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What’s Important and Why: Risk Management
Risk Management is one of the key accountabilities for anyone who takes on a governance role with an organisation (not-for-profit or otherwise) - ensuring our organisation does what is 'reasonable' to keep its people, its resources, its stakeholders, and its business...
Webinar: 10 tips for better Board Orientation
Effective Board Orientation practices are critical to properly welcoming and setting up your Board newcomers for a successful and enjoyable experience in their governance role with your organisation. But all to often I see new Board recruits being left to work things...
My Latest Newsletter: October 2024
Free Consultancy Vouchers from Benefolk | My Latest Blog | What's Coming Up | Finance Tips From Julie | Working With Me Hi there – thanks for checking out my latest Good Governance Newsletter! I know you are here because you are committed to good not-for-profit...
What’s Important and Why: Good Governance
Good Governance is at the core of our duty to any organisation - not-for-profit or otherwise - with which we have taken on a Board or a Management Committee role. But not only is good governance integral to our legal duties when we join a Board or Committee - the...
My Latest Newsletter: September 2024
Psychological Health and Safety | This Week's Blog | Upcoming Events | Finance Tips From Julie | How can I help? Hi there – thanks for checking out my latest Good Governance Newsletter! I know you are here because you are committed to good not-for-profit governance...
Focus on Board Roles: The role of the Board Treasurer
Whilst ALL Board members have a shared responsibility for the financial health of any organisation they govern, the Treasurer has a particularly key role in ensuring the Board's effective financial oversight of their organisation. And while the Treasurer may work...
My Latest Newsletter: August 2024
Not-for-profit Finance Week | My latest Blog | What's Coming Up | Finance Tips From Julie | Working With Me Hi there – thanks for checking out my latest Good Governance Newsletter! I know you are here because you are committed to good not-for-profit governance...
Focus on Board Roles: The role of the Board Secretary
The role of the not-for-profit Board Secretary is probably the busiest of all the not-for-profit Board roles, and an effective Secretary is critical to the success of any not-for-profit organisation. The Secretary is essentially the formal administrative contact point...
My Latest Newsletter: July 2024
Seeking Communications Professionals for Board Roles? | This Week's Blog | Upcoming Events | Finance Tips From Julie | How can I help? Hi there – thanks for checking out my latest Good Governance Newsletter! I know you are here because you are committed to good...
A Bit About Me: My Values and how I integrate them into the work I do
Ever thought about your own Personal Values? The core things that are of greatest importance to you in your life and everything you do? In our not-for-profits, we talk about Organisational Values often...but how many of us have actually thought about our own Values?...
Webinar: 10 tips for better Board Succession Planning
Good Board Succession Planning can make such a difference to the calibre of orgnisational governance within a not-for-profit (or within any organisation, for that matter!) But time and again I see NFPs doing little or no proactive planning to ensure good Board...
Focus on Board Roles: The role of the Board Chair
In the dynamic environment of a not-for-profit Board room, the role of the Board Chair is pivotal, and those taking on this key role need to have the time and the ability to be able to fulfil some really important functions in order to support the Board to operate at...
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