Why Join a Nonprofit Board?
Joining a board of directors offers valuable benefits that span both professional and personal growth. From a career perspective, board service provides invaluable experience in high-level strategic thinking, governance, and organizational leadership, while simultaneously expanding your professional networks through meaningful connections with accomplished individuals from diverse backgrounds. Board experience demonstrates leadership capabilities to employers and develops transferable skills in areas like financial oversight, risk management, and professional networking. Beyond career benefits, board service allows you to make a direct impact on causes you care about by helping guide organizations that serve your community. You'll gain deeper insights into nonprofit operations while working alongside other community leaders to shape solutions to social challenges. The combination of professional development, community impact, and personal growth makes board service a uniquely rewarding experience that benefits both the individual and the broader community.
Your Help Is Needed
A well-structured, high-functioning board can be the wings that give flight to a nonprofit organization. By choosing to join a board, you are helping a nonprofit organization broaden its ties to the community and be more effective in its purpose. If you are willing to learn, simply stepping forward and asking ‘how can I help?’ will enable nonprofit organizations to flourish in their work.
You Can Make A Difference
Are there issues that you feel strongly about, but don’t know who to engage in creating change? Nonprofit organizations provide opportunities for people to become change-makers. It’s all about the mission! Whether it is engaging in social justice, providing an avenue for the arts, or caring for the environment, there will likely be a nonprofit organization in your community that is addressing the issue that you care most deeply about. By engaging with that organization, not only will you help it be more effective, but you become engaged in creating the change that you want to see happen in your community.
Here are Some Action Steps:
Decide what community issues you feel most passionate about
Research which nonprofit organizations have missions consistent with the change you want to create
Make a short-list of five nonprofit organizations you would like to learn more about
Contact the organization to learn more and find out what needs they have
Consider which opportunities interest you the most
Apply to join and commit yourself fully
Would you like some help? We would be happy to act as matchmakers! Don’t hesitate to give us a call or send us an email. We would welcome the opportunity to connect you with a nonprofit organization that you could help support.
Already on a board? We are launching a new program in 2025 the Board Leadership Accelerator: https://www.thenonprofitstrategygroup.com/trainingandsupport