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Board Bio Template
Make it easy to collect useful information from your board members.
Categories: Board Development, Contemporary Leadership, Healthy Organizations, SustainabilityDownload
Board Code of Conduct
Does your board need help governing itself? This code of conduct is excellent for new board members.
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Board Contract Template
Every board needs a job description. Based on the top ten roles of any board, this tool is useful for ensuring accountability.
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Board Giving Template
Help board members imagine all of the many ways they can contribute their time, talent, and treasure with this investment template.
Categories: Board Development, Contemporary Leadership, Fundraising & Development, Healthy Organizations, SustainabilityDownload
Board Pledge
Based on the sample board contract, this is a form that members sign when joining the board.
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Board Roles Handout
Everything you need to know about the roles and responsibilities of social profit boards of directors. Originally published in 2005 as a book chapter for a National Mentoring Center (NMC) publication.
Categories: Board Development, Contemporary Leadership, Healthy Organizations, Published ResourceDownload
Board Self-Evaluation
A simple email tool for assessing board performance.
Categories: Board Development, Contemporary Leadership, Healthy Organizations, Monitoring & EvaluationDownload
Board Visioning Activity
A great board meeting icebreaker.
Categories: Board Development, Change Management, Contemporary Leadership, Healthy Organizations, Strategic PlanningDownload
Consensus Decision-Making
In the social-profit world, we must often make tough decisions. This simple management tool offers a system of voting that builds consensus and involves all members of a group.
Categories: Contemporary Leadership, Healthy Organizations, Management, Sustainability, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity, Youth EngagementDownload
Diversity Action Plan
An activity handout used to help individuals set a personal goal related to their diversity commitments.
Categories: Advocacy, Contemporary Leadership, Deeply Rooted Equity, Healthy Organizations, Training & Facilitation, Training ActivityDownload
Estimated Costs of Being a Board Member
This is an example of what it may cost to serve on a typical social profit Board of Directors. It should be adapted to meet your specific criteria and provided to potential Board members prior to joining the Board.
Categories: Board Development, Contemporary Leadership, Fundraising & Development, Healthy OrganizationsDownload
Ethical Fundraising
Everything you need to know about ethical fundraising. Originally published in 2005 as a book chapter for a National Mentoring Center (NMC) publication.
Categories: Board Development, Contemporary Leadership, Fundraising & Development, Published Resource, Sustainability, Training & Facilitation, Training ActivityDownload
Executive Director Emergency Succession Planning Tool
This is a terrific planning tool that every social profit organization should complete and then update annually.
Categories: Board Development, Capacity Building, Contemporary Leadership, Healthy Organizations, Institutional Strengthening, Management, Policies, SustainabilityDownload
Experiential Learning
People learn best by doing. This theory underlies all of our training designs and this piece will explain why in more detail.
Categories: Coaching & Mentoring, Contemporary Leadership, Sustainability, Training & Facilitation, Training ActivityDownload
Gender Change & The Role of Men
Gender discrimination is real around the world, and men have a role to play in ending it. This resource talks about how to reach them.
Categories: Advocacy, Contemporary Leadership, Deeply Rooted Equity, Gender, Sexuality & Reproductive Health & Rights, Inspiration, Training & Facilitation, Training ActivityDownload
Groundrules
These are the "rules" or "ways of being" that we've amassed over almost three decades of working with groups. They will serve you well.
Categories: About Common Ground, Change Management, Community Building, Contemporary Leadership, Deeply Rooted Equity, Training & Facilitation