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Quaker Principles | SPICES (Video)

Perspectives on the principles of Quakerism and the acronym SPICES, which stands for Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality and Stewardship...

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Questions for Potential Board Members | Ready-to-use Governance Tools

Sample questions to ask when interviewing potential Board members for your nonprofit organization.

From the FSA Ready-to-use Governance Tool library...

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Where Boards Function | Ready-to-use Governance Tools

Boards are naturally pulled toward operational information and work — it’s where many of them have experience and it is where they are comfortable...

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Board Composition Grid | Ready-to-use Governance Tools

A model practice for Board composition is to consider the skills and attributes needed on your Board.

Using a grid such as this to list those...

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FSA Governance Ready-to-use Tools

Board Meeting Communication Template | Ready-to-use Governance Tools

There is a fine line between providing a board with just the right amount of information needed to make informed decisions.

Too often we see board...

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Creating Your Own Board Self-Assessment Tool

Free for LeadingAge members. Jane Mack shares tips for developing a board self-assessment tool, including the structure and process to follow...

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Board Meeting Evaluations

Board Meeting Evaluations (Video)

Evaluating nonprofit board meetings is an important quality improvement measure. Jane Mack, CEO for FSA | Friends Services Alliance, explores the...

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Board Self-Assessment

Board Self-Assessment (Video)

Model board practices include an organization's board periodically holding up a mirror to assess its own performance. Jane Mack, CEO for FSA | Friends...

Board & Organizational Development

Responding to Concern (Video)

How should a board member respond to an employee or service recipient's concern or complaint? Carefully! As a board member, your desire to help could...

Board & Organizational Development

Board Engagement (Video)

Having a productive and actively engaged board of directors is a gift to any organization. How can an organization measure the engagement of its board...