Now that you have the first four under your belt, here’s where the rubber meets the road. Okay, nonprofit arts board members, let’s go over this again. In order: And now, finally, #5. Advocate. Advocate zealously. In September 2020, we discussed the idea that board members are not ambassadors, regardless of what you may have heard. In fact, it was in the … [Read more...] about What’s Your Nonprofit Arts Board’s Fifth Most Important Responsibility?
Arts and Culture
Arts Boards: What’s Your Fourth Most Important Responsibility?
Now that you know why you’re there, what’s expected of you, and to whom you report, find others — especially if they’re not like you at all. Thankfully, by now, as a board member of a nonprofit arts organization (or one who knows a board member), you’ve read the three most responsibilities of a nonprofit arts board member. You may agree with them. You may be … [Read more...] about Arts Boards: What’s Your Fourth Most Important Responsibility?
The 3d Most Important Responsibility for a Nonprofit Arts Board
It's not what you think. Take you to your leader. The third most important responsibility for a nonprofit board member is to choose the executive director. That said, everything about the relationship between the executive director and the board of directors must change in this Pre-Post-Pandemic Era. First of all, a key change must take place. We’ve discussed this at … [Read more...] about The 3d Most Important Responsibility for a Nonprofit Arts Board
What Is Your Nonprofit Arts Board’s Second Most Important Responsibility?
Read last week’s article for #1. This week: raise the funds to pay for why you do what you do. You probably don’t think this is your second most important responsibility. It is. It is, because no matter who is working for the company, it is every board member’s task to make sure money is there to enact your charitable mission (which is your most important … [Read more...] about What Is Your Nonprofit Arts Board’s Second Most Important Responsibility?
What Are Your Nonprofit Art Board Members’ Real Responsibilities?
The beginning of a series offering ideas that might disturb, comfort, or provoke nonprofit arts organizations into community action. Read it anyway. Toss the ideas around. There’s an old handbook still being published by BoardSource, Ten Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards. You might already have a copy of either the original (2009) or any of its revisions. It’s not … [Read more...] about What Are Your Nonprofit Art Board Members’ Real Responsibilities?