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- Generational shifts likely to impact Michigan’s nonprofits
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- In Times of Change, Board Members Must Be Advocates
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- Nonprofit Board Micromanagement #NonprofitBoards
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- Nonprofits Need to Invest in Developing High Performing Boards
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- The Declining Diversity of Nonprofit Boards and What to Do about It
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- The Meyer Memorial Trust: Reckoning with Race
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- Think Giving to Groups That Support Nonprofits Is a Waste? You’re Wrong.
- Turn Your Nonprofit’s Trustees Into Master Advocates
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- Board Culture and Meetings
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- Board Size: Finding the Sweet Spot
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- Boards That Micromanage
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- Governance in Form 990
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- How to Involve Former Board Members
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- It’s Time to Talk About…the Recent College Admissions Scandal
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- Angelyn Frazer-Giles
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- Board Officer Responsibilities & Qualifications
- Board Orientation Template
- Board Passages: Three Stages in a Nonprofit Board’s Lifecycle
- Board Performance Matrix
- Board Recruitment: Are you focusing on the right things?
- Board Self-Assessment Training for Certified Governance Consultants, July 2022
- Board Service Glossary
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- BoardSource Board Self-Assessment FAQs
- BoardSource Store Announcement
- Bringing Leaders Together: 2022 BoardSource Executive Retreat Portal
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- Capital Campaigns: The Board’s Role
- Carson Jager
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- CEO Compensation Checklist
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- Certificate of Nonprofit Board Consulting Course Portal
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- Charity Watchdogs and What Your Nonprofit Can Do to Put Its Best Foot Forward
- Checklist of Board Roles and Responsibilities
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- Chief Executive Dos and Don’ts in Recruiting Nonprofit Board Members
- Chief Executive Exit Interviews
- Chief Executive Transitions Downloadable Content
- Codes of Conduct and Ethics
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- Communicating a Planned CEO Transition
- Complimentary Assessment for Organizational Members
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- Corporate Certificate of Nonprofit Board Education
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- Dani Robbins
- Darlene Dobbs
- Data Privacy and Cyber Liability
- David Styers
- Donations
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- Driving Strategic Planning Downloadable Content
- Eight Ways to Increase Your Board’s Ability to Work as a Team
- Elements of a Strategic Plan
- Emergency Leadership Transition Plan
- Emergency Leadership Transition Plan
- Emily Quek
- Ethos of Transparency
- Executive Transition Timeline
- Facilitating an Engaged Board
- Fearless Fundraising Downloadable Content
- Five Barriers to Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Within Boards
- Forgot Password
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- Freeing Nonprofits from their Risk-Averse Shackles
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- Gene Takagi
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- Key Steps in Executive Succession Planning
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- Measuring Your Fundraising Effectiveness: The Conversation You are Not Having — and Should Be
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- Mikyas Duga
- Mina Shin
- Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Should I Serve on this Board After All?
- Mission vs. Vision
- Monika Kalra Varma
- My Account
- Natalie Younger
- National Council of Nonprofits Partnership Benefits
- Navigating the Organizational Lifecycle Downloadable Content
- NeighborWorks Affiliated Organizations
- Nonprofit Board Committee Membership: Who Should Serve on Which Committee?
- Nonprofit Board Orientation Checklist
- Nonprofit Financial Terms Glossary
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