Back in May I was honored to be a guest of the Michael Chatman Giving Show. You can listen to the recording.
[The show airs live in South Florida on Thursday’s at 11:30 am (est) but you can listen every Thursday live streaming on the web as well.]
Michael is an amazingly caring philanthropist who created this radio show to provide compelling information to the business community. I loved being invited to participate in the conversation with Michael about questions to be asking of your board to recruit great board members and actions to take to keep them engaged and effective over the long-term (for more information, read Six Steps to Exceptional Nonprofit Boards). And I got a chance to share a few juicy stories about what I’ve seen work.
My colleague and Twitter buddy @dan_blakemore posted on his blog an awesome recap of the show.
Thanks again, Dan for doing the recap!
Here are a few of the points Dan captured from my interview with Michael:
- Before joining a board, the prospect should ask for a job description and discuss the expectations of board members with the organization’s leadership.
- Only 6% of non-profit organizations provide any training to their board members (whether on governance, fundraising, or any other skills that they are expected to use in their board roles).
- Non-profit organizations need to stop treating board members like ATMs and get back to engaging them in the work as key partners.
I’d love to hear from you about your best practices for recruiting and retaining board members.
