Better Board Orientations

Your board orientation is a great tool to educate your nonprofit board and get new board members started on the right foot. This video outlines a 90-minute board orientation session and gives you tips about how you can make your board member orientation interactive.

You can create a practical board orientation that energizes, educates, and guides your new board members to become super board members.

Better Board Orientations Table of Contents

00:00 Overview

00: 28 1. A Welcome

00:45 2. Revenue, The Sector and You

01:13 3. History of the Organization

01:34 4. Organization Chart

01:46 5. Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws

02:16 6. Your Strategy

02:48 7. Program Summaries

03:24 8. Board Roles and Responsibilities

04:02 9. Your Call to Action

04:23 10. The Vision

04:46 More Information

For more see:

More Board Resources for Epic Board Meetings

Get started by watching, How to Have Great Board Meetings

and reading How to Create Engaging & Effective Board Meetings

Challenge your board to support you with the specific actions identified in Guilty as Charged

And finally, make sure you don’t accidentally alienate members, watch 5 Ways to Turn Off Your Nonprofit Board Members.

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Karen Eber Davis

Karen Eber Davis Consulting guides executive directors and CEOs to generate the resources, boards, and support they need to make remarkable progress on their missions. As the award-winning thought-leader, advisor, and founding principal of Karen Eber Davis Consulting, Karen helps nonprofit leaders get answers, generate revenue, and grow their mission. Davis is known for her innovation and practicality based on her work with or visits to over 1,000 nonprofit organizations and her experience leading board and team events. She is the author of 7 Nonprofit Income Streams and Let's Raise Nonprofit Millions Together.