Standards for Excellence Accreditation Manager Melissa Sines was a featured speaker at the 2014 BoardSource Leadership Forum in Washington D.C. on October 9-10. Learn about her session topic, Standards for Excellence: Focus on Leadership, from her recent post on BoardSource's blog.

The Standards for Excellence session at this year’s BLF introduced organizational leaders to a proven set of benchmarks that will help them assess their capacity, leadership, and accountability. Participants utilized an assessment tool to measure the strength of their leadership and organization and had the opportunity to ask questions about how these benchmarks are implemented in different types and sizes of nonprofits.