Bringing a Network Mindset to Board Development
How to use online social network tools to find the right board members—with the right networks—easier.
Board Governance - Articles
New ideas to create a more effective nonprofit board of directors (more)
Net Promoter Mania
Introducing a corporate measurement strategy to the social sector presents a variety of potential uses and associated practices.
Social Sector Peer Evaluation: A Proposal
Imagine a new nonprofit board governance practice where organizations engaged peers to assess their work.
Survey: Can Management Consulting Help Tiny Firms Grow?
Predict the results of two recent development studies, conducted by IPA, one of the world's leading poverty research organizations.
Reality Time for Human Service Organizations
The recent collapse of Hull House is a reminder that the tectonic shifts underway in the human service sector cannot be avoided.
A Holiday Gift for Your Board: A Refreshed Dashboard
Refresh your dashboard to better inform your board's decisions.
“Oops, I Failed Again”
Face-to-face conversations among CEOs reminds and reassures them that that failure is, in fact, the norm and does not preclude success.
Why Do New York City Board Members Give More?
Why do board cultures vary so much by geography, and how can we help bring the best of them to all cities?
The Networked Nonprofit
Organizations should focus less on growing themselves and more on cultivating their networks.
Cuomo Orders Review of Nonprofit Compensation
What needs to be under public scrutiny is the entire range of unfettered discretion in spending that some nonprofit executives—and their boards—exercise.