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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Sheltered Harbor: Financial Sector Launches Industrywide Data-Protection Effort
The Sheltered Harbor initiative, launched by the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, aims to preserve service…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
How to Stop “Volunteer Drift”
Volunteer leaders sometime stick around longer than bylaws dictate. That’s a problem not just for the people in…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Transparency and Trust in an Age of Governance Tension
Association governance has always involved a precarious balance between the competing expectations of corporate and political cultures. The…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Board Smarts: What’s Missing?
Getting boards to remedy diversity and inclusion blind spots isn't easy. Here's how one organization is doing it.
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Takeaways From CFPB’s High-Profile Leadership Fight
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s legally mandated structure has created a high-profile leadership crisis this week—one that reflects…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Data: Cybersecurity Trouble Ahead
Cyberthreats are a growing concern for organizations, and IT security professionals see more trouble ahead. Four out of…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
How Much Access Do Your Vendors and Contractors Have?
The president’s Twitter account briefly getting deleted highlights the way that, at many organizations, even lower-level employees or…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
The Cultural Challenge of Board Orientation
There may be no such thing as a dumb question, but new board members aren’t always trained to…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Associations and Antitrust: An Update After Osborn
Last December, the U.S. Supreme Court was set to hear a case that could have had significant implications…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Wednesday Buzz: PowerPoint Isn’t Always the Answer
One public speaking expert says words matter more than pictures when it comes to delivering an impactful message.…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
The New World of Global Data Protection
Data security and protection continue to make headlines in the United States and abroad, and after four years…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Trickle-Down Governance: Delivering a Secure Connection Through a Board Portal
An opportunity to improve governance operations quite literally tapped Tim Alexander on the shoulder more than three years…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Need Better Orientation for Board Members, Study Says
A survey by Heidrick & Struggles and George Mason University of more than 500 nonprofit board members shows…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
How DEFCON Turned an Event Into a Major Initiative
Organizers of the long-running DEFCON hacking conference have teamed with a variety of groups, including the National Governors…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Board Smarts: Trickle-Down Governance With an Online Board Portal
An online board portal boosts collaboration and security for the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania.
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Data Nugget: Security Worry
An increased number of enterprise organizations are reporting cyberattacks. Is your organization one?
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Internet Society Tackles Big Questions in Forward-Thinking Report
From cybersecurity to governance, the Internet Society's new report on the global network's future takes a deep dive…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
How to Get a Better Yield From Your RFP Process
If finding a good partner or vendor feels like finding a needle in a haystack, maybe your RFP…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
England-Based Football Association Boosts Security After Hacking Incident
After having been attacked by a hacking group, England’s Football Association is tightening up its security strategy ahead…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
BoardSource: Nonprofit Board Diversity Hasn’t Improved in Decades
The nonprofit board watchdog says that more than 80 percent of nonprofit board members are white, a number…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Give Your Governing Documents a Checkup
Your association’s articles of incorporation and bylaws are the most important documents prescribing how the organization is to…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Benchmarking Can Help Your Investments Measure Up
What are other associations doing with their investments? Until recently, when our clients asked us this question, we…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
A Renewed Focus on Leadership Following a Merger
Association mergers do not come without growing pains, and they can last awhile. The 2001 merger of the…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Staff Directory: The Problems With Online Oversharing
Is your staff directory accessible online? Maybe it shouldn't be, according to a cybersecurity expert speaking over the…
