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EDUCATION AND TEMPLATES

Unlock your potential with governance best practices

Our Governance Education & Templates Library is designed specifically for leaders, directors and practitioners looking to deepen their knowledge and enhance their governance practices. Whether you’re overseeing nonprofit organizations, leading boards, or ensuring effective governance at any level, our courses provide the tools, templates, and best practices to excel in your role.

On-demand learning tracks

Strong governance is the cornerstone of any successful organization. Our courses are tailored to help you learn strategies to lead and manage boards with confidence, clarity and accountability. Access short courses, downloadable templates and videos to help you stay ahead of governance best practices and compliance standards while building stronger relationships with stakeholders.

Choose your path and educate yourself. Tracks are built specifically to educate directors, leadership and practitioners in their oversight and day-to-day responsibilities and provide templatized resources to build effective governance processes

Elevate your governance workflows

Board meeting minutes

Master board meeting minutes with a one-stop-shop containing best practices on drafting board and committee minutes for general counsels, company secretaries and legal practitioners, developed by Diligent Institute with leading law firms, Taylor Wessing and Goodwin Procter. Understand how to structure meeting minutes for clarity, consistency and legal compliance with downloadable templates.

Board meeting minutes

Board and committee evaluations

Board and committee evaluations are essential for continuous improvement and ensuring alignment with organizational goals. Learn how to design and implement effective board and committee evaluations that measure performance and effectiveness. Access best practice templates to build your first evaluation process and discover how to collect and analyze feedback that drives effectiveness.

Board and committee evaluations

Director onboarding

A strong onboarding process sets the stage for new directors to succeed and contribute effectively. Learn how to design and implement a director onboarding program that equips new directors with the knowledge they need. Gain insights into how to secure a position on your first board and ensure a smooth onboarding process as a new director.

Director onboarding

Nonprofit board governance 

Nonprofit boards play a critical role in ensuring mission success and organizational sustainability. Learn strategies to strengthen board effectiveness, foster collaboration, and align board activities with the organization’s mission and goals. Discover how to set productive, focused agendas that prioritize the most important issues and maximize meeting efficiency.

Nonprofit board governance

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Private, Public & Pre-IPO Organizations

Access specialized resources for your organization 

Board & Committee Structure

Create an effective governance framework

Cybersecurity

Develop cybersecurity literacy with governance and oversight best practices

AI

Develop AI literacy with governance and oversight best practices