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Building an A-List Board
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Description:
How to Turn Passionate Volunteers Into an Engaged, Accountable Team
Most nonprofit board seats are filled by people who genuinely love your mission. That’s the easy part. The hard part is what happens next: passionate community members are handed a board seat without the clarity, structure, or shared expectations they need to actually govern well. The result is the pattern so many organizations know too well, well-meaning members who drift toward disengagement, meetings that produce conversation but not results, and staff who quietly carry the weight of work the board was meant to share.
During this webinar, Marie Palacios of Funding for Good will help you move past the vague wish to “get your board to the next level” and into the specific conversations, policies, processes, and accountability systems that turn a roster of nice people into a team of committed, action-oriented leaders. You’ll walk away with ready-to-use resources and editable templates that save you hours of building from scratch.
You’ll learn how to:
- understand the legal and ethical responsibilities every nonprofit board member carries, and why clarity here is the foundation for everything else;
- evaluate the effectiveness of your current board and honestly identify the gaps holding it back;
- identify and recruit prospective board members who bring the skills and commitment your organization actually needs;
- set clear expectations for board engagement that build understanding and buy-in across your leadership;
- implement practical strategies to increase participation and strengthen the partnership between board and staff to grow your impact; and,
- hold board members accountable to their job descriptions, the mission, and the commitments they’ve made.
Who should attend:
This session is ideal for current and emerging nonprofit leaders, including board members, executive directors, and senior staff who work closely with a board. It’s especially valuable if you’re stepping into a new leadership role at the board or staff level.
After the webinar, you’ll receive:
- slides and handouts; and,
- a link to the webinar recording.
Full participation in this webinar is applicable for 1.5 points in Category 1.B -Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.
Can’t attend live and still want to watch the webinar?
Want to review the materials after the session?
You will receive an email with the full recording and any handouts within 10 business days after the webinar.
After you register, you will receive the following emails:
- A sales receipt for your bookkeeping records
- A confirmation email from Zoom with the login credentials
- Instructions for other attendees if you registered a group
If you do not receive these emails within 48 hours of registering, please email or call 1-877-784-7268.
GrantStation does not refund registration fees. Fees may be applied to any webinar scheduled within 30 days.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Marie Palacios, Lead Consultant for Funding for Good, is a native of Morganton, NC. She began her nonprofit experience as a volunteer while completing a community service project in college. During her freshman year at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, NC, Marie walked into a local nonprofit to volunteer with children and never left the field!
Over the past two decades, she has worn every hat imaginable in the nonprofit world: volunteer, board member, program director, executive director, and development consultant. Marie combines her experiences and expertise to help organizations grow for good. She is bilingual and uses her language skills to advocate for the Latino community, teach Spanish for Professionals courses, and offer consulting services in Spanish.
Her passions include program design, strategic planning, support for beginner nonprofits, board development, and fundraising.
