Board Orientation

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Board Orientation

• Board Orientation
• Orienting New Members to Boards of Directors
• Board Orientation and Training
• 6 Important Items to Include in Board Orientation Packages | Nonprofit Capacity Building
• Appendix to “6 Important Items to Include in Board Orientation Packages” | Nonprofit Capacity Building

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Board Manuals and Packets

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• Manuals
• Packets

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Manuals

• Typical Contents of Nonprofit Board Manual
• Freebie #11: Free Non Profit Board of Directors Governance Manual | Pixel Sweatshop
• Template for a Board Manual
• Board Manual Checklist
• Building a Board Member’s Manual
• Board policy manuals
• What Information Should Board Members Have? | CompassPoint
• Wikimedia Foundation board manual (sample)
• Board Manual Better Practices
• Sample Contents of Board Member’s Manual

Packets

• Board Meeting Packets | CompassPoint
• Better Board Packets | Blue Avocado
• Building the Board Packet

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Board Training

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Board Training

• Corporate boardrooms are in need of education – FT.com
• The coming crisis in director recruitment
• Change Leaders general resources
• Welcoming and Training New Members to a Board of Directors
• Back to Basics for Training the Board | Training and Development
• Basic Guidelines and Sample Agenda for Board Training Session

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Virtual Meetings and Board Portals

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• General
• Legal Issues
• Board Portals

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General

• NRG Boardroom: A virtual ‘Board of Directors’ working for you! : Ecademy Marketplace
• Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 2 of 2 – Virtual Valley Ventures « Steve Blank
• Virtual Attendance at Board Meeting policy
• Rise of the paperless meeting – FT.com
• Rise of the paperless meeting – FT.com
• Going Paperless in the Boardroom – YouTube
• NPO Board Meetings by Teleconference
• Digital Directors | Boards of Directors
• Virtual Teams (teams developed and/or operated over the Internet/Web)
• Team Performance Management

Legal Issues

• Policies and Practices – Board Votes By E-mail
• Can a board meeting legally occur online?
• The Law of Virtual Board Meetings

Board Portals

• Board Portals Guide
• Board portal – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Securing your Board of Directors’ communication portal – CSO Online – Security and Risk

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Retreats

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Retreats

• A Humorous Look at Board Retreats | Carol Weisman
• Where to Have a Board Retreat | CompassPoint
• Board Retreats – Part 1: Why Have One, Themes and Planning
• Board Retreats – Part 2: Working with a Facilitator and a Planning Checklist
• Board Retreats – Part 3: An Sample Board Retreat from Soup to Nuts
• The NonProfit Times: 12 Reasons For A Board Retreat

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Board Meeting Minutes

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Minutes

• Board Meeting Minutes template builder
• FREE MEETING MINUTES TEMPLATE, board of directors meeting
• Sample Meeting Minutes
• Should Movers and Seconders Be Recorded in Minutes?
• Meaningful Minutes
• Taking Minutes at a Meeting
• Board Meeting Minutes – Part I
• Board Meeting Minutes – Part II

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General Guidelines

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• Overviews and Improvements
• Rules of Order
• Various Perspectives

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Overviews and Improvements

• What are Board Meetings?
• Ten Quick Ways to Improve Board Meetings | CompassPoint
• Lessons in Lifemanship – Chapter 37: Improving Boards and Board Meetings
• Ten Ideas for Improving Your Board Meetings
• Making the Most of Time Together | CompassPoint
• How Boards Can Have Better Conversations
• Guidelines to Conducting Effective Meetings
• Questions Nonprofit Board Members Should Always Ask (especially in meetings)
• Effective Board Meetings | Boards of Directors

Rules of Order

• Many resources about rules of order
• Wikipedia’s Robert’s Rules of Order Web Site
• Robert’s Rules of Order Online – Parliamentary Procedure and Parliamentarians

Various Perspectives

• Chairing a Board Meeting
• Better Practices – Staff at Board Meetings (nonprofit?)
• Where Should the Board Chair, the ED, the Staff Sit? | Blue Avocado
• Practical Tips for Presenting to the Board | Boards of Directors
• What to Do When You Really, Really Disagree with a Board Decision | CompassPoint
• Dangerous ideas made safe (importance to have open discussions)
• Managing Conflict: A Guide for Volunteer Boards
• Policy Name: Conflict and Complaint Resolution
• Ten Questions that Could Improve Your Board Meetings | The Non-Profit Toolbox

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Executive Session (In-Camera)

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Executive Session (In-Camera)

• Executive session – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• The Executive Session – Business Insider
• Should the Board Hold Executive Sessions? | Blue Avocado
• Should the Board Hold Executive Sessions? | CompassPoint
• Executive Sessions of the Non-Employee Directors sample policy
• Executive session can’t be called without board meeting – Los Angeles Times
• AASA :: The Improper Use of Executive Session
• In Camera Board Sessions: Securing Confidentiality or Cultivating a Culture of Secrecy? – NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly
• In Camera Board Sessions: Securing Confidentiality or Cultivating a Culture of Secrecy?

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Annual General Meetings

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• General
• Chairing AGM
• AGM Resolutions

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General

• Annual general meeting: Definition from Answers.com
• Annual general meeting – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Annual General Meeting (AGM) Definition | Investopedia
• Extraordinary general meeting – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chairing AGM

• Annual Agenda Planning
• Planning and conducting an annual general meeting
• Boards At Their Best: How to Fix the Annual Meeting
• Boards: Organising a Great AGM
• How do you chair an AGM

AGM Resolutions

• Boards At Their Best: The Annual Meeting as the Art of Romance
• HOW TO USE A WAIVER OF NOTICE FOR ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
• WAIVER OF NOTICE DIRECTORS ANNUAL MEETING
• FREE ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING MINUTES TEMPLATE

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Board Meeting Agendas

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Agendas

• Sample Board meeting agenda
• Board of Directors Meeting Agendas
• The Strategic Board Agenda | CompassPoint
• Board Meeting Agenda – Sample and Template
• Use it Today – Consent Agenda: Finding Time for Your Board to Discuss What Matters
• Board Meeting Procedures

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