Building and Recruiting a More Diverse Board
Great boards don’t build themselves, which is why recruiting stellar board members is such a high priority for nonprofit leaders and sitting board participants alike.
How to Recruit Diverse Board Members
Is your board full of variations of the same person? A diverse board is a strong board. Your nonprofit organization can benefit from a variety of perspectives when you know how to recruit board members with the diverse backgrounds and skills your organization needs.
Each nonprofit has unique board member needs, but it is in your organization’s best interest to recruit as many backgrounds and skills as you can. We’re confident this guide will give you the inspiration you need to keep building a strong board into the future.
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How Accessible Board Tools Help You Build a Stronger, More Diverse Board
She opened the accessible board portal that evening to review her first packet. Her screen reader could not navigate it. The PDF had no meaningful structure. The tables were invisible to her. She spent an hour trying to work around it before giving up. She did not send an…
Beyond the Board Seat: A Smarter Framework for Recruiting the Right Board Members
About this event In this session about recruiting the right board members, Brandon will introduce the Five Capitals framework, a practical approach to identifying board candidates based on the types of value they can bring to an organization, including financial, relational, intellectual, physical, and spiritual capital. Attendees will leave with…
How Ventura County Community College District Modernized Transparent Governance with Boardable
History Ventura County Community College District (VCCCD) operates in one of the most publicly accountable governance environments in higher education. As part of California’s community college system, the district works within a structure of locally elected boards, statewide coordination, and strict transparency expectations for public institutions. Ventura’s governance work must…
Solutions for Board Members
We know that what happens after a meeting is also critical. Keep post-meeting momentum going with a centralized hub your team can access before, during, and after meetings to promote autonomy and collaboration.