Developing Your Board

Find Board Members

Step One: One or more representatives from your organization attends our Building Your Board workshop, which covers important aspects of recruiting new members for a nonprofit’s board of directors, including:

• Recruitment planning, identifying and cultivating candidates and electing new members
• Access to boardnetUSA, a national online board matching database owned by the Volunteer Consulting Group.

Step Two: We register your organization on boardnetUSA. You complete a profile, post board openings and search for trained, motivated community members to serve on your board.

Step Three: Our staff can support your recruitment efforts with the following:

• Assessment of current/desired board composition, recruitment methods and overall performance
• Recommendations of potential candidates on boardnetUSA
• Direct facilitation of communication between candidates and nonprofits via email and phone

 

Train Your Board

Board training is a critical element in your organization's ability to fulfill its mission and serve the community successfully. BoardConnect can help by providing training for your board of directors at a location that is convenient for you.

Training includes:

• Consultation with the facilitator to prepare for the session
• Identification of your board's unique challenges
• A two or three-hour training module, delivered to your board at a convenient time and location
• Training slides, handouts and resources covering current trends in board governance

Cost: varies depending on length of session. Includes a per-person fee for materials.

Choose from the following training modules:

Achieving Excellence as a Nonprofit Board
Building Your Board
Accountability, Best Practices and Your Board
Committees that Work
Board Assessment
How to Get Your Board to Raise Money

To learn more and schedule a training, call 734-998-0160 x 230 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 

 

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