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Despite the best of intentions, most nonprofit boards fail to live up to their potential.
Alarmingly, a recent study conducted by McKinsey & Company uncovered that only 17% of nonprofit CEOs feel that their boards are as effective as they can be.
Seventeen percent. Ouch.
But there’s more.
Board chairs are…
Your Energy Flows Where Your Attention Goes
Serving on a board is a privilege.
As board members, we’re carefully selected because we have a particular set of skills that an organization believes can serve as a multiplier in pursuit of their mission.
When you show up to a board meeting or engage in…
If you’ve served on a board post-pandemic, you’ve maybe experienced some version of the following:
It’s 6:05. The meeting was supposed to start at 6, but only three of your board members have showed up.
Not to worry: There’s a virtual option, and four people are on Zoom in the waiting room….
With Giving Hearts Day 2025 now in the rearview mirror, you’ve hopefully taken some time to reflect on what went well this year and where you’d like to make some improvements for next year.
One area that many organizations report wanting to improve is how they engage their board both for…
With Giving Hearts Day in full swing, it can be easy to get swept up in the day-to-day responsibilities that come with executing what, for many organizations, is their biggest fundraising campaign of the year. Whether you’re an executive director moonlighting as a fundraiser or a development director leading a…
There are many reasons for a young professional to consider board service — but whatever the motivation, our regional nonprofits are in need of the perspective of the next generation
Most boards are aware of their fiduciary duties: Duty of Obedience, Duty of Loyalty, and Duty of Care. Administrative matters consume about 80% of the time of low-to average-performing nonprofits.
What began as a friendship between two “hockey moms” soon turned into a joint effort to help families emerging from homelessness in Fargo-Moorhead through Down Home.
For your board to be as effective as possible, each director needs to possess the ability and willingness to communicate civilly and courageously to impact culture and solve challenges.
High Impact Boards coach, Dan Jacobson explains why investing in your board is essential to take your organization to the next level and why dashboards are such an important part of getting there.
Before you begin the actual planning process, take the time to narrow the scope and focus as much as possible. There are three main buckets for strategic planning.
Dakota Children’s Advocacy Center Executive Director, Paula Condol, shares how she is using the IMPACT framework with her Board of Directors to maximize impact
