November 3, 2016: Why Board Development Matters – Joanna Gillespie, Executive Director, Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation
Individuals serve on nonprofit boards for a wide variety of reasons. No matter how much experience your board members have, you can help them better understand their role by ensuring that board development is part of every regular meeting. Beginning with recruitment, Executive Directors have the ability to guide strategic direction while growing board members, smoothing out rough relationships and making the management of programs mutually satisfying for board and staff alike.
Every community and region faces the reality of human needs that exceed the public and private sector financial resources available. There is widespread acknowledgement that effective collaboration is an important strategy to strengthen the capacity for joint action, generate new ideas, improve methods, and leverage limited resources for maximum impact. Please join us for a dynamic session that will explore proven strategies for nonprofits, government agencies, and funding agencies in our region to build successful collaborations.