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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

For the past 26 years, Majid has founded, led, turned-around and merged several companies in various industries, as well as providing consulting services to corporate executives in the areas of technology, governance, turn-around and strategy. He graduated from Stanford University and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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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. Another organization, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, has 62 top CEOs and C-suite executives from across the state serving on the board.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

And, this goes well beyond the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. China’s growth over the past few decades has been remarkable. Frankly, the scale of it has snuck up on the U.S. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

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20 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industry With The Most Optimist Future

Hearpreneur

Governments around the world are adopting Digital Infrastructure for growth. In a post-pandemic world, the healthtech industry is going to be central to governments, business, and society. Before starting my own company, I spent 5 years working at the University of Pennsylvania working amongst some of the best minds.

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Find out who the Diligent Modern Governance 100 Award winners are

Board Effect

We are so pleased to announce the Diligent Modern Governance 100 (MG100) Award winners for this year. The MG100 Awards, as they’re commonly known, celebrate the exceptional contributions of governance, risk, audit, compliance and ESG professionals around the world. Why do we give MG100 Awards?

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Navigating the volunteer board member lifecycle for effective collaboration

Board Effect

From director onboarding to departure, consider other organizations’ experiences: Onboarding new directors to a 52-member board falls to the board administrator of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry , a business advocacy organization in Harrisburg. The administrator championed new solutions for easing the honeymoon period.

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Why you should always use your board software for secure board communication

Board Effect

Without efficient and consistent communications channels, board members can become confused, frustrated or, even worse, disengaged from their governance roles. The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry also saw an uptick in engagement from its busy board members after putting BoardEffect in place. Your board software.