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VCG serves as a model and resource for Board Connector programs
(Management Support Organizations, Volunteer Centers, Leadership
Programs, University Centers and Community Foundations) in communities
seeking to strengthen and broaden the flow of citizen leadership
into nonprofit boardrooms.
- Become a Community Partner in boardnetUSA.org:
boardnetUSA is an interactive website that enhances the
capacity of Board Connecting programs nationwide. Current boardnetUSA
Community Partners include the following:
Ann Arbor, MI - BoardConnect at Nonprofit Enterprise At Work (NEW)
Atlanta, GA - Georgia Center for Nonprofits
Boston, MA - BridgeStar/Bridgespan Group
Charlotte, NC - Board Connect Carolinas
Erie, PA - Erie Community Foundation
Indianapolis, IN - Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
Pittsburgh, PA - Bayer Center For Nonprofit Management
Raleigh, NC - Triangle BoardConnect
Sacramento, CA - Boardlink at The Nonprofit Resource Center
Tri-State Area (NY/NJ/CT) - Volunteer Consulting Group/Leadership
Morris Alumni Association/Nonprofit Coordinating Committee/Volunteers
Management Center, Inc.
Washington, DC - IKNOW Foundation/Raffa and Associates/Center
for Nonprofit Advancement
boardnetUSA equips its Community Partners with a low cost
web-based tool designed to enhance existing Board Connecting practices.
To find out more, please contact Todd Day, Director, National
Programs tday@vcg.org.
- Annual Board Connector Affinity Group Meeting:
In collaboration with the Alliance for Nonprofit Management --
VCG facilitates the professional development of Board Connectors,
a national group of corporate professionals, community Board Connector
programs and individuals involved in strategically connecting
nonprofit boards and potential board members across the United
States. The eighth Annual Board Connector Affinity Group Meeting
was held in Los Angeles, CA on Thursday, August 14, 2006.
boardnetUSA: Empowering Diverse Leadership Into Noprofit
Boardrooms
Presenters
Todd G. Day, Volunteer Consulting Group/boardnetUSA; J.D.
Hokoyama, Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.; Tanya
Lewis-Kelly, Volunteer Consulting Group/boardnetUSA; Kim
Y. St. Bernard, Girl Scouts of the USA
Session Description
A strong nonprofit sector challenges governing boards to reach
out for a diversity of leadership and experience in their board
members. How www.boardnetUSA.org is collaborating with local MSOs,
universities and state associations to transform the way these
organizations connect nonprofits to potential board members -
across boundaries of ethnicity, age, skill and geography was presented.
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The Board Market Place Program:
A Community Action Plan to Bridge the Gap Between Boards and
Potential Board Members
A downloadable manual that documents in detail "High
Touch" board recruitment, board placement and board consulting
methodologies.
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