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Things Have Changed. Has Your Annual Giving Strategy Changed, Too?
March 02, 2023 - The top submission for the 2020 Word of the Year was โ€œunprecedented.โ€ As you think back to 2020, youโ€™ll likely recall why so many people felt that their lives had been turned upside down. And since then, even more has โ€ฆ
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Change is Inevitable: Preparing for a Leadership Transition
March 01, 2023 - At the February 2023 Council of Board Professions convening, AGB Search senior executive consultants Janice Fitzgerald and Jim McCormick, EdD, engaged the council in a discussion on the process of presidential transitions and the role of the board professional.
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Investment Governance for the Post-Pandemic World
February 28, 2023 - As nonprofit boards and investment committees move forward in our post-pandemic society and economy, it is important to review where your organization stands, why its investment portfolio is invested as it is, and what your organization needs to consider for โ€ฆ
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Improving Student Success Is a Team Sport
February 15, 2023 - Finding ways to improve student success is a hot topic these days. A quick internet search reveals more than 500,000 books, articles, reports, programs, and third-party products discussing how colleges and universities can improve student success at their institutions. Most โ€ฆ
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AGB President & CEO Update: Recognizing Exemplary Boards and Maximizing Stakeholder Impact
February 09, 2023 - You are viewing the Institution version of this CEO Update. Institutionally Related Foundation and System versions are also available. This month, I want to share two things with you. Iโ€™m excited to recognize the recipients of theโ€ฏ2023 AGB John W. Nason Award โ€ฆ
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Nine Ways Technology Is Optimizing Board Governance
February 06, 2023 - Technology is transforming the work of the board. Itโ€™s streamlining meeting preparation, enabling better engagement of board members, providing data to help shape efficient meetings, simplifying record-keeping, providing enhanced security, and more. Below are nine ways technological advancements are enhancing โ€ฆ
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Name-Image-Likeness: Are You and Your Foundation Ready?
January 25, 2023 - During the last virtual meeting of calendar year 2022, the 25 members of AGBโ€™s Council of Foundation Leaders discussed the potential issues, concerns, opportunities, and challenges of Name-Image-Likeness (NIL) and NIL Collectives.
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AGB President & CEO Update: Mission Critical
January 06, 2023 - You are viewing the Private Institution version of this CEO Update. Public Institution, Institutionally Related Foundation, and System versions are also available. Happy new year! I trust you enjoyed a peaceful holiday. Colleges and universities are expansive communities that make hundreds of โ€ฆ
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Developing Board Support for Civic Education and Democracy 
January 04, 2023 - The most effective boards exercise leadership in many ways. They constantly scan the national landscape for issues related to higher education and carefully consider implications for their institutions.
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Shared Governance in an Environment of Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity 
December 14, 2022 - The November meeting of AGBโ€™s Council of Board Chairs focused on the challenges that the environment of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA)[1] present to effective and strategic shared governance of Americaโ€™s colleges and universities. The session began with a โ€ฆ
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