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5 Ways to Focus Agendas for Outstanding Board Meetings

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The agenda is a powerful tool for helping the board attend to what matters. The chair uses the agenda to help the board accomplish its work, make the best use of time, and filter out extraneous topics. Having the agenda at least a week in advance allows directors to plan local travel, read relevant documents, and begin thinking about issues to be discussed. The agenda provides staff with direction on what facilties and equipment to provide, what data might be needed, and what questions may be asked. Here are five parts of a meeting agenda for nonprofit boards that help make these things possible:

Show Your Board How to Do More and Waste Less

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What do board members need to be effective? Here are five ways to enhance board productivity with less paper waste.

Responding to Sabotage on the Nonprofit Board

By Cyrus White 1 Comment

Sabotage is disruption and damage, usually done on purpose. How can you respond to sabotage on a nonprofit board?

3 Reasons Why a Smaller Board May Be Better

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Many boards are bucking conventional wisdom that a board should have twelve to sixteen members. They are discovering the benefits that working with a small group brings.

5 Ways to Make a Better Agenda for Board Meetings

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An agenda is the primary tool of effective board meetings. The agenda keeps the board focused on appropriate information for making decisions and monitoring performance. The board’s governance policies or bylaws may determine overall board process, but it’s the agenda that determines how intended outcomes engage with current performance during the meeting. Here are 5 ways to have a better agenda for board meetings . . .

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