boards and executives

Governance and Accountability: A Different Choice for Nonprofits

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Ideas about boards and governance are underdeveloped in the nonprofit sector, leaving many nonprofits relatively weak in comparison to their true potential. That’s why we want to invite you to two days of a different kind of discussion about governance, one that recognizes that the old control-based adages have headed us down many wrong paths, leaving us stuck in a thicket of rules without much meaning, and creates a sense that there is an expansive and powerful way to govern civil society organizations that has little to do with the boardrooms of yesteryear.

Board Governance

Here We Go Again: The Cyclical Nature of Board Behavior

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Do you ever get the feeling that the behavior of your board is cyclical? Miriam Wood asked the same question nearly 20 years ago and answered, “Yes.” In this archival classic from NPQ’s Spring 2011 issue, Julia Classen digs in to see if Wood’s assertion still holds true despite the sector’s exponential growth and increased professionalism. Here’s what she found.