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Democracy Dialogues: Principles of Effective NGO Governance

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Outi Flynn Date: Tuesday, 7 August 2007 Time: 9:00 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT) View Webchat Transcript

Effective leadership is essential in developing and sustaining a successful nongovernmental organization. Financial management, fundraising and strategic planning are all necessary components in the governance of NGOs. While this may seem obvious in theory, good NGO governance is much harder to realize in practice.

BoardSource, a Washington-based nonprofit organization, specializes in working with the boards of other nonprofit organizations, providing resources and training to assist leaders of both established and developing NGOs to advance their organizations’ missions and meet institutional needs. Join the BoardSource director of knowledge dissemination, Outi Flynn, for a webchat on what makes for effective NGO governance.

Guest Biography:

Outi Flynn is director of knowledge center at BoardSource, a nonprofit organization that provides resources and governance training to leaders of nongovernmental organizations. Flynn's areas of expertise include overall sector issues, dilemmas that concern nonprofit leaders on a daily basis, and structural and procedural challenges that affect board productivity.