Category Archives: Board development

Nonprofit Toolkit: Board Development

As I prepare to teach board development this Saturday for the UW Nonprofit Management Certificate, I thought I would post a few resources here. 

Regarding board recruitment, I put together a booklet a few years …

Buck the Trend: Join a Nonprofit Board!

I often talk with boards about board recruitment and board development.  Here are a few of the comments and questions I hear frequently:

  • How can we find qualified board members?
  • No one wants to be

Power to the People: Engagement Governance

At the Nonprofit Governance Conference a few weeks ago in Tacoma, Judy Freiworth presented a radical vision for inclusive governance.  She is calling it “Engagement Governance” and has developed her ideas in dialogue with numerous …

The Answer to your Board Recruitment Problems: Board Mannequins

The following was sent to me many years ago (I’m afraid I can’t cite a source) and it still cracks me up.  Enjoy!

NEW! BOARD MANNEQUINS Is your organization struggling to find the perfect board