BoardConnect trains boards to be more effective and helps organizations recruit new board members.
 
BoardConnect offers workshops on board member responsibilities and helps match individuals to nonprofit boards and committees.
 
BoardConnect helps businesses meet community service goals by preparing employees for board service and helping them find boards and committees to serve on.





Our electronic board assessment tool helps nonprofits evaluate and strengthen their boards.
• Gain an understanding of the board’s consensus on key governance issues
• Identify strengths and weaknesses that can influence your organization’s success
• Receive a customized report from a governance expert outlining results and action steps

 



Your practical set of tools to use in conducting nonprofit board business—including a collection of downloaded templates, forms, and samples that align with BoardConnect trainings and current best
practices. Documents are updated annually, or when significant changes are made to laws and regulations governing nonprofit organizations.

     

OUR FUNDERS

BoardConnect is made possible through the strong financial support of:


These generous organizations have demonstrated a strong commitment to the Michigan nonprofit community through their financial investment in BoardConnect®.

TESTIMONIALS

I would like to thank you for sending Diana Kern to the board of directors of Solid Ground. As president her teaching has helped me personally and the rest of the board also learned a lot from her. We feel blessed to have an organization like NEW to help smaller nonprofits. We will certainly miss Diana. She is an awesome teacher and any future organization will be fortunate to have her instruction. Thank you again for all the help we have received from your organization, and for a wonderful teacher, Diana Kern.

Diane Lynch
President of Solid Ground

COLLABORATING AGENCIES

BoardConnect® was launched by NEW in 2000 for Washtenaw County, and is now expanding to other communities in Michigan through close collaboration with:

 

Detroit Regional Chamber
Leadership Oakland
Michigan Nonprofit Association