Nonprofits are important in the aggregate, but what does this mean on a more local-and personal-level? When we attend school, enjoy leisure activities or cultural enrichment, worship, receive medical services, or do volunteer or even paid work, in most-if not all-of these instances, we're interacting with nonprofit organizations. It's hardly surprising, then, that we're inclined to say "Yes" when we're invited to join the board of a nonprofit-even before we know exactly what serving on a board will actually entail. What is this thing they call "governance" or "leadership"?
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