Architecture is concerned with the practice of designing and building structures that are unified and coherent. Since the nonprofit organization could be seen as a structure just as a building is a structure, the specific practice of designing and building organizations could be seen to as governance architecture.
Read more →When I was in Orlando in December attending the Board Source Governance Forum, the Orlando Sentinel featured an exclusive front page story entitled Blood-bank shake-up. The article began by saying, “With a state Senate investigation of its practices heating up, Metro Orlando’s largest blood center said Friday
Read more →One of the interesting trends in governance identified at the 2009 Board Source Leadership Forum was the Board Secretary as Chief Governance Officer. As the Chief Governance Officer, the Board Secretary would help the Board Chair manage the Board and serve as the Chair of the Governance Committee.
Read more →Governance Partnership — what is it? Nonprofit governance literature increasingly is using the term partnership to describe the relationships between the board of directors, the board chair, and the chief executive. Board Source recently published a monograph entitled The Source which listed the constructive partnership as the first of
Read more →I have always been interested in architecture. I think that the work of an architect in designing structures is a noble and honorable profession. Architecture is concerned with the practice of designing and building structures that are unifying and coherent. Recently I had the opportunity to witness the architecture
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