achievement occurs.

Bill C-470: Transparency, salary capping or knee-capping for the charitable sector?

Late last year, Liberal MP for Mississauga East-Cooksville, Albina Guarnieri, drafted a private member’s bill into parliament titled C-470. If passed, the bill would revoke the charitable status of any charity paying an employee $250,000 or more.

Understanding undue benefit

Charities in Canada are not allowed to bestow undue benefit, a situation where an individual, corporation, or other entity receives a tangible benefit from their involvement with a particular charity.

Making strategy happen

Factors that must be taken into account if plans are to be implemented successfully

Governance Q&A: Helping volunteers exit gracefully

Shouldn’t a good organization provide a committee chair with a graceful way to exit within a reasonable time frame?

Working Boards: Defining effective nonprofit governance

Assessing Not-for-profit Boards: Governance Structures and Practices, is enlightening and worth a read as it outlines important issues every ED and board member should be aware of before taking their seat at the boardroom table.