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Why We Support One Tree Planted and How Your Board Can Too
By BoardPaq, July 17, 2019
Like our board portal and customer service, we hold giving back, and our positive impact on the world, to the highest of standards...
READ MOREBoard Portal Best Practices: Preparing as a Team
By Allix Beckmann, June 25, 2019
Efficient board meetings require teamwork and a board portal to promote collaboration...
READ MOREMeeting Preparation: How a Board Portal Can Help
By Allix Beckmann, June 06, 2019
Preparing for a board meeting takes a significant amount of time - often, much more time and attention than the actual meeting - rsvp, notifications, side-by-side, eSignature, document approval all he...
READ MOREThe Rise of Giving Back and How Your Board Can Benefit
By BoardPaq, May 15, 2019
Giving back is EVERYWHERE these days...
READ MORE5 Simple Ways Your Board Can Help the Environment this Earth Day
By BoardPaq, April 19, 2019
BoardPaq is making a difference and your board can join us to make a positive impact...
READ MOREBoard Portal Best Practices: The Nonprofit—Board Relationship
By Allix Beckmann, April 18, 2019
How to equip board members to carry out all their board responsibilities both during and between meetings...
READ MORELess Paper, More Trees: How BoardPaq is Working to Reforest the World, One Paperless Meeting at a Time
By BoardPaq, March 18, 2019
When you use BoardPaq to switch to paperless board meetings, you can dramatically reduce the amount of paper waste your business generates. However, this is not the only environmental benefit...
READ MOREBecoming a Better Board Member, With a Board Portal’s Help
By Allix Beckmann, March 08, 2019
A month seems to disappear as fast as it came. Before you know it, it’s time for your next board meeting....
READ MOREEliminating the Mundane Meeting— How A Board Portal Can Help
By Allix Beckmann, February 18, 2019
Board meetings— a necessary component of a well-run organization or company...
READ MOREHow Small Charities and Foundations Can Benefit from a Board Portal
By Dustin McKissen, December 08, 2018
Charities and foundations with less than $1M in gross receipts need to use their resources to focus more on programming and their mission...
READ MOREBoard Portal Best Practices: Member Retention
By Dustin McKissen, September 25, 2018
A few things your board of directors can do to help improve member retention...
READ MOREBoardPaq Named to the Inc. 5000 for the Second Year in a Row
By Dustin McKissen, August 14, 2018
BoardPaq is proud to announce its inclusion on the prestigious Inc. 5000 list for the second year in a row...
READ MOREBoard Portal Best Practices: Developing and Implementing a Strategic Plan
By Dustin McKissen, July 08, 2018
Your organization has a strategy, whether your board of directors knows it or not...
READ MOREBoard Portal Best Practices: Fundraising & Your Board of Directors
By Dustin McKissen, May 07, 2018
Fundraising is essential to the success of nearly every 501(c)3...
READ MOREBoardPaq: Changing the World One Boardroom at a Time
By BoardPaq, April 20, 2018
Imagine a world pre-Instagram, pre-snap-chat, pre-facebook...
READ MOREBoard Portal Best Practices: Governance
By Dustin McKissen, April 12, 2018
Effective governance is the core responsibility of any board of directors...
READ MOREBoard Portal Best Practices: Term Limits
By Dustin McKissen, March 02, 2018
For your organization to thrive, your board of directors needs a consistent infusion of fresh ideas and new perspectives...
READ MORETerm Limits within your Board of Directors
By BoardPaq, February 24, 2018
Have you ever served on a board of directors that never seemed to change?...
READ MOREBoard Portal Best Practices: How to Avoid a Conflict of Interest
By Dustin McKissen, January 19, 2018
A conflict of interest can devastate your board of directors and your entire organization...
READ MOREBoard Portal Best Practices: Three Ways to Improve Your Minutes
By Dustin McKissen, December 13, 2017
The minutes from your board meetings are an important record of the decisions your directors make. Meeting minutes are also a great resource ...
READ MOREMinutes That Matter for your Board of Directors
By BoardPaq, December 04, 2017
Minutes should reflect all the decisions that are made, all the actions that are taken and at a minimum they should keep track of the most important discussions that happen within your board meeting....
READ MOREBoard Portal Best Practices: Increasing Engagement on Your Board of Directors
By Dustin McKissen, November 05, 2017
An engaged board is an effective board, and an effective board is a requirement if your organization is going to meet the goals it set forth in your strategic plan...
