Join us to learn practical strategies for creating a board that will move your organization forward. In this course, we’ll cover the board’s role, and what your organization needs from its board members. We will explore ways to find the right board members to serve your nonprofit at its current stage. We will also discuss how to create positive relationships with and within the board, and how to navigate the common challenges that arise with boards.

Whether you’re an executive director, board member, or development professional, this course will help you plan for a healthy sustainable organization.

Upon completion of this course, you'll be able to:

• Recruit and engage diverse board members
• Use a Board Agreement as an integral tool for board establishment and management
• Identify strategies to establish positive relationship dynamics among board members, the Executive Director, and other key staff
• Strengthen your current board

Questions? Please call the Grundy Library at 215.788.7891.

This program is offered by Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library in support of the PA Forward | Pennsylvania Libraries initiative. Libraries are key to powering progress and elevating the quality of life in PA by fueling the types of knowledge essential to success: Basic Literacy, Information Literacy, Civic and Social Literacy, Health Literacy, and Financial Literacy.