Financial Resources For New Executives
I have been serving as Interim Executive Director for several months after our ED retired here at the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera. It has been an eye-opening experience; luckily, my board chair introduced me recently to a website that has great tools and resources for accounting and finance.
Sympathy For The Two-Faced Lawyer On Your Board
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Non-profits often seek lawyers to serve on their boards. However, it is important to note that having a lawyer on your organization’s board is not the same thing as having a lawyer represent your organization. Gene Takagi recently posted a piece on the Non-Profit Law Blog aimed at providing lawyers with guidance about serving on a non-profit board, but it is also a good resource to help non-profits understand the parameters of a lawyer’s board ...
Six Reasons To Add Millennials To Your Board
What’s your board make-up? If you’re like my organization, our board is composed of over 40 year-olds (the average age is probably around 65), higher level business executives, and white. It mirrors the population that we attract and, despite the lack of diversity, is a really great, active board. We do have minorities on the board, however we have no member under 40 on the board. In a November, 2014 post, Colleen Dilen highlighted Six Urgent Reasons ...
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