Do your board members regularly ask inquisitive and challenging questions? Does your board have a culture that promotes dialogue and debate?
An often-overlooked strategy of effective boards is to create and/or nurture a true culture of inquiry. Great boards engage members in a way that truly enlists their collective skill sets, thoughts, and differences of opinion. Dialogue with debate is a great thing to have in board meetings. Open discussions that include diverse perspectives position the board to make the best choices.
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Topics:
Culture,
Board Management,
Collaboration,
Leadership & Boards,
board governance
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Plans are important, but it's the action that makes the plan a reality. This month, the DBD team will be sharing ways for you to jump-start your work in 2023. |
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Topics:
Board Management,
Leadership & Boards,
board governance
By Kellie Wardman
Does your non-profit have Save-As-Itis?
Meaning, do you tend to open your previous board meeting’s agenda and click File > Save As to create the next one, plugging in the new date and modifying a few things here and there?
If that’s the case, you may not be leveraging the true brain power and contributions of board members.
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Topics:
Board Management,
Communication,
Death By Meeting,
Nonprofit,
Collaboration
A fairly common concern among nonprofit directors is that their board members won’t participate in fundraising efforts. Some board members may claim they weren’t told they were expected to ask for contributions when they joined the board. Others might say they don’t like to impose on their friends (or they want to avoid their friends coming back to them asking for money for their favorite charity). And still others promise they will help but never follow through.
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Topics:
Board Development,
Board Management
“They are just always in the weeds,” lamented my friend about her board. “I can’t get them focused on the real strategic questions of our organization.”
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Topics:
Board Development,
Board Management
As we come to the end of 2016, we’re taking a look back at the posts that inspired the most conversations on the blog and with our clients. Today’s topic? Asking for a Gift.
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Topics:
Art Of The Ask,
Volunteer Management,
Endowment,
Annual,
Capital,
Board Management,
Best Of
As we come to the end of 2016, we’re taking a look back at the posts that inspired the most conversations on the blog and with our clients. Today’s topic? Leadership.
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Topics:
Leadership,
Volunteer Leadership,
Board Development,
Volunteer Management,
Board Management,
Best Of