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Board Portal Best Practices: Preparing as a Team
By Allix Beckmann, June 25, 2019
Efficient board meetings require teamwork and a board portal to promote collaboration...
READ MOREMeeting Preparation: How a Board Portal Can Help
By Allix Beckmann, June 06, 2019
Preparing for a board meeting takes a significant amount of time - often, much more time and attention than the actual meeting - rsvp, notifications, side-by-side, eSignature, document approval all he...
READ MOREThe Rise of Giving Back and How Your Board Can Benefit
By BoardPaq, May 15, 2019
Giving back is EVERYWHERE these days...
READ MOREBoard Portal Best Practices: The Nonprofit—Board Relationship
By Allix Beckmann, April 18, 2019
How to equip board members to carry out all their board responsibilities both during and between meetings...
READ MOREBecoming a Better Board Member, With a Board Portal’s Help
By Allix Beckmann, March 08, 2019
A month seems to disappear as fast as it came. Before you know it, it’s time for your next board meeting....
READ MOREHow Small Charities and Foundations Can Benefit from a Board Portal
By Dustin McKissen, December 08, 2018
Charities and foundations with less than $1M in gross receipts need to use their resources to focus more on programming and their mission...
READ MOREBoard Portal Best Practices: Fundraising & Your Board of Directors
By Dustin McKissen, May 07, 2018
Fundraising is essential to the success of nearly every 501(c)3...
READ MOREBoard Portal Best Practices: Term Limits
By Dustin McKissen, March 02, 2018
For your organization to thrive, your board of directors needs a consistent infusion of fresh ideas and new perspectives...
READ MORETerm Limits within your Board of Directors
By BoardPaq, February 24, 2018
Have you ever served on a board of directors that never seemed to change?...
READ MOREBoard Portal Best Practices: Increasing Engagement on Your Board of Directors
By Dustin McKissen, November 05, 2017
An engaged board is an effective board, and an effective board is a requirement if your organization is going to meet the goals it set forth in your strategic plan...
READ MORE7 Strategies to Create an Engaged Board
By BoardPaq, October 23, 2017
Advice on keeping board members engaged whether they have just joined or have been involved for a long time...
READ MOREBoardPaq earns two collaboration software awards from FinancesOnline
By BoardPaq, August 17, 2017
BoardPaq was elevated in FinancesOnline’s elite rankings and is now among its top 10 collaboration software solutions...
READ MOREWant an Innovative Association? Start with Your Board Portal.
By Dustin McKissen, February 02, 2017
For most of my career I’ve worked for or around trade associations and professional societies. And during that time...
READ MOREHow a Board Portal Makes Your Organization More Efficient
By Dustin McKissen, November 21, 2016
If you took Economics 101, you’ll probably remember two things your professor taught you...
READ MORECreating a Culture of Innovation, Starting with Your School Board
By Dustin McKissen, October 14, 2016
Innovation is important to businesses, who won’t remain competitive unless they evolve, adapt, and consistently work on creating new and better products and services...
READ MOREWant More Engaged School Board Members? Make it Easy on Them by Using a Board Portal.
By Dustin McKissen, October 04, 2016
What is a typical day like for a typical school board member...
READ MOREThe iPhone and the “Board Meetings” In Between Board Meetings
By Dustin McKissen, September 22, 2016
There are two types of boards...
READ MORE3 Ways to Build a Strong Board/Staff Relationship (One Way? Use a Board Portal.)
By Dustin McKissen, September 09, 2016
Serving on a board of directors is not easy. It’s a test of your leadership, patience, and resolve...
READ MOREInnovation and Efficiency with the Board Portal of Choice for Local Government
By Dustin McKissen, August 11, 2016
Huntingburg, Indiana, is exactly where you want to live. The small city of slightly more than 6,000...
READ MOREStart Re-engaging Your Board by Using Better Technology (Including a Board Portal)
By Dustin McKissen, December 22, 2015
A Board of Directors exists to do a few things, including provide accountability to an organization, bring outside leadership and experience, and help develop and implement a strategic plan...
READ MOREHow a Board Portal Can Help Create a More Engaged Board
By Dustin McKissen, December 15, 2015
Anyone who has worked for a board of directors knows the signs of a disengaged board member. Their attendance starts to wane until he or she is practically a guaranteed no-show...
READ MOREThe Soul Crushing Experience of Working with a Disengaged Board
By Dustin McKissen, December 08, 2015
My first experience working for a Board of Directors occurred when I joined a dynamic, vibrant, and growing trade association...
READ MOREFundraising: How to Help Your Directors get Better at Something they Hate
By Dustin McKissen, November 30, 2015
Passion for the cause. Giving back. Sharing expertise. Being recognized as a leader. People join boards for a variety of reasons...
READ MOREThree Ways Your Board Can Be Your Secret Fundraising Weapon
By Dustin McKissen, October 21, 2015
It's calendar year-end for nonprofits, and that means it's "do or die" time to raise the money needed to meet your yearly budget...
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