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Ten Essential Ingredients to Good Governance

The Foundation for Good Governance in the United Kingdom has produced a guide to Ten Essential Ingredients to Good Governance in Nonprofit Organizations (2 page PDF). In short, they are: (1) Read the governing documents. (2) Make sure that staff and board have read and understand the organization's business plans. (3) Devote care and attention to getting the right mix of people on the board. (4) Develop written policies and procedures, including a code of conduct. (5) Take meetings seriously. (6) Make sure board members are well informed. (7) Ensure that financial reporting is given due importance. (8) Spend time on building good relationships. (9) Ensure the Board understands that it is their role to manage the manager. (10) Focus on having the board provide direction and leadership. Posted: 12/8/04; 1:55:25 PM #

Contrarian finding: Computers are a drag on learning
	New large scale research by a team at the University of Munich has shown that too much computer use in school might be detrimental to learning. Some exposure was positively correlated with improvement, but after that it starts to get harmful. Posted: 12/8/04; 1:55:15 PM #

Site Diagrams: Mapping an Information Space
	In Site Diagrams: Mapping an Information Space, Jason Withrow describes a simple model for the visual presentation of the links and relationships between parts of a web site. This looks very handy. Posted: 12/8/04; 1:55:06 PM #

The Communication Initiative - PulseComments - Pulse #4 Comments - Internet & Diversity

Although it's just a collection of comments and thus rather hard to read, the insights collected by Drum Beat on whether the Internet is a force that destroys cultural diversity are really very thought provoking. My personal feeling is that it's better to ask about specific applications that reside on the Internet, because some are just like broadcast media and have a homogenizing effect and others allow unprecedented reinforcement of cultures, especially those separated by geography. Posted: 12/8/04; 1:54:56 PM #