So glad, Daniel – thanks!

I’ve never really made an advisory board work well. I have individual advisors who help on odd things here and there, but a lot of the magic in the Board is getting them all in a room, the same group, on a regular frequency, to discuss and debate. The learning that comes from the group being together over time, and the establishment of group dynamics and relationships, actually make it a team.

If you can do that with an advisory board and there’s some reason you prefer that to a Board, then I guess it serves the same purpose. But why would you prefer that?

That is a great way of putting it, Martin.  Everyone has a role to play!

Thanks so much for the comment and enthusiasm, Monica!

Certainly some board members won't take feedback well -- lots of humans don't, and many board members are less likely to get regular feedback and be used to it. But the good ones will respond, and that's a tone you can set up front.

Matt

Thanks, Dori – non profits are different in some ways, the same in others.  I’m getting a different perspective on that now as DMA Chairman, too.

Matt

Thanks, Kevin – one more to come next Thursday on implementation.

This post was based on a compilation of experiences, not a single instance.

Thanks...will look at that shortly.

Matt

I've heard of this and other frameworks like it over the years. While we don't do this exactly, we do something equivalent.

Matt