Data dispatch. (Leader to Leader).

A PAT ON THE BACK. Nonprofit organizations value their boards, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3. a survey by Blackbaud, Inc., Charleston, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures

Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , and TechFoundation, Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation).
Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. . Sixty-nine percent of the 364 nonprofit organizations that participated in the online survey expressed confidence in their boards' strategic governance abilities. In addition, 70 percent believed their boards understood the importance of hiring and retaining talented staff.

MINDING THE BOARD. According to Korn Ferry's "29th Annual Board of Directors Study," corporate directors spent an average of 183 hours annually on board business in 2002, compared with 156 hours in 2001.

A LEANER MOUSE. Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966)
Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company has announced that it will downsize Downsize

Reducing the size of a company by eliminating workers and/or divisions within the company.

Notes:
When a company downsizes, it is attempting to find ways to improve efficiency and increase profitability.

It is sometimes referred to as trimming the fat. both its 16-person board and board committees. Consultations with governance experts apparently convinced the entertainment giant that such changes would enable it to adapt more quickly to an unpredictable economy. It remains to be seen what the effect of corporate trends like this will have on the nonprofit sector, but they bear watching.

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Title Annotation:	survey on confidence in nonprofit organizations' boards; time spent by corporate directors on board business; and Walt Disney Co. to downsize
Publication:	Association Management
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Jan 1, 2003
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