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Missons that Matter

Businesses are in the business of making money.  Everything else they do is in service of that purpose. Nonprofits, on the other hand, are in the business of their stated mission.  Everything else they do is in service of that … Continue reading

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Who Evaluates the Board?

After reading my blog, Hassan emailed to ask “Who evaluates the Board?”  He went on to talk about Boards in his country—making me realize (again) how very small and similar the world truly is. “In Pakistan,” my reader wrote, “board … Continue reading

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Boards, Governance and What’s At Stake

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been learning more than I think I want to know about the financial meltdown.  ProPublica , NPR’s Planet Money and This American Life, and PBS’s Bill Moyers have been working together and in tandem … Continue reading

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