A Short Guide To Consensus Building
An Alternative to Robert's Rules of Order for Groups, Organizations and Ad Hoc Assemblies that Want to Operate By Consensus.

Accountability and Stewardship
A series of research articles from Charity Village.

Board of Directors and Its Role
A series of research articles from Charity Village.

Donor Relations and Recognition
A series of research articles from Charity Village.

Governance Effectiveness 'Quick Check'
The Quick Check is a short questionnaire designed to give board members and CEOs a quick impression of the effectiveness of their board. It contains fifteen items that research suggests correlate with effective governance.

How to Write a Mission Statement
From the American Grantsmanship Centre, this introduction to writing a mission statement (or editing an existing one) provides an easy way to evaluate and plan an organizational mission statement.

Legal Issues
A series of research articles from Charity Village.

Obtaining Charitable Status - Legal Factsheet
There can be many benefits to nonprofit organizations which make the effort to become recognized charitable organizations. Charities can offer tax receipts to encourage donations and sometimes have access to restricted funding programs.

Organization Management
A series of research articles from Charity Village.

Tools for the Audit Committee
Agencies are increasingly involving a board committee in the annual financial review and audit. Recognizing that few community boards have financial professionals serving, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants created this toolkit.

Voluntarism
A series of research articles from Charity Village.

Dotmocracy
Dotmocracy is an established facilitation process for prioritizing options among a large number of people.

Policies on Conflict of Interest in the Voluntary Sector
Conflict of interest policies address situations and circumstances in which an employee or board member’s personal interests are – or can appear to be – in conflict with the organization’s interest. Includes sample policies from voluntary organizations.

Policy Based Governance - What Works and What Doesn't
There is an ongoing discussion or debate about "policy governance" and "administrative governance" and which one is better than the other. This article will briefly define these terms and review policies and standards of care for both directors and officers.

Sample Job Descriptions for Board Members
Whether in bylaws, constitution or simply documentation, every organization needs clear understanding of roles and responsibilities. Adapted from the United Way of Canada's Board Basics Kit, here are sample job descriptions for common board roles.

Strengthening the Capacity Of Executive Directors
This report seeks to demonstrate the success of peer group learning circles in addressing the critical issue of non-profit Executive Director job satisfaction - June 2004.

Tuning Up Association By-Laws
In Canada's associations, bylaws are the "Big Book of Rules." Various acts and statutes give bylaws their context, but legislation isn't referred to on a daily basis. The bylaws are the document that association managers have in their hands, Board members have in their hands, and members have in theirs.