Application: Board Recruitment
Board Governance & Volunteer Management
APA Foramt 1-2 pages due Saturday by 9m New York Time
Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list only for those resources not included in the Learning Resources for this course.
A proactive, targeted board recruitment process is crucial to creating a successful board of directors. Board members should have a passion for the mission of the organization and clearly understand and accept their important fiscal, legal, and moral responsibilities. In order to find and recruit such members, individuals or board nominating committees must use every tool or strategy available.
To prepare for this assignment:
- Review your Discussion this week and reflect on the areas of knowledge, skills, and expertise you would require in a board member.
- Review the Web site, “Sample Recruitment Process and Procedures and Screening Interview.” Think about areas you might cover when face-to-face with a candidate for a board position.
The assignment (1-2 pages):
- Briefly describe the organization you chose.
- Reflect on the needed knowledge, skills, and expertise of a potential board member you identified in the Discussion.
- Explain two strategies or tools you might use in your recruitment of this new board member. Be specific.
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Optional Resources
Web Sites
- Authenticity Consulting. (2008). Different Overall Approaches to Staff a Nonprofit Board. Retrieved March 18, 2009, from org/misc/Approaches-to-Staff-Boards.pdf”>http://managementhelp.org/misc/Approaches-to-Staff-Boards.pdf
- Recruiting for Board Members. Retrieved March 18, 2009, from the Community Driven Institute Web site: http://www.help4nonprofits.com/NP_Bd_Recruit_Article.htm
- McNamara, C. (2008). Guidelines for Recruiting New Board Members. Retrieved March 18, 2009, from the Free Management Library Web site: org/boards/recruiting-members.htm”>http://managementhelp.org/boards/recruiting-members.htm
- Gottlieb, H. (2005). 10 “Stop” Signs on the Road to Board Recruitment. Retrieved March 18, 2009, from the Community Driven Institute Web site: http://www.help4nonprofits.com/NP_Bd_10StopSigns_Art.htm
- Joyaux, S. (1998). Questions for Developing an Effective Board. Retrieved March 18, 2009, from http://www.simonejoyaux.com/downloads/QuestionsForBuildingBestBoard.pdf
- Joyaux, S. (n.d.). Tools for Analysis of Board Composition: Knowledge, Skills, and Experience. Retrieved March 18, 2009, from http://www.simonejoyaux.com/downloads/InventoryOfSkillsForTheBoard.pdf
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