FinalProject
For Section 2 of the Final Project you will create a guide for these areas that nonprofit boards and executive directors can use to maximize their chances for success.
Section 2 headings should include:
Introduction
Board-Executive Director Relationship and Oversight
Board Qualifications
Board Recruitment, Orientation, Training, and Retention
Conclusion
Also must include:
1.Identify at least three areas of knowledge, skills, and experience that you might require for individual members of the board and explain why these areas may be important for the organization and the board’s operations.
2. Include a specific plan for the recruitment, orientation, ongoing training, and retention of board members.
3. Explain the relationship of the board and the executive director and outline a process that the board should use for the recruitment, selection, oversight, and succession planning for the executive director.
The draft should be 4–5 pages, contain a minimum of 5–6 specific, evidence-based best practices, and utilize proper APA formatting.
References
BoardSource. (2010). The handbook of non-profit governance. San Francisco, CA: Wiley
Chapter 6 Building a board pp 99-126
See attached
BoardSource, (2011). Nonprofit Board answer book: A practical guide for board members and Chief executives (3rd ed.) Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass.
Part 3: Board Member Selection and Development (pp.84-113)
BoardSource. (2016). Board orientation. Retrieved from https://boardsource.org/resources/board-orientatio…
BoardSource. (2018). Board composition and recruitment. Retrieved from https://boardsource.org/fundamental-topics-of-nonp…
Carlson, M., & Donohoe, M. (2010) Executive Director’s guide to thriving as a nonprofit leader (2nd ed). Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass.
Chapter 11, “Nurturing a Relationship with the Board” (pp. 139–160)
Chapter 12, “Developing Relationships with Individual Board Members” (pp. 161–172)
Part 3, “Board Member Selection and Development” (pp. 84–113)
https://boardsource.org/resources/board-responsibilities-structures-faqs/
https://boardsource.org/resources/board-orientation/
https://boardsource.org/fundamental-topics-of-nonprofit-board-service/composition-recruitment/
Tedx 2014- https://youtu.be/MIF9yJVldwQ
Requirements: 4-5 pages
attaching pages from book
The non-profit is still The Harford Center
The Harford Center. (n.d.). Harford Center. Retrieved December 8, 2021, from https://harfordcenter.org.
