12 Principles for Developing Policy
During a career spanning more than 30 years working across the schooling sectors, I’ve come across more than my fair share of good, bad...
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David Bartlett
- Sep 22, 2021
- 2 min
Authentic Conversations
The Problem All organisations have a culture that is impacted actively or inactively by the behaviours of people in the organisation, and...
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- Mar 26, 2021
- 4 min
School Board Meeting Operations
A small, but key group of volunteers in any school are the members of the School Board. While Board Members are often seen as the...
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- Feb 2, 2021
- 5 min
Seeking God’s will in board meetings
One of the challenges for boards of Christian organisations, whether they be churches, Christian schools or some other type of Christian...
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David Bartlett
- Nov 7, 2019
- 5 min
When Governance Breaks!
The Problem Over a career of almost 30 years in the Not for Profit (NFP) sector working with Schools, Churches and charities of all...
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- Aug 30, 2015
- 1 min
Governance – Role of the Chair
It is easy to underestimate the importance of the role of the Board Chair beyond simply making sure that the Board sticks to the agenda....
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David Bartlett
- Feb 27, 2015
- 1 min
7 strategies for more productive non-profit board meetings
In a recent article by Joe Garecht from thefundraisingauthority.com seven strategies are offered to make board meetings more productive...
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David Bartlett
- Nov 26, 2012
- 4 min
Board Member training and professional development
The world has changed forever, and will continue to change at a dizzying pace in the area of Information and Communication Technology....
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David Bartlett
- Oct 18, 2012
- 3 min
The danger of “Mission Drift”
“Change before you have to.” Jack Welch The generational handover of the sector — one not for profit organisation at a time — is well...
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David Bartlett
- Oct 2, 2012
- 5 min
Finishing well – having a board member exit strategy
As Not for Profit consultants we have had the opportunity to be involved in a volunteer capacity to serve as a director on a number of...
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- Aug 23, 2012
- 2 min
Board Skills Matrix
One of the fastest emerging issues we see around Australia is that of Board renewal. For most organisations, gone are the days of having...
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David Bartlett
- May 29, 2012
- 3 min
The faceless board – reconnecting to your community
At times of governance crisis (sudden departure of a CEO, major change in direction, significant parent discontent etc.) a criticism...
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David Bartlett
- Sep 22, 2011
- 1 min
Finding New Board Members
Resolve and The Bursars Forum recently surveyed more than 1000 subscribers to our lists and the results had many interesting findings....
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David Bartlett
- Mar 7, 2011
- 1 min
When customers are moral owners too
One of the most common questions we get asked when working with Boards in Community Governance training relates to the difference between...
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David Bartlett
- Jan 5, 2011
- 3 min
Book Review: Community Governance – A Framework for Building Healthy Non Profit Organisations
This little book set itself the audacious task of proposing a new governance framework built around the core relationships within and...
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David Bartlett
- Jun 7, 2010
- 4 min
Reviewing your Constitution
The very mention of the Constitution in a board meeting is usually met with dread. It typically means either that a conflict has risen to...
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David Bartlett
- May 26, 2010
- 2 min
Noses in but Fingers Out !
Adapted from an article from Strive http://www.strive.com Anyone else on the board could have guessed that Peter would be the one to ask...
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David Bartlett
- May 26, 2010
- 9 min
Characteristics of Effective Boards
Dr Robert Andringa has worked with thousands of not for profit boards around the world. He has summarised 12 characteristics of effective...
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