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When Nonprofit Boards Meddle: The Dangers Of Micromanagement

Bloomerang

Their role is to set the nonprofit’s long-term direction and ensure the organization has the resources, finances, and accountability mechanisms in place to achieve its mission. According to BoardSource’s Leading with Intent 2020 report, 63% of nonprofit leaders are frustrated by board micromanagement.

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Cultivating a Liberatory Board

NonProfit Quarterly

We have so many arbitrary rules that limit our imagination of whats possible when it comes to nonprofit governance. It is a domain of knowledge long held solely by highly educated White men and made purposefully inaccessible to communities lacking those identities.

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Life After Fundraising

The Agitator

Mal ‘dropped out’ of fundraising a couple of years ago to devote his energies to One World Futbol. million virtually indestructible One World Futbols to nonprofits, government agencies, schools, and other organizations working with disadvantaged children around the world. The real work starts now—distributing 1.5

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Strong Boards: An Antidote to Founder Syndrome

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Educate Your Board About Their Roles and Responsibilities Leanne Chasteen was the founding executive director of New Day Children's Theatre. Through our work together, we helped the Board Governance committee to understand that recruitment was a process the board must own (with Michael fully engaged as a generator of prospects).

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Guest Post: What’s your organization’s role in the wake of a man-made disaster?

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

It offers several volunteer opportunities from member charities, posts easy ways for citizens to speak up for safer, cleaner energy and provides resources for people to stay up-to-date with oil spill developments. This is a great example of a nonprofit highlighting the work of a set of organizations involved in the response.

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From Corporate Culture to a New Organizational Landscape—A Conversation with Steve Dubb, Rithika Ramamurthy, and Ananda Valenzuela

NonProfit Quarterly

I want to see us all continuing to build our muscle in understanding and talking about the nonprofit–industrial complex and what it takes to actually tear it down—which includes things like the government properly and directly funding services. That represents a huge shift.

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10 Questions …. Kate Behncken, global head, Microsoft Philanthropies

The NonProfit Times

She is focused on local and global initiatives, partnering with nonprofits, governments and the private sector to develop durable solutions and deliver impact at scale. This effort underscores the importance of connectivity in fostering economic growth, education, and overall well-being on the continent.