Successful Nonprofit Boards
Do you find this dangling headline annoying? Unfortunately bylaws are often left dangling. Once you’ve amended your bylaws, here are some important steps to take. Prepare a copy of the amended bylaws that contains all changes that were made. Make sure that “track changes” has not tricked you into unexpected errors. Review all the numbering…
Read MoreAt our nonprofit workshop last Saturday, someone asked, “How can you get board members to do what is agreed upon by the group at large?”
Read MoreAre you planning to start your own nonprofit organization? The process is complex.
Read MoreA reader writes that he was voted off the board of directors of his neighborhood association. On investigation, it turned out that the board didn’t have the right to remove him.
Read MoreGuest post by Colette Collier Trohan. Directors of nonprofit boards will find this outline of their duty of care an invaluable guide.
Read MoreIf you serve as a director on a nonprofit board, you should know the types of remarks that are inappropriate during discussion at a meeting. Robert’s Rules of Order and the common parliamentary law it is based on require that: Directors on a board must be courteous to one another. They must speak to the…
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Don’t get chummy
City councilmembers and nonprofit board leaders should not get chummy—too familiar—with their constituents or regular members. Here’s why.
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