Posts Tagged ‘meeting ground rules’
Sanctioning rogue board members
In general, people who serve on nonprofit boards or in local government are peaceful and compliant. But every once in a while, you get a rogue board member.
Read MoreEffective meeting management can be yours!
Everyone wants effective meeting management, but how do we get there?
Read MoreDanger Will Robinson! Public comment ahead!
This post offers our readers a brilliant paper by municipal attorney Brett Vinson on the dangers of public comment.
Read MoreRoundtable Community Workshops
Guest post by Bob Jean, ICMA/WMCA Senior Advisor Got a really hot issue and a divided community? Too often, if you hold a traditional public hearing to deal with it, you run the risk that each side will simply line up and use their three minutes to tell the Council how terrible they are no…
Read MoreUsing the Round Robin Method for efficient board meetings
The simplest way to make board meetings more efficient is to use the Round Robin Method of discussion.
Read MoreDangers of consensus decision-making
At a recent nonprofit board conference, I asked participants how they discuss and decide their issues.
Read MoreGrab this brilliant free “quick-guide” poster today!
The City of Olympia has given us permission to share this quick-guide poster, which you may adapt for your own meetings.
Read MoreBoards can’t meet on Slack or similar group messaging platforms
It is fine for board members of a private nonprofit to use Slack or other group messaging platforms to deal with administrative matters like when the next board meeting will be held.
Read MoreUnraveling the mysteries of “second the motion”
Second the motion—everybody knows how to do that, right? Well, in fact there are some funny ideas floating around about this ordinary act of meeting procedure.
Read MoreTime limits create productive meetings
The mayor of Alexandria, Virginia began council meetings by responding to each person giving public comment, sometimes delaying the start of regular business three hours or more.
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