
How do you create a ‘safety zone’ at meetings for sensitive issues? How can executive directors help the board chair take responsibility for managing the board meeting? What is the role of the board versus the staff in facilitating the agenda? How do we create – and ensure that we follow – ground rules for stress-free family meetings?
This Content Collection provides answers to these questions and many more, offering tips and ideas for how to craft better family meeting agendas, keep your meetings on track, and accomplish your work more effectively – perhaps even while having some fun!
Note: for additional insights on understanding and managing family dynamics, see the related Content Collection, Family Dynamics: Avoiding Avoidance in Family Philanthropy.
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Webinars on Creative Board Agendas and Decision-making

Planning a Family Retreat
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Sample Groundrules, Policies, and Agendas








Tips and Tools for Virtual Family Meetings



Sample Codes of Conduct
- Code of Conduct (Rockefeller Foundation)
- Code of Conduct (R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation)
- Code of Ethics (Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation)
- Board of Trustees Code of Ethics (Homer A. and Mildred S. Scott Foundation)
- Statement of Board Culture (Surdna Foundation)
- Code of Conduct (Surdna Foundation)
- Code of Conduct (Segal Family Foundation)