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Nonprofit boards report becoming more collaborative, effective during pandemic
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
board and administrator for administrators only
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1949-3215
pISSN - 1525-7878
DOI - 10.1002/ban.31268
Subject(s) - realm , business , face (sociological concept) , public relations , covid-19 , social distance , pandemic , internet privacy , knowledge management , political science , sociology , computer science , medicine , social science , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
At the start of the COVID‐19 pandemic, as organizations across the country had to shift their operations to the digital realm due to social distancing restrictions, a common fear among nonprofits was that the lack of in‐person, face‐to‐face contact would hamper their organization's management. Nonprofits have been slow to adopt the kinds of digital technologies that they were now having to rely on out of necessity—especially virtual meeting platforms, online file‐sharing, and related tech solutions that made it possible for staff, leadership and boards to interface, share ideas and strategize on how to keep their operations going.