Board & Committee Leadership

While it is an honor to be asked to serve on a board of directors, there may be risks associated with board service. In addition to the responsibility for governance,...

Once upon a time, in December 2009, some creative and community-minded individuals from River West came together to discuss how to foster, encourage, and create more cooperatively modeled local community-minded...

Briefing document outlining the duties and responsibilities of a co-operative board

The rules of engagement have been developed to communicate cultural expectations and preferred behavior for governance

a prescription to improve health, operations, and outcomes. Just as people have annual check-ups, it is good for associations to have periodic check-ups.

Sample Board Performance Matrix

Sample Chapter Affiliation Agreement

Sample Committee Report Template Model

To provide a tool to help volunteers and staff understand processes and associated authority (i.e., policy, bylaws, local, state, and federal laws, precedents, contracts, etc.) for taking action in an...

You can take this evaluation form back to your Board and let everyone have the opportunity to raise their "level of awareness".

Directions: This checklist is designed for completion by the Executive Director and the Chairperson of the Board. Please discuss each topic and rate the degree to which your organization has...

The nonprofit community in the United States is well established with commonly accepted practices and government-required standards.

Sample Self-Management Resolution Agreement

First committee meetings of the year? Start by setting ground rules as the foundation for involvement, processes, and achieving outcomes.

There are more than 1.5 million nonprofit boards in the USA. It is likely that every organization has faced at least one of these 12 significant challenges.

The board secretary said, “I’m passing around a sheet of notebook paper, please sign it for our records.”

Sample

Each of us has made a personal commitment to serve. We do it because it calls upon the best part of ourselves. The part that we believe we must try. That...

Throughout the Start. In COOP training, you will play the role of potential owner-members or the core group that will lead the setup of the cooperative. You will carry out...

Cooperatives, as distinct forms of business, rely upon members to work together towards collective goals. Trust lies at the heart of cooperation and provides the basis for communication that is...

Cooperatives, as distinct forms of business, rely upon members to work together towards collective goals. Trust lies at the heart of cooperation and provides the basis for communication that is...

Considering the important role the board plays within a nonprofit, why would any organization be content with a substandard board — one with inadequate performance and fulfillment of its responsibilities...

The original purpose of including a leadership succession plan was to ensure a seamless and orderly transition to new leadership that upholds the Chamber’s organizational principles and philosophies and maintains...

What’s a crisis? It’s any event or circumstance that threatens the ability of your nonprofit to achieve its mission. A crisis may be short-lived, or it may stress your nonprofit...