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Bite Size Nonprofit Governance Videos from IntegralOrg

 July 2, 2024

Each bite size video is an excerpt from a webinar or presentation on governance and board health.

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Best Practices - Prepare for Your Year-end Audit

 July 2, 2024

Along with ensuring compliance with the relevant accounting standards, the audit also helps to ensure that the organization’s resources are being effectively used, and that the organization is adhering to its mission and goals.

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Dealing With Difficult Executive Directors: Tips for Nonprofit Boards

 June 12, 2024

Executive directors who feel their nonprofit was more successful over the past year also feel more supported by their board across all key tasks and responsibilities.

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Dealing with Difficult Boards: Tips for Executive Directors

 June 12, 2024

While boards of directors do vital work (hiring executive directors, holding fiduciary responsibility, setting strategic direction for the organization, etc.), not all boards function smoothly. There is often a degree of dissonance between the vital role of boards of directors and their actual practice.

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Leadership 360 Degree Feedback Tool

 June 11, 2024

The Leadership 360 Degree Feedback Tool enables you to get no-nonsense feedback about how others perceive you as a leader.

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How Do Nonprofits Determine CEOs’ Productivity? By: Eugene Fram

 June 11, 2024

A summary of some of the significant challenges that Dr. Fram has noticed nonprofit boards face when determining CEO benefits.

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Annual General Meetings: A Primer for Alberta Nonprofits

 June 6, 2024

Learn more about voting and proxy voting and what kind of meeting and voting is allowed, virtual and in-person options and what you have to do to be prepared

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5 Barriers to Overcome and Advance Your Board’s DEI Commitment

 June 6, 2024

While board composition is just one piece of the puzzle, it’s one of the ways that we see how little change has occurred

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BoardSource Blog: Lessons From a Cross-Racial Team About Building Belonging

 June 5, 2024

Just diversity, or recruiting board members from different racial backgrounds alone, is not enough. Boards of historically white-led organizations must do more to intentionally work to build diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging into board culture

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