Does Your Board’s Diversity Reflect Your Values?

Does your board’s diversity reflect your values? What happens when it doesn’t?

Most nonprofits have lofty values that includes collaboration, empowerment, community and excellence. And most nonprofits leaders are dissatisfied with their board’s diversity.

This video explores this question and offers you a tactic to improve the quality of your board diversity conversations and recruitment practices.

Contents

00:00 Looking at Your Website and Asking a Question

00:30 You’re Not Alone

00:59 Why You Want Your Values and Your Board’s Diversity to Match

01:22 Some Perspective

02:25 Improve Your Conversations and Recruitment

More Resources

• What are Nonprofits Doing with Respect to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion? (based on a 2021 study)

• Vetted tools and ideas about how to move toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion and

• 3 Fresh Approaches to Recruiting a Diverse Board.