EPISODE · Feb 25, 2021 · 12 MIN

Robert's Rules: Your Personal Hell

from Charity Therapy · host Jess Birken

Lots of nonprofit boards use Robert's Rules to run their board meetings – but should they? Robert's Rules is a parliamentary procedure that's meant to keep things orderly and make it easier to make group decisions. But sometimes, the rules make things harder, not easier. Tune in to this episode to hear some listener questions about what to do when Robert's Rules go off the rails. Go to www.birkenlaw.com/board-survival to get a copy of my Nonprofit Board Meeting Survival Guide. Check out this resource from Guidestar about an alternative to Robert's Rules: https://trust.guidestar.org/going-for-consensus-not-roberts-rules. Join me on Facebook Subscribe to my newsletter