by Jeff Smith | May 26, 2026 | Board Governance, Nonprofits and AI
OnBoard’s Governance Insight Gap report, released earlier this year, surveyed 387 board professionals across North America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand on how their boards access governance insights, and where the blind spots are. Each board in the survey...
by Jeff Smith | Apr 6, 2026 | Board Governance
BoardSource’s 2023 Leading with Intent report found that more than a third of nonprofit organizations have not formally defined what their board’s composition should look like. They’ve never sat down and identified the mix of expertise,...
by Jeff Smith | Mar 25, 2026 | Board Governance, Nonprofit Strategy
When a nonprofit board loses an executive director, there’s a common instinct: pull up the old job description, update a few lines, and start circulating it. It makes sense. The job description already exists, and the board is anxious to get the search moving....
by Jeff Smith | Mar 11, 2026 | Board Governance
Someone just asked you to join a nonprofit board. It’s flattering, and your instinct might be to say yes right away. But nonprofit board service is a real commitment, and it’s worth slowing down and asking a few questions before you agree to anything....
by Jeff Smith | Jan 21, 2026 | Nonprofit Strategy
It’s January, which means we’re awash in new year energy and fresh starts, but it also means we’re in the second half of the fiscal year for most nonprofits. Budget conversations are coming, strategic planning may be on the horizon, and if...
