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
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