THEBOARDCHECKUP: A RESEARCH-BASED PODCAST

by Professor Yvonne D. Cafik, PhD

THEBOARDCHECKUP explores the subject of board performance with leaders of nonprofit organizations around the world interested in nonprofit governance as well as those who used the online tool known as Board Checkup to self-assess board performance. In Season 1, each episode is a case study profiling a different board and organization as well as trends in the external environment driving change in governance. Board motivation... Read more
Management
Non-Profit
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Podcast episodes

  • Season 2

  • S02 E05 - Board Research to Practice: Board Structures and Operating Procedures

    S02 E05 - Board Research to Practice: Board Structures and Operating Procedures

    All boards have some formality that specifies and supports the way the board governs and operates. Once structures and procedures are in place they often come to be taken for granted and their influence on the board goes unrecogni...

    38:33

  • S02 E04 - Board Research to Practice : The Board’s Role in Fundraising

    S02 E04 - Board Research to Practice : The Board’s Role in Fundraising

    Effectively performing the board's role in fundraising and developing resources for the organization is the most common challenge reported by both board members and those with whom they interact. Dissatisfaction can come from lack...

    28:33

  • S02 E03 - Board Research to Practice : The Board's Role in Performance Assessment

    S02 E03 - Board Research to Practice : The Board's Role in Performance Assessment

    Board of nonprofit organizations are required to exert due diligence in ensuring that the organizations they govern are achieving their missions effectively and efficiently. But what about due diligence assessments of board perfor...

    48:34

  • S02 E02 - Board Research to Practice : The Board's Role in Planning

    S02 E02 - Board Research to Practice : The Board's Role in Planning

    It is commonly accepted "best practice" that a major role for boards ought to be thinking about the "big picture" of how the organization is doing and where it ought to be heading in the future. It is usually recommended that this...

    50:56

  • S02 E01 - Board Research to Practice : Board Roles and Responsibilities

    S02 E01 - Board Research to Practice : Board Roles and Responsibilities

    While virtually everyone agrees that the role of the board in nonprofit organizations is to enable them to achieve their mission, differences arise when it comes to specifying exactly what the board's authority and responsibilitie...

    58:19