NPQ Newswire:
A Weirdly Useful Column. Various tidbits.
Just a warning…this is a weird column. No overall theme. Just a collection of tidbits and miscellaneous thoughts that I wanted to share with you.
Enhance Attrition or Thank and Release? Firing Lousy Board Members
The author outlines the six steps to firing nonperforming board members.
What Is Leadership?
Simone Joyaux offers notions of leadership around concepts of learning, change, stewardship, and organizational glue. Is leadership an art? A developed skill? Joyaux opines.
Advisory Boards and Other Bodies: Yes or No and Why or Why Not? (Part 2)
Management and fundraising expert Simone Joyaux has more tips, guidelines, and checklists for establishing advisory boards–except don't call them advisory boards!
What Do You Talk about at Your Board Meetings?
Board meetings require intentional design and good facilitation so that the board can do the work of governance without getting sidetracked by management stuff and other matters.
Advisory Boards and Other Bodies: Yes or No and Why or Why Not?
Before you set up an advisory group or a community council, it’s important to be very clear about what you’re trying to accomplish and whether a new group will help in that effort.
