Association board meetings don’t have to be three hours long. However, we often hear from clients that each board meeting takes several hours. Here are some hints to streamline the meeting process.

Let Becky Christianson count the ways in which well-intentioned nonprofit meetings can go so terribly wrong. For example, she says, “There’s having the wrong physical arrangement for a room. I mean, ...

Default to async. If it doesn’t need debate or a decision, it’s a document or a Loom. Provide a clear meeting type: update, ...

As an executive and former chief of staff, I’ve sat in almost every seat at the boardroom table—behind the slides, presenting them and politely enduring them. Once, a 12‑slide deck and perfect timing ...