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Five ways trustees can support their chair for better governance
Suneet Sharma is an experienced trustee, and current Deputy CEO of Governance, Risk and Compliance for Proud Changemakers. He shares his thoughts and contributions from associates on how…
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How do non-profit boards change as organisations grow?
There is a lot of talk about how ‘staff do this’ and ‘trustees do that’ when it comes to roles in non-profits. However, that is only one of…
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Volunteers’ Week – trustees are volunteers too!
Volunteers’ Week is a UK-wide celebration of the diversity of volunteer work. Of course, we’re here to highlight the incredible work of trustees and chairs, most of whom…
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Stronger boards, stronger non-profits: introducing board membership
The Association of Chairs has been the leading voice for charity and non-profit chairs for well over a decade. Every day we support and champion the ordinary people with…
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Breaking board: nine reasons why nonprofit boards underperform
Why nonprofit boards underperform is the core question behind this blog. What is it that makes some boards do great stuff and others run into quicksand? Over the…
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Our charity governance consultation: how can we develop non-profit boards?
We are launching a charity governance consultation to investigate how the sector could change, develop and improve charity boards and the nature of trusteeship. How do chairs, trustees,…
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Paying trustees and board innovations – we’d love your thoughts on three things
Three discussions have recently come to light: paying trustees, board innovation, and how a board changes with organisation size. Paying trustees or board members – what is your…
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Risk registers – boring bureaucracy or a perfect planning tool?
Risk registers are the marmite of board papers. Some people love them, and others hate them. I must admit I have fallen into the latter camp more often…
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Building effective boards – a personal perspective
Carrie Stokes, chair of Turn2Us, gives her perspective on what it takes to build effective boards. Three years into my first chair role and I’m in the fortunate…