Governance / Board Development

Is your nonprofit all it can be? Or is it stumbling along, doing the same old things in the same old ways? To unlock the full potential of your nonprofit, you need to unlock the full potential of your board as:

We heard you.

You’re eager to use LinkedIn to find high-wealth donors, board members, volunteers, and partners who will be passionate about your mission. You know that LinkedIn is a tool every nonprofit can afford -- it’s free! -- but you’re not sure how to put zing in your profile and how to find the gold in that massive database. Having a great profile is a basic tool for connecting with major donors. If you, your team, and your nonprofit don’t shine brightly, you’ll get passed over.

LinkedIn is a treasure trove for nonprofit development and outreach. What’s more, it is a great way to find potential board members who have a passion for your mission and the skills your nonprofit needs now.

The profile of your next board member is in there. So, too, are the profiles of corporate and individual donors.

Do you know how to find them quickly? You may already have connections to them. Do you know how to find out and get an introduction? After taking this course, you will know.
 

For nonprofits, LinkedIn can be a development and outreach goldmine.

Your nonprofit board is key to good governance and effective fundraising. Board members must be engaged, passionate, and aware of their responsibilities in order to guide your organization through challenging times.

The board members are your ambassadors in the community, your biggest fans, and your gateway to contributions and fundraising. Building an effective board takes the right attitude, a plan, and time. And it should be at the top of your "to do" list.

With the 5 steps you'll learn in this webinar, you'll be able to develop a more effective board. Learn from a seasoned former executive director and veteran consultant how to: 

• Deal with problem board members,
• Manage your board chair,
• Use helpful tools to make the process theirs, not yours!

Strategic planning is a necessity these days. A strategic plan is the road map that defines where your organization is going -- its mission -- and how it will get there using measurable goals, strategies, objectives, and a 12-month work plan. 

Stakeholders want to see your map before signing on for the journey.

Funders want to review strategic plan to see how funds will be used; board members want to see the plan before they agree to serve; and staff want to know the focus and deliverables that the organization expects of them. 

Good strategic planning is a process that gives all those vested in the organization an opportunity to provide input and comment.  It includes:

• reviewing trends and opportunities, 
• gathering information on best practices, 
• identifying your organization's strengths and weaknesses. 

Writing a strategic plan usually involves a board retreat as well as staff input. It certainly requires the leadership of someone familiar with the process and with the organization. The planning process for every organization is unique; it must be fit your organizational culture and board expectations.

Use the information in this nonprofit online seminar to lead your organization through the strategic plan process.
 

Your nonprofit board is key to good governance and effective fundraising. Board members must be engaged, passionate, and aware of their responsibilities in order to guide your organization through challenging times.

The board does far more than set policy and govern the organization. Its members are your ambassadors in the community, your biggest fans, and your gateway to contributions and fundraising. Building an effective board takes the right attitude, a plan, and time. And it should be at the top of your "to do" list.

Nonprofit organizations routinely look to individuals working in the corporate sector to serve on their boards. Popular belief is that these individuals may bring expanded resources and expertise to the table. This isn't always the case. Come to this exciting session to learn about how nonprofit boards should search for potential board members within the corporate community and how nonprofits can properly onboard someone from the corporate sector, including breaking down misperceptions among the corporate community about nonprofits. Panelists include decades of experience working in both the nonprofit and corporate community and can provide great insight into this dynamic.

Have you started a LinkedIn profile and didn’t know what to do next? Did you stop in the middle? Or have you procrastinated starting in the first place?

• How to start my LinkedIn profile:
• About me: Summary and Specialties
• Experience
• Education
• My websites
• Twitter connection
• Photo
• Misc. information about me
• Homework: rewrite your LinkedIn profile and send to instructor for constructive criticism

• Asking for recommendations
• Giving recommendations
• Adding connections
• Mining connections
• Asking for 3^rd level connections
• Homework: give 1 recommendation, get 1 recommendation, ask for a connection

• Why belong to a group?
• Finding groups to join
• Starting a group
• Managing and maintaining a group
• Homework: join 3 groups and start one; post an article and start a discussion

• Adding presentations and papers
• SlideShare
• Box.net
• What I am reading
• Events to know about
• Pulling it all together: the proper care and feeding of LinkedIn