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School board member uses internal audit questionnaire

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· Jan 14, 2020

· 6 min read

Internal audit questionnaire examples for school districts

By The Diligent team

Leveraging an internal audit questionnaire, district leaders consider the feedback of auditors to make substantial changes to processes.

Board member measuring effecetiveness

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· Jan 13, 2020

· 6 min read

Board effectiveness checklist

By The Diligent team

Using a board effectiveness checklist will help to ensure that your board is covering all the necessary bases to be a highly effective board.

Person shows colleagues best practices on desktop to improve their entity data management

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· Jan 10, 2020

· 7 min read

Entity data management best practices

By The Diligent team

Entity data management best practices start with an entity management solution to make sure you have the necessary tools to manage your data.

An image of an internal auditor working with the school district

Blog

· Jan 9, 2020

· 6 min read

What does an internal auditor do for a school district?

By The Diligent team

Internal auditing is a process that can provide substantial improvements to the school district to aid in accomplishing objectives and goals.

A group of individuals seated around a boardroom table

Blog

· Jan 8, 2020

· 6 min read

How to build a well-balanced board

By The Diligent team

Building a balanced board of directors provides your business a strategic advantage by providing your board with a variety of skills & abilities

A futuristic image of a business person signifying conflicts of interest in subsidiary listings.

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· Jan 3, 2020

· 6 min read

Addressing conflicts of interest in subsidiary listings

By The Diligent team

A parent company exerting some control, whether ownership or management, creates a conflict of interest if the subsidiary lists on the same exchange.

Board applaud female board member for ensuring alignment between the board and executive team

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· Jan 3, 2020

· 6 min read

Ensuring strategic alignment between your board & your executive team

By The Diligent team

To ensure strategic alignment between your board & executive team you must provide them with the tools to communicate and create visibility.

A financial district containing banking entities.

Blog

· Dec 23, 2019

· 6 min read

What is a banking entity?

By The Diligent team

A banking entity will be the entity or entities set up by a bank through which to operate in a jurisdiction.

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Blog

· Dec 17, 2019

· 7 min read

Legal entity reporting: Best practices

By The Diligent team

Legal entity reporting does not need to be a complicated process and with the right tools, your organization can easily follow best practices

Image of someone who is the corporate secretary in governance

Blog

· Dec 11, 2019

· 6 min read

The corporate secretary as chief governance officer

By The Diligent team

The corporate secretary is also the chief governance officer in that they must have constant access to real-time entity & corporate data.

School board members set up school board governance committee

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· Dec 5, 2019

· 6 min read

What are the benefits of a school board governance committee?

By The Diligent team

The school board governance committee may review and assess new or existing policies or governance procedures.

The senior management team making a plan together

Blog

· Dec 3, 2019

· 6 min read

Assessing the senior management team’s strategic planning

By The Diligent team

It's important for the board to understand how to properly assess the senior management team's strategic planning, helping to guide the vision

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