READ MORE7 Strategies to Create an Engaged Board
By BoardPaq, October 23, 2017
Advice on keeping board members engaged whether they have just joined or have been involved for a long time...
READ MOREStrategic Management in Your Organization Starts with Your Directors (and is Helped by a Board Portal)
By Dustin McKissen, September 26, 2017
When the leaders of your organization sit down to talk strategy, where does that discussion usually begin?...
READ MOREWhat Helps Nonprofits, School Boards, and Community Banks Have a Big Footprint?
By Dustin McKissen, September 25, 2017
Many small nonprofits and mission-driven organizations are still using technology that limits their ability to maximize their impact...
READ MOREWhy Do You Need a Board Portal? Because Your Board Will Change, but Your Mission Won’t.
By Dustin McKissen, September 22, 2017
Five years from now, there’s a good chance that your entire board of directors will be different than it is today...
READ MOREBoardPaq is Proud to Announce its Inclusion on the Inc. 5000
By BoardPaq, August 24, 2017
BoardPaq, the board portal of choice for more than 1,000 organizations, is proud to announce its inclusion on the prestigious Inc. 5000, coming in at #1131 on the publication’s list...
READ MOREBoardPaq earns two collaboration software awards from FinancesOnline
By BoardPaq, August 17, 2017
BoardPaq was elevated in FinancesOnline’s elite rankings and is now among its top 10 collaboration software solutions...
READ MOREThere is No “I” in Team: Why a Board of Directors Still Matters
By Dustin McKissen, August 09, 2017
The lone hero saving the day makes a pretty good story....
READ MOREBoardPaq Recognized by the St. Louis Business Journal
By BoardPaq, July 13, 2017
We are proud to announce that BoardPaq has been ranked #25 among the fastest-growing private companies ...
READ MOREWhat Do You Do When There is Serious Conflict Between Board Members?
By Dustin McKissen, June 23, 2017
True story: I once worked for a trade association where one board member physically confronted ...
READ MOREWhy a Diverse Board of Directors is a Better Board of Directors
By Dustin McKissen, June 12, 2017
Imagine the scenario: A board of directors talks about attracting new customers...
READ MOREI Must be Crazy. I Actually Enjoy Working With a Board of Directors.
By Dustin McKissen, May 19, 2017
Without a doubt, working with a board of directors comes with challenges...
READ MOREHow You Can Use a Board Portal to Better Prepare Your Directors
By Dustin McKissen, May 10, 2017
Working on a submarine is very different from commanding a submarine....
READ MOREHow a Board Portal Can Help You Be More Efficient With Your Directors Time
By Dustin McKissen, April 20, 2017
The first board of directors I ever worked for faced—and overcame—one of the biggest challenges ...
READ MOREThe Number One Thing Regulators Wish All Nonprofits Would Do Better
By Dustin McKissen, March 16, 2017
In a recent article for The Nonprofit Times, attorneys Tracy L. Boak and Karen I. Wu shared the five things regulators (including the IRS and state officials) believe nonprofits need to improve...
READ MORE3 Tips for Running a More Profitable Association Management Company (Tip 3: Use a Board Portal)
By Dustin McKissen, March 02, 2017
Working for an association management company (AMC) is an odd way to make a living...
READ MOREThree Ways an Association Can Increase Its Momentum
By Dustin McKissen, February 14, 2017
In any association, good ideas are never in short supply...
READ MORESuccession Planning Made Easier with a Board Portal
By Dustin McKissen, January 16, 2017
The start of a new year is a time to make resolutions...
READ MOREDeath and Taxes: What Nonprofits Need for their 990 Filing
By Dustin McKissen, December 29, 2016
It’s the end of the year, and for nonprofits that means tax time...
READ MOREWhat Is the One Resource That’s Almost as Valuable as Money? One Ohio School District Found Out.
By Dustin McKissen, December 19, 2016
Getting additional funding is a hard thing for any school district to accomplish...
READ MOREHow a Board Portal Makes Your Organization More Efficient
By Dustin McKissen, November 21, 2016
If you took Economics 101, you’ll probably remember two things your professor taught you...
READ MOREIt’s Almost 2017, and Here’s What Your Organization Needs to Do—and Not Do—in the Coming Year
By Dustin McKissen, November 08, 2016
2016 is almost over, and it’s not too soon to start thinking about what your organization needs to accomplish in 2017...
