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Dealing with Difficult Boards: Tips for Executive Directors
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.
Leadership 360 Degree Feedback Tool
The Leadership 360 Degree Feedback Tool enables you to get no-nonsense feedback about how others perceive you as a leader.
How Do Nonprofits Determine CEOs’ Productivity? By: Eugene Fram
A summary of some of the significant challenges that Dr. Fram has noticed nonprofit boards face when determining CEO benefits.
Annual General Meetings: A Primer for Alberta Nonprofits
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
5 Barriers to Overcome and Advance Your Board’s DEI Commitment
While board composition is just one piece of the puzzle, it’s one of the ways that we see how little change has occurred
BoardSource Blog: Lessons From a Cross-Racial Team About Building Belonging
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
Building Diverse & Equitable Nonprofit Boards
Those who identify as immigrants, persons of colour, LGBTQ2+ individuals, persons with a disability, and First Nations, Metis, and Inuit are vastly underrepresented on nonprofit and charity boards of directors
Fundraising Communications Toolkit for Board Members
Fundraising is a key responsibility of nonprofit board members, but in order to be successful, they must have the appropriate tools.
Capacity Canada's ModernBoard Online Training
Modern Board will create change and fuel innovation in non-profit boards. The multiple courses in the program are unique, engaging, and multimodal.
