Nonprofit Capacity Building
Are your board members uncomfortable talking about (much less asking for) money?
Does your board efficiently and effectively manage itself and your organization?
Does your board enthusiastically participate as part of your strategic planning process?
Our Ambassador Excellence, Board Impact, and Rapid Strategic Planning programs are designed to educate and inspire your board members and amplify the impact they have on your mission. These capacity-building programs are all about developing boards with the knowledge and skills they need to:
- Embrace their role in community outreach.
- Govern and develop mission delivering capacity for the board itself and your organization.
- Look to the future and plan in the face of accelerating uncertainty and change.
Our programs provide structured, interactive, hands-on coaching and workshops. They are designed to be fun, thought-provoking, and educational. Board members gain the skills and confidence they need to become more effective nonprofit leaders as they fulfill their roles as leaders, visionaries, and fundraisers.
With our Ambassador Excellence, Board Impact, and Rapid Strategic Planning programs, you can provide an experience that will educate and inspire your board members, connect them to your staff and leadership, and help you achieve your mission.
Energize Your Board. Maximize Your Impact.
Who We Help
We help mission-driven organizations engage and inspire their board members. Our clients understand that their Board of Directors is one of their most valuable assets. Board members are typically successful, savvy, and well-connected individuals, but they are often uncomfortable or unsure about how to apply their valuable skills and perspectives for the benefit of the organizations they serve.
The challenge is that most nonprofits work really hard to recruit board members, set expectations, and then hold their boards accountable for performing the duties needed to help those organizations accomplish their mission. But even when most board members know what is expected of them, they lack the knowledge and skills they need to be comfortable and successful in those roles. They’re uneasy when it comes to talking about money, and reluctant to share their cherished personal and professional contacts. They are often unaware of the best practices in nonprofit governance and strategic planning. In short, board members often know what they ought to be doing as high impact board members and friendraising Ambassadors, but they don’t know how to go about it. Nonprofits need to help their board members get more comfortable with the tasks they ask their board members to perform, or the result will be less impact in achieving the organization’s mission.
How We Help
We help board members think about their roles differently. Our Ambassador Excellence programs help mission-driven organizations educate and inspire their board members, providing the knowledge, skills, and perspective they need to be more impactful as friendraising Ambassadors. Our Board Impact programs focus on basic board structure, governance, and culture, while our Rapid Strategic Planning services help organizations develop the strategic framework and foster the culture needed to build organizational resiliency, agility, and grit in today’s complex and rapidly changing environment.
Outcomes We Deliver
Board members enjoy an experience that bonds them to each other, fosters their personal and professional skills, and inspires them as they fulfill their roles as leaders, visionaries, and fundraisers. Our clients, the mission-driven organizations we serve, get highly energized and effective board members and an inspired group of motivated Ambassadors.