READ MOREUsing a Board Portal to Provide the Transparency Your Constitutents Demand
By Dustin McKissen, October 21, 2016
In this day and age, not much remains hidden...
READ MORECreating a Culture of Innovation, Starting with Your School Board
By Dustin McKissen, October 14, 2016
Innovation is important to businesses, who won’t remain competitive unless they evolve, adapt, and consistently work on creating new and better products and services...
READ MOREWhat’s Your School Board’s Next Strategic Challenge?
By Dustin McKissen, October 07, 2016
Everyone knows that school boards face big challenges...
READ MOREWant More Engaged School Board Members? Make it Easy on Them by Using a Board Portal.
By Dustin McKissen, October 04, 2016
What is a typical day like for a typical school board member...
READ MOREThe iPhone and the “Board Meetings” In Between Board Meetings
By Dustin McKissen, September 22, 2016
There are two types of boards...
READ MORE3 Ways to Build a Strong Board/Staff Relationship (One Way? Use a Board Portal.)
By Dustin McKissen, September 09, 2016
Serving on a board of directors is not easy. It’s a test of your leadership, patience, and resolve...
READ MOREInnovation and Efficiency with the Board Portal of Choice for Local Government
By Dustin McKissen, August 11, 2016
Huntingburg, Indiana, is exactly where you want to live. The small city of slightly more than 6,000...
READ MOREThe First Board Portal That Gives Your District a Collaborative SWOT Analysis Tool
By Dustin McKissen, July 27, 2016
Collaboration is essential to your school board to create the best possible learning community...
READ MOREHow Board Portals are Changing Community Banking
By Dustin McKissen, June 14, 2016
Community banks are the lifeblood of small business. According to the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA)...
READ MOREHow a Board Portal Can Help Assess Your Board of Directors
By Dustin McKissen, May 31, 2016
Assessing a board of directors is one of the most beneficial and most important leadership and governance tasks...
READ MOREOverhead Spending for Nonprofit Boards
By Dustin McKissen, May 17, 2016
How much should a nonprofit spend on overhead? Conventional wisdom, years of literature, donor/member expectations, and the media have all...
READ MOREHow the Unanimous Board Vote Hurts Your Organization
By Dustin McKissen, May 03, 2016
Every nonprofit executive has been there. A well-liked, well-respected member of your board of directors proposes a program or initiative...
READ MOREThe Innovative Board Portal that Helps You Create a Strategic Plan
By Dustin McKissen, April 19, 2016
Whether you are a credit union or community bank, a trade association or a rural electric co-operative, your organization needs a strategy...
READ MORE2 Things Your Board Should (and Should Not) Be Focusing On Right Now
By Dustin McKissen, April 05, 2016
Whether your nonprofit is a credit union, community bank, trade association, or small charity, the reality is the members of your board of directors have a limited amount of time and energy...
READ MOREWhat Should Your Board Do About a Conflict of Interest?
By Dustin McKissen, March 22, 2016
You have a board member who declares that he or she has a conflict of interest. What’s the first thing you should do...
READ MOREHow a Board Portal Can Improve Your Minutes
By Dustin McKissen, March 08, 2016
The minutes created from a meeting of your Board of Directors are like the timing belt in a car: often unnoticed and forgotten, unless something goes very, very wrong...
READ MORE5 Things Every Credit Union Board Should Know (Including How to Make the Most of a Board Portal)
By Dustin McKissen, February 23, 2016
While the number of credit unions is declining, the size of credit unions—and the important role these institutions play in the economy—is increasing...
READ MOREBoard Portals and a Director’s Personal Liability
By Dustin McKissen, February 16, 2016
Most boards of directors believe that their personal liability is limited, so long as they do not willfully engage in any misconduct and the organization has directors and officers (D&O) insurance...
READ MORECan a Board Portal Keep You in Compliance and Out of Governance Jail?
By Dustin McKissen, February 09, 2016
One of the biggest challenges I’ve ever faced as a consultant came due to a lack of record keeping on the part of a trade association...
READ MOREBoard Portals & Foundations: What Funders Can do to Help Nonprofits Build Capacity
By Dustin McKissen, February 02, 2016
Challenges with capacity building, a lack of technology, and limited resources. Google the phrase “nonprofit challenges” and you’ll come across a wide variety of reports, articles, and presentations...
READ MOREBoard Portals, Strategic Planning, and High Performing Boards
By Dustin McKissen, January 26, 2016
One of the most discussed concepts in governance over the last few years has been the notion of a “high-performing board”...
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