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Provides views and analysis of governance concerns and board-centered issues that concern directors, CEOs, CFOs and corporate secretaries. Monitors major developments in corporate governance including analysis of new trends, surveys of board practices, commentary on important legal developments, views of institutional investors, interviews with CEOs and independent directors, articles on committee functions and compensation trends. The emphasis is on public company directorship but they will also feature articles about private and nonprofit governance. Directorship DOES ACCEPT bylined article submissions. Submission Guidelines: How to Submit An article should be submitted electronically as an attachment with an e-mail cover letter. Submissions should be sent to Managing Editor Judith Warner. The email cover letter should include: The names, address, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of the authors. All submissions should be in MS Word format, single space, Times New Roman, 12 point with little to no formatting. The editors reserve the right to edit all copy for accuracy, clarity and length. A proof of the edited article will be emailed to the author for final approval prior to being published. What to Submit Directorship accepts contributions from NACD members and others who are qualified to write about corporate governance. We encourage submissions from corporate directors and officers, and also seek articles from nonprofit directors and officers (since many corporate directors also serve on nonprofit boards). Furthermore, we are interested in articles written by academic researchers and professional advisors to boards, such as attorneys, accountants and consultants. The article should be exclusive to NACD Directorship and Directorship.com. It should not have been previously published nor should it appear in another publication. (Requests for a variance to this policy must be made in writing to Directorship.) We encourage the use of examples and quotes if possible and discourage too much use of bullet-points and numbered items, unless the subject matter requires it. Charts and tables are very much encouraged should be submitted separately in Excel, Powerpoint, PDF or JPG format. Please submit the underlying source data for all charts so that we can re-create them if necessary. Articles are typically slotted as a single-page feature with an estimated or not-to-exceed word count of 750 words or a two-page feature with an estimated or not-to-exceed word count of 1,200. In addition to the article, please email a two- to three-line author’s bio and a recent four-color headshot as a JPG or TIFF (minimum 300 dpi). Please provide any information as to any relationship with companies/sources in the proposed article. Please specify if you have a consulting relationship or if you serve on a corporate board. Rights We reserve the right to publish the article online and/or in our print magazine, and/or in our electronic newsle