When it comes to types of nonprofit boards, you can identify two types: working boards and governing boards. What’s the major difference? A governing board serves a nonprofit with a staff, while a working board serves a nonprofit without a staff. Working Boards A no-staff nonprofit with a...
Finding the balance between the responsibilities of the nonprofit board and the staff is not an easy task. Either party may feel as though they have a greater responsibility to care for the organization, and thus causing a battle of power to come to the surface. A good...
Let’s assume for a moment that you have formed or are going to serve on the board of a nonprofit organization. If you are doing so, you have three legal duties that can’t be ignored. If you are a Game of Thrones fan, this the...
Serving on a nonprofit board brings both a legal and community-based responsibility. I truly believe that serving on a nonprofit board is a great duty. I serve on three Boards of Directors right now: a professional organization of designers (Blue Ridge AIGA), an organization that helps veterans struggling with...
While a board serves a core purpose for any nonprofit, just the word “board” brings stress into most of our lives. It takes serious commitment from all sides: to be part of a board, to manage the board as an Executive Director, and to collaborate...