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Encouraging board meeting attendance
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
Summer, beautiful summer. With vacations, family activities and seasonal distractions, board meeting attendance may dip during summer months. This...
Be an ambassador for your organization
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
I recently spoke at a monthly meeting of the Eastern Iowa Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals about...
Making your fundraising event a success
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
It seems that spring brings us an even greater number of nonprofit events – plant sales, 5Ks, galas, golf...
Supporting your chief executive
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
One of the responsibilities of a nonprofit board is to support the work and development of the organization’s chief...
Governance, management and the area in between
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
As appealing as it is to think that there are hard and fast rules, the line between nonprofit governance...
New resolutions for your nonprofit board
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
I’m not going to suggest that your board should resolve to eat healthier, exercise more or cut back on...
Is ‘Iowa nice’ holding back your board?
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
I’m a proud native Iowan. I appreciate our state’s topography, our first-in-the-nation caucus status and the friendliness with which...
Do your board meetings need a makeover?
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
Outside of the few wonkish people who really enjoy board meetings, these events aren’t usually very sexy or exciting....
The power of advocacy
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
Nonprofit organizations play important roles in communities as experts in their areas of service. It is therefore problematic when...
Exec evaluation should be clear
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
One of the responsibilities of the board is evaluation of the organization’s chief executive.
In most organizations, performance evaluation is...