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Serving as a board member is an incredible opportunity to lead within the nonprofit sector and put your passion for a charitable cause into practice. Along with an affinity for the mission, effective board members must possess a clear understanding of roles and responsibilities to keep your organization on track.
There are four primary basics for being an effective board member.
Establish goals for successfully onboarding yourself to the organization.
Identify ways you will show up as a doer, door opener and donor.
Understand how you carry out the Duty of Care, Duty of Obedience and Duty of Loyalty as an effective board member.
Rate how well you are managing organizational health and consider remedies for ailing boards.
Be Part of Something Bigger
Strengthen the community you love for generations to come.
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Strengthening and Growing Philanthropy in Iowa
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The Story County Community Foundation is an affiliate of the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines and operates under the 501 (c) (3) designation of the CFGDSM.
