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Nonprofit Policy Review Checklist

Board Effect

New nonprofit board directors quickly learn that accepting a seat on the board comes with huge and important responsibilities for governance. The National Council of Nonprofits recommends that nonprofit boards review their policies on an annual basis. Consider moving parts of the review to your committees to expedite the process.

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5 Ways to Improve Your Business Financial Management

Up and Running

These advanced platforms can help small businesses, startups, and solopreneurs automatically log transactions and monitor account balances. Many of these solutions can also prepare tax forms or integrate with tax prep software. Review and refine your financial management process.

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Experts share tips for mission-driven organizations on DE&I

Board Effect

Experts discuss DE&I in mission-driven organizations Each of our experts brings a unique perspective to the importance of diversity and inclusion within organizations and on governing boards. Organizations with DE&I policies have real impact. Far beyond corporate strategy; it’s about fulfilling missions effectively.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup.

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Audit Committee Responsibilities for a Nonprofit Board

Board Effect

Since the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), there’s been a greater focus on sound governance principles for all types of organizations. All managers should be accountable for turning in receipts, using timesheets to report work hours, getting approval for travel reimbursement and having all expenses reviewed for accuracy.

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2023 Predictions

Eric Friedman

Far fetched, but with a balance sheet that is gigantic and the Peloton stock around $38 ($12bln market cap) at the time of this writing, I could see this making a lot of sense. -1: Your entire experience and process will be governed by a authentication. 1: Nailed it. 1: Failed it. Didn’t happen. 1: Failed it. 1: Failed it.

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2023 Predictions

Eric Friedman

Far fetched, but with a balance sheet that is gigantic and the Peloton stock around $38 ($12bln market cap) at the time of this writing, I could see this making a lot of sense. -1: Your entire experience and process will be governed by a authentication. 1: Nailed it. 1: Failed it. Didn’t happen. 1: Failed it. 1: Failed it.