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Board Self-Assessment – Alliance for Board Effectiveness

Looking for a good instrument for assessing your board's effectiveness? Consider this board self-assessment tool developed by The Alliance for Board Effectiveness.

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Governing Board Effectiveness for Faith Based Organizations

One of the most significant influences on institutional and leadership effectiveness for faith-based nonprofit organizations is the role and function of the group charged with its legal oversight – the governing Board. When mission drift, operational dysfunctions, financial exigency or other crises occur, it is not unusual to find the root causes in the lack of clarity regarding policies, practices and procedures that guide the Board’s oversight of mission and personnel.

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Leading with Intent – 2017 National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices – BoardSource

As the leading organization focused on strengthening and supporting nonprofit board leadership, BoardSource has been tracking and analyzing trends in nonprofit board leadership since we launched our first national study in 1994. Leading with Intent: 2017 National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices is the most recent in this series of studies.

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Recruiting Board Members: Not Really That Hard

It’s the annual board meeting when either due to someone retiring from the board or term-limiting off that the board members are scratching their heads for they have no one in mind to replace the existing board member. There are several things to do. First, do an inventory of the giftedness that might be lacking on the board, i.e., diversity, legal, advancement, pastoral, etc. Then specifically recruit to fill in any such “holes.”

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