By changing our practices around board recruitment, we can attract a talented applicant pool and build a board that better reflects the community we serve.
You’ve heard me lament before that nonprofit organizations–especially small ones–tend to sell yourselves short when it comes to board recruitment.
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I just checked, and my pulse is 60 bpm. Unfortunately, that (alone) does not qualify me to be a board member. And yet…that's the running joke in the nonprofit sector, right? That any time we're frantically searching for a new board member, or two, we cozy up with our contact list and ask, “Let's see…who do I know who has a pulse?”
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