Posts Tagged ‘nonprofit’




BOARD MEMBERS ARE VOLUNTEERS, TOO!

29
March 2009

At a recent Seminar, the speaker, after people in the audience had introduced themselves as staff, Board or volunteers, made an excellent point. Let’s not forget that Board members are volunteers, too!   The implications of this are profound. When we chastise Board members for not stepping up to the plate on their fund raising [...]




PRESENTING A FISCAL STATEMENT TO THE BOARD

15
February 2009

Executives too often feel they must drown their nonprofit Board members with information when they present their monthly financial reports.  They feel that this is a way to keep from showing the Board that they are on top of the finances. What they do is completely confuse most Board members who really aren’t interested in [...]