Board Decision-Making – Webinar Recording and Resources List
Improving Your Board’s Decision-Making in 2025
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Insights
Problem Boards, or Board Problems?
This 2003 article published in the Nonprofit Quarterly worries that underperforming boards are the norm, not the exception. Read the article.
Beyond Financial Oversight: Expanding the Board’s Role in the Pursuit of Sustainability
Written by Jeanne Bell for the spring 2011 edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly, this article stresses that sustainability and engagement with the work is essential for nonprofit boards as they approach the future. Read the article.
An Executive Director’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership
Written by Kate Barr and Jeanne Bell for the Fall/Winter 2011 edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly, this article offers up what they see as the eight key business principles that guide financial leadership practice. Read the article.
The 5 Nonprofit Business Models Revealed
The Nonprofit Financial Commons presents this set of nine seminars based on grounded research (or on-the-ground study over time) of the diverse and distinctive financial dynamics of different types of nonprofits. Start the course.
Tools
Before Talking About Money
This excerpt from Let’s Talk Money lays the groundwork for some important discussions. “Take time to think about roles before you dive into what you need to know,” it says, before offering five ideas to improve Board-Finance engagement.
