Newsletter Articles | June 1, 2012
Increase Your Board’s Impact: Recruiting & Vetting Nonprofit Board Members
Increase Your Board's Impact: Recruiting & Vetting Nonprofit Board Members
A key ingredient to increasing a nonprofit organization’s impact in the community it serves is having the right people on the team.
Critical to this team are an organization’s board members.
“Board composition is a key lever,” said Jeri Eckhart-Queenan, a partner at the Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit advisor to nonprofits and philanthropy. “Having the right people with the right skills helps the organization achieve its strategic goals.”
Therefore, the first question that nonprofits should consider as they start to formulate their board recruiting plans is . . .