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NonprofitsBoard DevelopmentAmerican Hospital Association Board Governance Function Tool AHA's free survey tool is for health care organizations focused on board leadership issues. Related survey questions include board member skills and values, clarity of board roles and responsibilities, board understanding of organization's role relative to others in the community, board access to information related to its fiduciary role, and board access to organizational performance indicators. Survey questions can provide a quick overview of health care board leadership as a whole and for individual board members. A summary of responses from over 2,000 health care organizations serves as a helpful benchmark to identifying priority issues for more in-depth review. For well-established nonprofit health care organizations and hospitals in particular; survey questions are also appropriate for smaller and larger organizations. http://www.ey.com/global/download.nsf/US/Hospital_and_Health_System_Governance/$file/GovernanceExecSum.pdf Board Café Newsletter for nonprofit boards; links to a wide variety of resources. http://www.compasspoint.org BoardSource (formerly the National Center for Nonprofit Boards) The premier resource for practical information, tools and best practices, training, and leadership development for board members of nonprofit organizations worldwide. http://www.boardsource.org BoardSource Board of Directors Self Assessment Survey This $259 kit is designed to help nonprofit boards determine how well they are carrying out their responsibilities and to identify areas that need improvement. Confidential questionnaires allow board members to evaluate the board's performance as well as their own contribution. Objective summary reports based on results are prepared by BoardSource. http://www.boardsource.org Carver Policy Governance Overview of the model to ensure that organizations achieve board-stated goals and govern with integrity. http://www.carvergovernance.com/model.htm Free Complete Toolkit for Boards http://www.mapnp.org/library/boards/boards.htm Internet Nonprofit Center Board of Directors: key duties, job descriptions, evaluation of legal responsibilities, relationship between board and executive director, meeting documents, D & O insurance, board compensation, sample conflict of interest policies, board policies, board manuals, etc. http://www.nonprofits.org/ Nonprofit Risk Management Center http://www.nonprofitrisk.org Office of Minnesota Attorney General Fiduciary Duties of Directors of Charitable Organizations http://www.ag.state.mn.us/charities/charDuties.html Parliamentary Procedure http://www.robertsrules.com/faq.html http://www.parliamentarians.org The Corporate Fund Board Self-Assessment Kit The free Board Self-Assessment Kit allows nonprofit boards to assess their effectiveness in 12 different areas. Assessment results can provide a picture of where a board's strengths lie and areas to focus on for improvement. The 12 areas of board function assessed include: - Board-staff roles - Policy-making practices - Fiscal management practices - Fundraising practices - Board structure and practice - Board committees - Board meetings - Board membership and orientation - Board-executive relationship - Monitoring and evaluation practices http://www.thecorporatefund.org/board_self_assessment_kit.asp |
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