Good governance means accountability, transparency and sound decision-making – but there’s no fixed checklist. It depends on your size, the rules you’ve signed up to, and the skills round your table, and it’s never really finished.
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How to Effectively Chair a Meeting
How to Effectively Chair a Meeting A quick Practical Guide for Boards of smaller organisations Ask five experienced chairs how to run a meeting well and you'll get five different answers. That isn't me being perverse - it is just the reality of the job. A style that...
Board Action Register
Struggling with board meeting follow-up and scheduling chaos? Discover how a board portal with action register and calendar sync keeps your board on track.
Moving Your Board Off Email
Most small charity boards run on email — and it works, until it doesn’t. Here’s how to move your board to a single, secure home for papers and decisions, without the upheaval.
Charity Board Cyber Risk – the timing couldn’t be worse
Fewer UK charities are treating cybersecurity as a priority, even as attacks grow more frequent. New government figures show a significant decline in board-level engagement — and smaller charities are the most exposed.
Risk Register Spreadsheet Problems
A spreadsheet risk register is better than nothing, but it creates real problems: version confusion, lost history, no audit trail, and too much manual effort. Here’s why Excel was never designed for governance — and what a purpose-built tool can do instead.
Cost-Effective Board Portals
Looking for a cost-effective board portal? Here’s how to find one that gives you value for money – and why the biggest names in the market probably aren’t the right fit for your organisation.
Simple Board Portals for Volunteer-Led Organisations
Simple Board Portals for Volunteer-Led Organisations Why Simple matters so much for volunteer boards putting down strong roots Volunteer board members are giving up their free time. They're not paid to learn new software, and they're unlikely to sit through a training...
How to Run a Board Effectiveness Review
A Practical Guide for Smaller Charities Key points we cover include: Charities under £10m income are not legally required to conduct a board effectiveness review However - the Charity Governance Code recommends regular reviews as good practice (and we don't disagree)...
FAQs on how to start a trial with Governance360
Type: Article Headline: Getting Started with Governance360: 5 Things You Need to Know Before You Begin Description: Your quick guide to pricing, trials, setup, technology, and data — the 5 things every new user asks before trying Governance360. Author: [Author name] Publisher: Governance360 Date Published: 2026-02-10 Date Modified: 2026-02-10