By using Diligent's best practices for board meetings, a board and corporate secretaries can build productive board meeting agendas with key solutions.
Blog
· Jul 26, 2018
· 6 min read
Best practices for board of directors voting
By The Diligent team
Best practices for board of directors voting requires using software solutions that follow good governance and make the work of boards easy.
Blog
· Jul 25, 2018
· 5 min read
SMRC: What it is, why it matters and how to handle it through entity management
By The Diligent team
Learn about SMCR and its requirements, the strategies that help to enforce it within institutions, and some pointers on how entity management software can help.
Blog
· Jul 23, 2018
· 6 min read
Why do boards fill out D&O questionnaires?
By The Diligent team
D&O questionnaires can take various forms and they can be very detailed. D&O questionnaires with the right software solution are more accurate and efficient
Blog
· Jul 18, 2018
· 4 min read
The ins and outs of filing an annual information form in Canada
By The Diligent team
One of the more important forms to be familiar with in Canada for your entity management is 51-102F2, more commonly called the Annual Information Form (AIF).
Blog
· Jul 12, 2018
· 6 min read
What is data governance and how should boards approach it?
By The Diligent team
Data governance is a system of decision rights and accountabilities to how corporations set up their framework and create data management processes
Blog
· Jul 11, 2018
· 4 min read
How to achieve effective cross-alignment for your organization in three steps
By The Diligent team
Cross-alignment is what happens when people from different teams or functions in an organization join forces to work on a common goal or project.
Blog
· Jul 9, 2018
· 6 min read
Making your scorecard: How to evaluate outside counsel
By The Diligent team
By articulating exactly what you are looking for, you can help your organization clarify its entity management needs and expectations for outside counsel.
Blog
· Jun 28, 2018
· 7 min read
How should your board meeting minutes be formatted?
By The Diligent team
The format for board minutes is more of a tool for board directors and officers than it is necessary to support compliance or legal issues.
Blog
· Jun 27, 2018
· 6 min read
Our survey shows the top 5 issues that keep local government officials awake at night
By The Diligent team
We conducted a survey to learn the most worrisome issues for municipalities - we've pinned down the top-five problems facing public officials today.
Blog
· Jun 27, 2018
· 7 min read
Board meeting minutes template
By The Diligent team
Learn how to properly take board meeting minutes and use our free board meeting minutes template to help take your minute taking to the next level.
Blog
· Jun 27, 2018
· 6 min read
The best practices for board education
By The Diligent team
Because of the varying amounts of board experience and expertise, boards should look for educational resources that cover a wide variety of topics.