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How To Get Your Board

Fired Up About the

Cause

“No Problem Can be

Solved From the

Same Level of

Consciousness That

Created It.”

Albert Einstein

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Change YOUR Perspective

1. Take responsibility.

2. Ask them what they

think and listen.

3. You’re in the

motivational business.

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The Fired-Up System

1.  Fire-­‐Up  Your  Board!  

2.  Redefine  Fund-­‐raising  

3.  Easy  NO  ASK  Jobs    

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Board Members Need A Story to Tell

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. . . because they don’t know

what to say.

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#1 Re-Ignite Their Passion

Discover Their Personal Story

Why Do You Care About

Your Organization?

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1.  What you say

2.  How you say it

3.  Get a reaction

4.  Request for followup

Mingle Exercise = The Elevator Speech

“Gail, I am putting some of your ideas into action….

At our last Trustee meeting, I asked, “What legacy do you want to leave from serving on this board?”

Well, you would have thought I had opened the flood gates. One man told us about his cousin in hospice . . . and how we helped his family through that terrible time.

This turned out to be the best meeting we've had so far on with this group in the last 3 years!

This is a wonderful and satisfying change for the better.” Laurie Taylor, Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation

Great Results!

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SNEEZE (the viral message) Wherever You Go!

A Deep Discussion

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A Deeper Discussion

Bring Your Fundraising

Program Alive

Panel Discussion: #2 What Are We Raising Money

For?

#3  Give  Board  Members  a    

Direct  Personal  Experience    

of  Your  Impact  in  the  World    

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#3 Mission Moments for Board Members  

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A Word About

Nonprofit BOARDS

Is This Your Board?

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Is  This  Your  Board?  

Is This Your Board?

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Is This Your Board?

High Level People

Doing Low Level Work?

Is This Your Board? Is This Your Board? Is This Your Board?

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Is This Your Board? Boring Meetings = A Bored Board

 #4 Liven Up Your Board Meetings

Liven Up Your Board Meetings

1.  Fireside  chat  with  the  ED.  2.  Blow  up  the  agenda.    3.  Focus  on  problems,  challenges,  or  broad  

issues.    

12 WAYS TO LIVEN UP A BOARD MEETING

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Is  This  Your  Board?  

Is This Your Board?

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Reasons to Return to a Meeting

1.  Learning 2.  Recognition 3.  Efficient 4.  Effective 5.  Irritants deal with 6.  Have fun!

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A Board Member Deserves

a TERRIFIC Experience!

What Do Board Members Want? •  Board members they want to meet •  Admire the CEO •  NOT All work and no play •  Trust •  Bonded team •  Stimulating meetings •  REAL work

What Nonprofit Boards Want June Bradham

Motivate Board Members:

•  Is it personally satisfying? •  Do I like the group? •  Am I passionate about the cause? •  Do I respect the CEO? •  Is my time respected? •  MONEY FOLLOWS EXPERIENCE

What Nonprofit Boards Want June Bradham

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Don’t Burn Out Your Board Members!

10  Basic  ResponsibiliCes  of  Nonprofit  Boards  1.  Determine  the  organizaKon’s  mission  and  purpose    2.  Select  the  chief  execuKve  3.  Provide  proper  financial  oversight  4.  Ensure  adequate  resources.  5.  Ensure  legal  and  ethical  integrity  and  maintain  accountability.  6.  Ensure  effecKve  organizaKonal  planning.  7.  Recruit  and  orient  new  board  members  and  assess  board  

performance.  8.  Enhance  the  organizaKon’s  public  standing.  9.  Determine,  monitor,  and  strengthen  the  organizaKon’s  

programs  and  services.  10. Support  the  chief  execuKve  and  assess  his  or  her  performance.  

- Boardsource quoted in GPA blog post

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Is Your Board Focused on

MANAGING your organization

Or

ADVANCING THE MISSION?

Group Process  

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A Nonprofit Board as a “Group”

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The Solution?

Don’t Forget!  

Peer pressure

Drives

Performance ���

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#5 Give Them Social Time #5 Give Them Social Time

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Social Time For Board Members

Builds Trust and

Collegiality

7 Insider Secrets of High Performing Boards

1.  Ground rules. 2.  Clear expectations. 3.  Team spirit. 4.  Trust. 5.  Partnership with CEO. 6.  Commitment to action. 7.  Social Time.

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#6 Specific Action Items

What do they need TO DO in the next three months?

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A Fired-Up Board:

#1 Re-Ignite their passion

#2 What are we raising $ for?

#3 Mission moments

#4 Interesting meetings

#5 Social time

#6 Focus on action items

Last  Word  on  the  BOARD  

“If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.”

Jack Welch

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Next  Webinars    

Dec.  7:  Last  Minute  Strategies  to  Raise  The  Money  You  Need  Jan  12:  2011  Trend  Outlook:    

Seven  New  Rules  for  Fundraising  in  Changing  Times  Feb:  Create  an  Engaged,  EnthusiasKc  Board  Full  of  Passion  for  

the  Cause  

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