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  • Cybersecurity
  • | Risk Management

Five Areas of Technological Risk in Independent Schools

Strong digital use policies, trainings and behavioral standards can protect schools from these emerging technology related risks.
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School Finance and Operations Pros To Convene in Orlando

General session speakers to address diversity and inclusion, innovation and workplace pressure.
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After School  

  • Leadership

After School: Hitting the High Note

A classically trained clarinetist prepares to expand her horizons.
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  • Crisis Management
  • | Pandemic
  • | Trips

Independent Schools Prepare for Coronavirus

Schools are tackling health preparations, trip considerations and community communications among other measures.
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Business Intelligence  

  • Research
  • | Survey

Business Intelligence: Positioned to Succeed

The financial position survey range table returns to NBOA’s reporting tool line-up.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Crisis Management
  • | Risk Management

A Considered Response to Coronavirus

As recommendations quickly change, schools are seeking to mitigate risk while maintaining a steady course.
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Safety & Security  

  • Communication
  • | International
  • | Safety and Security

Safety & Security: Safe Returns

Strong crisis response protocols and community relations helped one school manage a serious threat to campus security.
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Mission & Motivation  

  • Culture
  • | Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Parent Organizations

Mission & Motivation: Uncomfortable in a Comfortable Place

Diversity and inclusion leadership training pushed this business officer outside her comfort zone — by design.
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5 Minutes with  

  • Culture
  • | Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Enrollment

5 Minutes with Derrick Gay: Mirrors and Windows

How can schools frame diversity so that everyone feels included in the term, not just selected groups?
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Risk & Compliance  

  • Misconduct
  • | Policy
  • | Risk Management

Risk & Compliance: Out of Sight, Top of Mind

Strategies for preventing and addressing cyberbullying and other internet-based student misconduct.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Leadership

The Best of the Best: Announcing the 2020 NBOA Award Recipients

This year’s recipients have dedicated years of service to the independent school business officer community.
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  • Leadership

2020 NBOA Annual Meeting: The Power of Perspective: Vinh Giang

Magician and entrepreneur Vinh Giang shares what business leaders can learn from masters of illusion.
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  • 403b
  • | Employee Benefits

The Best Laid Plans: Retirement Investments and Fees

Schools have little time to manage 403(b) plans and employees have little interest. Recent research may help streamline improvements and boost returns.
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  • Compensation Strategies
  • | Employee Benefits
  • | Employment
  • | Human Resources

Work-Life-Budget Balance: Millennial Benefits

Recruiting and retaining millennial employees may require new benefits and better work-life balance, but they can offer a fresh approach to school processes.
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Setting the Bar: Boundary Training and Abuse Prevention

Continuous conversations with faculty and staff about appropriate boundaries will help faculty members develop professionally and contribute to a culture of safety.
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Strategies  

  • Employment
  • | Human Resources

Strategies: Developing an HR Bootcamp

Training administrators on hiring and performance management practices will protect your school from legal risk and improve the entire community.
6 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Governance
  • | Leadership

You Be the Judge

Business officers’ strong judgment will play an important role in the new year — and decade — ahead, which promise changes for independent schools.
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  • Change Management
  • | Culture
  • | Leadership

Game Changers: Driving Change Management This item is protected.

Changes large and small don’t come easily at independent schools. Collaborative processes and continuous communication help everyone get on board.
15 min read

Projections  

  • Change Management
  • | Leadership

Projections: The Work of Change Leadership

Models, ideas and resources can help launch institutional change, but strong leadership is what makes it stick.
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  • Leadership
  • | Research

2020 NBOA Annual Meeting: The Pressure Paradox: Lisa Damour

Psychologist and author Lisa Damour outlines how students can harness stressful situations to develop confidence and meet academic challenges.
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