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From apathy to action: Transforming volunteer boards through tech empowerment

Board Effect

Board development helps members understand their governance roles and the legal responsibilities that come with those roles. For example, Starfish Family Services, a Michigan social service agency, has a 21-member board. If their voices are excluded or withheld, the board loses effectiveness as a governing body.

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The secret to successful nonprofit board meetings? The right materials at the right time

Board Effect

Board administrators and contributors must follow a rigorous schedule for producing, publishing and distributing the agenda packet to adequately prepare board members to deliberate and take action during meetings. Board members use tablets to access the materials, cutting distribution time.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Rural Broadband Necessary for Rural Innovation

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Writing you today from Three Oaks, Michigan, aka “Michiana” Steve Case’s article this morning in the Washington Post – Why innovation and start-ups are thriving in ‘flyover’ country – is spot on. Rural areas have been neglected by both commercial companies and the government.

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A Conversation with 2020 Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang

View from Seed

But at this point, our government is so backward, dysfunctional and unresponsive that it’s not even on the agenda. So, when I was researching my book, I looked into what actually happened to the manufacturing workers in Michigan, Indiana and in the South. Then the government says ‘hey, great news!

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New Power: An Interview with Henry Timms

Startup Lessons Learned

What's emerging is the new power world, which is much more about things that are made by participation, about upload, and about distribution models. University of Michigan turned Giving Tuesday into Giving Blueday, and they used it to raise $5.5 It's very opaque in terms of how it's governed and how the algorithms work.

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