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Transparency in Your Nonprofit Organization

Gain the tools needed to create a plan to establish or enhance your organization's transparency.

We constantly hear about transparency this and transparency that, but what does that mean, and how do we get there? This topic will help executives, board members, and the professionals who work with them to understand the need for and benefits of enhanced transparency. In addition, you will learn the time-tested methods to achieve greater transparency at no cost to the organization. This information is critical for professionals in the ever-changing not-for-profit world.

56 minutes
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Agenda

What Is True Transparency?

  • Understanding What It Is
  • How Do We Improve Our Transparency?
  • How Much Effort?

Legal Transparency

  • Books and Records
  • Annual Returns (Form 990)
  • Application for Exempt Status
  • Document Retention Policies

Ethical Transparency

  • Regular Staff Meetings
  • Sexual Harassment Policy
  • Employee Relations Policy
  • Annual Reports

Benefits of Transparency

  • Public Perception
  • Donor Relations
  • Not for Profit Ratings
  • Employee Morale
  • Better Board Involvement

Case Studies

  • Ex-Housing Client
  • Dysfunctional Board
  • Out of Control Employee
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This course was last revised on November 29, 2021.

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This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.

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Samuel J. Erkonen

Samuel J. Erkonen

Howe & Hutton, Ltd.

  • Practices on a wide variety of matters with a focus on not-for-profit law
  • Admitted to and has practiced in the U.S. District Courts of New York (all four districts), California, Illinois, Florida, District of Columbia, Colorado, and Oregon
  • Frequent speaker for a large variety of audiences in the hospitality and not-for-profit industries including regularly giving educational presentations for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at its Institute for Organization Management
  • Past chairman of the Trade and Professional Association Committee of the Chicago Bar Association and recently served on its prestigious Nominating Committee
  • J.D. degree; LL.M. degree in taxation, Washington University School of Law in St. Louis; B.B.A. degree in finance, University of Iowa
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Product ID: 408277
Published 2021
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