Nonprofits need a constant supply of strong volunteer leaders to guide their organizations toward achieving their mission and vision. This need not be a struggle. There is a path that you can follow to have a continuous pipeline of happy, productive board members. This is true, even if you have difficulty: - Identifying prospective board members; - Engaging these prospects; or - Retaining your board members How You Can Engage New Board Members will help you understand: - the roles and responsibilities of your board; - how to assess your current board; - the essentials of identifying, cultivating and orienting new board members; - the importance of governance; - why nominating should be year-round; and - evaluating and assessing new board members along the way. The book includes 11 worksheets: 1. MJA's Board Profile Matrix 2. MJA's Prospective Board Member Referral Form 3. MJA's Criteria for Board Member Consideration Worksheet 4. MJA's Materials for Potential Board Members 5. MJA's Individual Board Member's Role & Responsibilities 6. MJA's Board Member's Agreement 7. MJA's Prospective Board Member Recruitment Worksheet 8. MJA's Sample Agenda for an Orientation Meeting 9. MJA's New Board Member Information Form 10. MJA's Checklist of Goals for New Board Member During First Year 11. MJA's Individual Board Member Self-Evaluation Learn how to identify, recruit, orient and retain valuable board members. And in doing so, strengthen your nonprofit by solidifying your board.
About the Author: David A. Mersky, Founder and Managing Director, has led planning and fundraising endeavors for more than three decades. A former congregational rabbi, he has served as the national director of resource development for the then Union of American Hebrew Congregations. He was head of corporate finance for Ampal-American Israel Corporation which raised hundreds of millions of dollars of investment capital for Israel's private sector. He also served as vice-president of resource development of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. A successful consultant to nonprofits and family-controlled enterprises for nearly twenty years, David is also faculty member of Brandeis University's Hornstein Program in Jewish Professional Leadership and director of education and professional development of the University's Institute for Jewish Philanthropy and Leadership.