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Steps to Create a Nonprofit Social Media Policy

Board Effect

You also need to incorporate wording for disciplinary action or termination when social media posts warrant action. Bloomerang provides a good sample of a nonprofit social media policy to emulate, and it’s a fine example of good social media governance. Assign someone the task of investigating social media policy infractions.

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How Startup Valuations are Driving Company Equity

ReadWriteStart

Other aspects of organizational governance. Warrants are a kind of equity that are often attached to a corporate bond issuance or preferred stock to make the transaction more appealing to investors. However, the holder of a warrant holds a leveraged bet on the corporation’s common shares. The selection of Senior Officers.

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How Businesses Can Be Sustainable And Profitable

The Startup Magazine

Green Energy: Rather than wait for the government, some companies are putting up solar panels today. The panels are usually warranted to last for about 25 years. Specific Sustainable Actions Businesses Can Take.

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The Big Bang. The Lean LaunchPad explodes at University of Maryland

Steve Blank

The Lean LaunchPad process is equally well-suited to areas like STEM education and government (e.g., Now the students spend time in customer discovery and learn why validating the business model for their device is so important. The impact on life sciences and healthcare is evident in the UMD bioengineering program and in the NIH program.

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How to Recruit Board Members in a Remote Environment

Board Effect

If you haven’t, now is a good time to do it because the current circumstances may warrant some changes to it. As you reach out to candidates, be sure to give them a copy of the approved job description for board members. You should be reviewing board member job descriptions regularly anyway.

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How to Navigate a Perceived Conflict of Interest for a Board

Board Effect

Concern about a conflict of interest provides an opportunity for an organization to demonstrate that they’re willing to be transparent and adhere to best practices for good governance. Failing to address potential conflicts of interest may compromise an organization’s work ethic and integrity, which would likely result in reputational damage.

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Executive Transition Toolkit: Documenting a Successful Executive Search

Board Effect

Indicate that meeting the gold standard is worth three points, silver is worth two and less than that is worth one (or zero, if warranted). Executive transitions are not new to the governance realm, but they might well be more abundant. Revisit your criteria rubric and add a score column, with a 1 to 3 rating key.

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