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Consent Agendas

Creating an efficient meeting agenda is an issue with which many chairs and chief executives struggle. Standard, repetitive items often eat up the agenda and not enough time is left to focus on serious deliberation. Consent agendas are one way of liberating the allotted meeting to important issues requiring careful discussion. This article by BoardSource […]

Executive Sessions

Executive Sessions: Why, Who, What, and How – Executive sessions are a special meeting-within-a-meeting that provides an opportunity for the board to meet privately to handle sensitive and confidential issues, foster robust discourse, and strengthen trust and communication. This article by BoardSource outlines who should attend executive sessions and under what circumstances.

Productive Meetings

Help transform your meetings from a waste of time to time well spent. This BoardSource article shares strategies to assist boards in structuring meetings that are productive, worthwhile and interesting for participants.

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