Community On Board

A program to Train and Link Community Members to Nonprofit Board Service in the Monadnock Region.

If you have business skills or life skills and the desire to give back to your community, put your skills to work by becoming a nonprofit board member.

Community On Board is a board training and matching program for community members interested in serving on the board of a nonprofit organization in the Monadnock Region. Through this program, participants will receive instruction in nonprofit board service and will be introduced to organizations that match their interest and that need their particular skills.

Community On Board benefits regional businesses by helping them become stronger community members through increased community service and nonprofit board representation. The program can develop leadership and team building skills in management employees and assist employees in “putting down roots” through nonprofit board service and greater community involvement.

In this 12 hour program, participants learn:

• Basic boardsmanship-the roles and responsibilities of a nonprofit board member: legal, ethical, fiduciary
• Board member friend raising and fundraising
• Financial oversight of nonprofit board members
• The region’s nonprofit community and the important role it plays in our quality of life
• Board/staff relationship and working as a team
• What to expect as a member of a nonprofit board
• Program includes observing a nonprofit board meeting

Community on Board – 12 hours of training, provided in 3 hour sessions over 4 nights

You may sign up for the series of 4 trainings or choose one or more individual sessions.

Fee: $100 for the series; $30 per session if taken individually (dinner included each night)

Community members who are considering board service and those who currently serve on a nonprofit board and want to improve their job performance are encouraged to attend any or all of the Community on Board training programs.

Community on Board will be offered in the spring of 2010 in cooperation with Keene State College. Please contact info@givingmonadnock.org for registration information.

How to Apply

To submit your application for the Community On Board Program, please print the application and letter of support found here, then email your completed application, letter of support, and your current resume to info@givingmonadnock.org.

 

Nonprofit Introduction Request

Monadnock Region nonprofit organizations that would like to request an introduction to a Community On Board (COB) participant are now invited to complete an Introduction Request Form. Completed Request Forms will be reviewed by Giving Monadnock staff and matched to any COB program participants that have the skills requested and that are interested in the nonprofit's mission /focus of work.

If a nonprofit request cannot be fulfilled with the current COB class, the nonprofit will have an opportunity to resubmit a request for the next participating class.

Introduction Requests will be handled on a rolling basis. 

Print an Introduction Request Form here and fax the signed form to 357-7175 or mail to:

Giving Monadnock

PO Box 404

Keene, NH 03431

For More Information

Please contact the Giving Monadnock office at 357-7171 or at info@givingmonandock.org.

The Community On Board Steering Committee Members include: Monadnock United Way, Keene Chamber of Commerce, Monadnock Volunteer Center and Giving Monadnock.

Underwritten by: