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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...

FSA members
Board & Organizational Development
FSA Governance Ready-to-use Tools

Questions for Board Meeting Evaluation Forms | Ready-to-use Governance Tools

Evaluating board meetings to assess things such as the quality of materials, preparation of members, quality of discussions, and appropriate focus of...

FSA members
Board & Organizational Development
FSA Governance Ready-to-use Tools

CEO-Board Partnership | Ready-to-use Governance Tools

Are your Board and CEO in a productive relationship with both parties fully engaged in their roles? Power dynamics shift and roles can become blurred...

Board & Organizational Development
Diversity & Inclusion

Taking Action on Board Diversity: Five Questions to Get You Started

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Today’s nonprofit boards are dissatisfied with their board diversity, but are doing little to prioritize it in their board...

Board & Organizational Development
Education

Collaborative Decision Making Part 1: Overview (Video)

An overview of the collaborative decision-making process. Part 1 of 3.

The Quaker Connection Video Series offers perspectives on living and working...

Board & Organizational Development
Education

Quakerism: Frequently Asked Questions (Video)

Do Quakers celebrate birthdays? How do they feel about the military? Are Quakers Christian? Hear answers to these and other questions commonly asked...

Board & Organizational Development
Education

Quakers as Change Agents (Video)

Quakers have been involved in societal change throughout time, and continue to impact society despite their relatively small number, only about 75,000...

Board & Organizational Development
Education

Quaker Values in the Lives of Our Organizations (Video)

How do Quaker traditions come to life in organizations? What does it mean to work, volunteer and live with, or receive services from, an organization...

Board & Organizational Development
Education

Quaker History and Beliefs: An Overview (Video)

An introduction to the history and principles upon which Quakerism was founded.

The Quaker Connection Video Series offers perspectives on living and...

Board & Organizational Development
Principles of Good Governance

Principles of Good Governance

Like many organizations, your board is likely full of educated, insightful folks who are brimming with passion and dedication for the work you do. Yet...