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Professionals managing entity documents at table

Blog

· Feb 11, 2019

· 6 min read

How to manage entity documents

By The Diligent team

Entities are reliant on their entity type with regards to specific entity documents & in order to properly manage entity documents, software is recommended.

Board meeting discussing their responsibility to shareholders

Blog

· Feb 11, 2019

· 6 min read

What are the board of directors’ responsibilities to their shareholders?

By The Diligent team

In public and privately owned corporations, the board of directors' responsibilities to their shareholders are quite similar especially with reporting.

Person types minutes on computer

Blog

· Feb 8, 2019

· 6 min read

Best practices for minutes of board of directors’ and shareholders’ meetings

By The Diligent team

Best practices for minutes of board of directors' & shareholders' meetings dictates minutes are recorded to keep records of regular & special board meetings

Best practice scrabble pieces to represent corporate governance best practices

Blog

· Feb 6, 2019

· 8 min read

Top five corporate governance best practices

By Shelagh Donnelly

An organization's readiness to apply best practices in corporate governance impacts more than strategic planning and short-term performance. Learn More.

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Blog

· Feb 1, 2019

· 6 min read

Sample finance committee charter

By The Diligent team

The basic components of an audit committee charter are the purpose, membership, meetings, reporting, authority, and duties and responsibilities.

Book with text saying "rules and regulations"

Blog

· Feb 1, 2019

· 6 min read

How to best approach corporate governance compliance

By The Diligent team

There are core of common attributes that typify the most successful corporate governance compliance programs & should be adhered to for entity management.

A city clerk carrying out their duties

Blog

· Jan 30, 2019

· 6 min read

The history and scope of the city clerk’s role

By The Diligent team

Today, clerks still use written documents to record their town's history and important records, but how they store records has evolved with technology.

Image of a corporate boards sample disclosure

Blog

· Jan 29, 2019

· 6 min read

Sample disclosure committee charter

By The Diligent team

A sample disclosure committee charter incorporates the most commonly used components for committee charters to help guide the committees mission & purpose.

An image of a dollar sign, signifying the importance of sample investment committee charters.

Blog

· Jan 29, 2019

· 5 min read

Sample investment committee charter

By The Diligent team

A sample investment committee charter outlines the committee's authority, duties and responsibilities, detailing the rules for enlisting outside advisors.

A professional discussing key leadership roles in local government to an audience.

Blog

· Jan 23, 2019

· 6 min read

Understanding key leadership roles in local government

By The Diligent team

Leadership roles in local government are largely based on the needs of the community, and successful leaders practice strong transparency and communication.

Person looking at data with city backdrop as she develops a new framework to improve governance reporting.

Blog

· Jan 21, 2019

· 6 min read

How to improve governance reporting

By The Diligent team

Governance reporting offers a detailed accounts of an organization's progress on particular compliance initiatives, or compliance efforts.

People discussing the role of a nonprofit advisory board

Blog

· Jan 16, 2019

· 6 min read

What is the role of a nonprofit advisory board?

By The Diligent team

Nonprofit advisory boards support and advise boards. nonprofit boards have a reciprocal responsibility to monitor and support the work of advisory boards.

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