How Much Detail Should be In Your Minutes?

The purpose of the minutes is to document the decisions that were made at the board…

Five Ways to Improve Your Meeting Attendance

Meetings are a fact of life. Many organizations, especially nonprofits without…

How Often Should You Review Your Policies?

Policy review is not usually the type of agenda item that makes board members want to…

Prohibit Interruptions at Your Meeting

If your meeting is going to be a safe space for people to contribute their opinion then you…

What is Quorum and Why Does it Matter?

Quorum is another Latin word, it means “of whom” and is generally defined as the minimum number of people required in order to conduct business.

When you have quorum at a meeting then you are able to make decisions. Without quorum…

Late Board Members Are As Much Trouble as Absent Board Members

Don’t Attend a Meeting Unless There is an Agenda

Is Bad Behaviour Ruining Your Meetings?

Meeting participants need to behave themselves if a meeting is going to be a success…

Are You Overusing In Camera Meetings?

“In camera” simply means in the room. It is a Latin phrase, camera means room in Latin…

How to Encourage Meeting Preparation

Meetings can be annoying, and we are all spending too much time in meetings these days, so…