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Big Decisions: mergers, closing down

Mergers: What Does a Typical Process Look Like? (06/28/2004)

The Right Way to Go Out of Business (07/17/2000)

Thinking About Going Out of Business (06/08/2000)

Should Your Nonprofit Be Considering a Merger (08/10/1998)

Board Committees and Officers

Governance Committees: Positive Trend on Nonprofit Boards (03/14/2003)

Board Committee Job Descriptions (02/09/1999)

Should Boards Have Committees, and if so, Which Ones? (01/25/1999)

Sample Job Descriptions for Board Officers (11/10/1998)

Board Direction and Role

The Board's Role in Raising Money (03/24/2008)

Working Board vs. Governing Board (01/17/2008)

The Right Way to Resign from the Board (10/15/2007)

Critical Path for the Board (03/21/2006)

Why Boards Don't Govern Part 2 (11/19/2004)

Why Boards Don't Govern Part 1 (10/28/2004)

Ten Quick Ways to Improve Board Meetings (08/31/2004)

The CompassPoint Board Model for Governance and Support: Part 2 (08/18/2003)

The CompassPoint Board Model for Governance and Support (07/22/2003)

The Strategic Board Agenda (12/23/2002)

The Board's Role in Personnel (06/27/2001)

Board Responsibilities for Volunteers (06/08/1999)

Should Staff Contact With the Board Be Restricted? (07/14/1998)

Board Meetings, Board Packets, Tools

What Information Should Board Members Have? (02/14/2006)

Self Assessment for the Board (02/01/2005)

What To Do With Board Members Who Don't Do Anything (09/14/2004)

Five Ways to Get in Trouble (01/23/2004)

What to Do When You Really, Really Disagree with a Board Decision (02/14/2003)

By-Laws in Brief (11/25/2002)

Dominating Personalities on the Board (05/20/2002)

Board Meeting Packets (01/26/2001)

Are We Doing a Good Job? (05/18/2000)

Removing a Difficult Board Member (10/12/1999)

Where to Have a Board Retreat (08/01/1999)

A "360 Degree Evaluation" of the Agency (04/13/1999)

Should the Board Hold Executive Sessions? (10/13/1998)

Making the Most of Time Together (05/12/1998)

Board Members: recruiting, diversity

What is the Role of an Attorney on the Board (02/28/2008)

Five Fast Ways to Recruit New Board Members (10/31/2006)

Proposed Diversity Principles (04/15/2002)

Young Voices in the Boardroom (10/19/2000)

Sample Conflict of Interest Policy (01/14/2000)

The Right Way to Do the Right Thing: Thinking About Ethics (12/14/1999)

Questions to Ask Yourself Before Joining Your Next Board (07/13/1999)

Diversity for Organizations Based in Minority Communities (03/10/1999)

Removing a Board Member (12/08/1998)

The Diversity Issue: Part 2 (01/13/1998)

The Diversity Issue (12/10/1997)

Especially for Board Chairs

Board Chair: Making Your Mark (10/01/2005)

Checklist for Success as a Board Chair (07/31/2001)

Governance Committees: New Trend on Nonprofit Boards (08/15/2000)

Executive Directors

Getting a New Executive Director Off to the Right Start (03/29/2007)

Firing the Executive Director (03/06/2007)

Accepting Responsibility for the Board (05/06/2006)

Succession Planning for Nonprofits of All Sizes (08/01/2005)

How Much to Pay the Executive Director? (06/01/2005)

What is Micromanagement and What Isn't? (02/25/2004)

Support Your Local Executive Director (06/26/2002)

Job Description for Executive Director (09/21/2000)

Should the CEO Have a Vote on the Board? (04/13/2000)

Hiring a New Executive Director? (03/20/2000)

Annual Evaluation of the Executive Director (09/14/1999)

When the Executive Director Leaves: The Job of the Board's Executive Transition Committee (09/09/1998)

Finance and Budget

Organizing the Board to Support the Revenue Strategy (08/13/2007)

Budget Crunch (04/15/2003)

Loans From Board Members (01/24/2003)

The Board and the Budget: Beauty and the Beast? (09/27/2002)

What You Need to do About Insurance (11/01/2001)

Readiness for Earned-Income Ventures (05/30/2001)

A Board-Staff "Contract" for Financial Accountability (11/21/2000)

Six Things the Board President Should Check Before the 990 is Filed (04/14/1998)

Fundraising

Raising Money in 30 Days (06/19/2003)

The Board Should Raise Money: True or False? (03/18/2002)

What is a Fundraising Feasibility Study and Is It Worth It? (08/31/2001)

New Findings on Nonprofit CEO Pay and Board Member Giving (02/22/2001)

Five Things One Board Member Can Do to Raise $100 to $5,000 (05/10/1999)

Two Simple Ways to Communicate Expectations About Money (02/10/1998)

Miscellaneous

The Twelve Board Cafe Days of Christmas (12/18/2007)

Nonprofit Copyrights (11/28/2007)

What 5,000 Board Café Readers Think About Boards (01/19/2007)

List of the Best: Books, Websites and More (09/01/2005)

Alligators in the Sewer: Myths and Urban Legends About Nonprofits (07/01/2005)

A Board Leads an Organization Out of the Ashes (01/24/2005)

Spotlight on Corporate Boards (08/22/2002)

What Now? (10/01/2001)

Nonprofit and Corporate Boards: Same or Different? (12/21/2000)

Public Policy

Sarbanes Oxley and Nonprofits (04/30/2004)

Yes or No: Lobbying by Nonprofits (09/15/2003)

Templates and Samples

Dashboard for Nonprofits (05/01/2005)

Policy Adoption Process (04/01/2005)

Sample Conflict of Interest Policy (05/27/2004)

A Board Member Contract (10/20/2003)

What is an Advisory Board and Should We Have One? (10/24/2002)

An Annual Board Committee Report (11/10/1997)

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