This 3-session video seminar provides an overview for those who want to be effective nonprofit board members. This is an orientation for all nonprofit board members -- a good refresher for current members and a great introduction for potential members. You’ll learn questions to ask before agreeing to serve, appropriate expectations, legal duties, nonprofit and board cycles and more.

Get on Board: The DOs, DON’Ts and
HAVE TOs of Nonprofit Board Service

Session #1 (10 minutes)

• General information about nonprofits
• Questions to ask before you say ‘yes’
• Expectations of you and the organization
• Legal duties -- what you MUST do as a board member
• Homework

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Session #2 (10 minutes)

• Board responsibilities
• Organization and board cycles/stages
• Officer responsibilities

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Session #3 (6 minutes)

• Role of the board and its members
• Things to consider

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“One lesson learned from the current financial crisis is that the nonprofit sector as a whole needs to do better with training and support (for nonprofit boards), not just in a crisis, but long before.”

Ret Boney, Deputy Editor
Philanthropy Journal
November 10, 2008