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Should boards of directors allow proxy voting? It’s not illegal, it’s just not good governance.

Occasionally when reviewing bylaws for a nonprofit client, I run across a clause allowing proxy votes. For those unfamiliar: in…

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Targeting your outreach, fundraising and marketing: If your intended audience is “everyone”, think harder

Many times in my work doing strategic planning, the question arises about who the organization is attempting to reach in…

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Tempted to vote by email? Think twice if you’re in Montana!

This is a matter of two parts of Montana law (in the Montana Code Annotated as it is known) –…

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Framing the Question for the Board

One of the key roles for the person planning the board agenda is to form (or “frame”) the question. I…

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Is the board governing?

We often talk about Board Governance…I say governing should be the central focus of every board, but what does it…

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Stop Saying “My Board”!

How do you refer to the board of directors which governs the nonprofit you serve?  Many Executive Directors have fallen…

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Why does strategic planning matter in a successful organization?

What’s in a plan, and so what anyway? Part of my work is to de-mystify the parts of a strategic…

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Perspectives and Practices to Support Good Governance

In my continuing quest to make the concept of governance the core focus of every board of directors, here are…

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Does the IRS care about Governance? They don’t have authority, but they do have interest!

As stated in the instructions for the form 990, “Even though the information on policies and procedures requested in Section…

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