1. Board Development
Creating the Board of Your Dreams
Madeleine McGee, President
SC Association of Nonprofit Organizations
January 20, 2013

2. Today’s Objectives
 Hear What You Seek From Your Board and This
Session
 Introduce SCANPO and Guiding Principles, 3rd
edition
 Share Ideas for Developing Boards
 Preview Together. For Good. Nonprofit Summit

3. Introductions
 First Name, Organization
 Describe Your Board in Three Words
 One Question You’d Like Answered
 An Ideal Board Would ……

5. 21 Board Members from Across SC
Upstate (4) Midlands (8) Coastal (6) PeeDee (3)

6. • SCANPO is a statewide membership
organization that supports its members and SC
nonprofits by:
1. Building the knowledge network
2. Promoting collaboration
3. Strengthening our collective voice
• We believe well-managed and responsibly-
governed nonprofits help build strong, healthy
communities.

7. SCANPO Nonprofit Member Benefits
 Training Calendar
 SC Compensation Report
 Purchasing Power Vendors
 Advocacy
 Nonprofit Summit
 Guiding Principles

8. Purchasing Power Vendors

9. Make Nonprofit Raffles Legal
Ask Your Reps to Support
Sen. Ray
Cleary, George
town

11. GP&BP Overview
 Third Edition!
 Rooted in years of work by
respected nonprofit leaders,
advisors and volunteers
 Today’s Best Thinking
 Seeking input on changes
for 4th edition

12. GP&BP Overview
 Designed for nonprofits large
and small
 Adherence is not mandatory
 More about the process than
completion
 Takes years to achieve

13. Ideas for Using GP&BP
 Self-assessment
 Strategic decision-making
 Stimulate conversation
 Clarify roles and responsibilities
 Measure progress
 Celebrate accomplishments

14. Organizing Structure
 9 Guiding Principle: the standard
 29 Core Elements: essential areas of work
 131 Best Practices: recommended methods –
activities, processes and structures
 Order reflects general priority or sequencing of
work.

16. Nine Focus Areas
 Mission & Strategic  Operations & Evaluation
Direction
 Human Resources
 Governance
 Fundraising
 Legal & Ethical
Accountability  Marketing
Communications
 Financial Management &
Stewardship  Information Management

17. Mission &
Strategic Direction
1. Defines and uses its
mission, vision & values
2. Uses strategic thinking
3. Engages in strategic
planning

18. Governance
1. Works as a unit
2. Sets high ethical standards
3. Appoints and empowers executive
4. Regularly grades own performance
5. Recruits and trains board members

19. Ideas for Implementing
1. Have ED and Chair-elect /Chair to assess
together and identify focus.
2. Ask committee chairs to tackles specific
sections sections
3. Use for board retreat
4. Cover one Core Element at each board
meeting

20. Remember how to
eat an elephant?

22. Ideas for
Developing Boards

23. Why Nonprofits Have Boards
 501(c)(3) nonprofits are corporations with tax-
exempt status
 don’t pay corporate income tax – federal, state
 donations are tax deductable to the donors
 BoardSource estimates @ $30B a year in
foregone taxes

24. For-Profit vs. Nonprofits Boards
 Boards of For-Profit Corporations
 Protect interests of shareholders / owners
 Objective: to earn a profit
 Boards of Nonprofit Corporations
 Protect interests of community, clients, and donors
 Objective: to ensure funds are spent properly and to
achieve maximum impact

25. A Productive Board
 Knows it is accountable and governs
 Knows when to be “hands off” and when to be
“hands on”
 Pays attention to governance issues
 Follows basic boardroom etiquette
 Makes board training a priority at every
meeting

26. Tools to Promote
Governance as Leadership
 Well run meetings
 Focus on strategic issues and solving problems.
 Conflict of Interest Policy – Real / Perceived
 Governance Committee – not just nominating
 Orientation Process
 Use of Executive Sessions
 100% Board Giving

27. Running an Effective Meeting
 Send agenda out before meeting – consider a
consent agenda
 Stay on topic – allocate time
 Focus on decision making – give-and-take, not show-
and-tell
 Involve all board members
 Chair remains neutral
 Have a good time

28. Ways To Confirm Your Fit
 Ask for Board Member Responsibility Statement - $ /
meeting dates / term
 Budget / Get the real story
 Read the Bylaws
 Meet with the Executive Director
 Determine role you they want you to play – time,
talent, treasure
 Talk to Board members
 Experience program work
SCANPO - together. for good.

30. Summit Highlights
• 3 Pre-Summit Workshops -
$30 ea. mbrs
• Movie Night – free
• 3 Plenary Sessions
• 25+ Sessions over 2 days
• Reception
• $185 mbrs

31. Summit Highlights
* Wednesday is Movie Night
* Thursday Lunch Roundtables
* Thursday Night is Google
Reception

32. Summit Keynote
Kivi Leroux Miller
president
NonprofitMarketingGuide.com

33. Keynote and
Workshop
Bob Lupton, author
Toxic Charities
Pictured with
Cookie Sprouse
and Tom Keith

35. SCANPO Rates Nonprofit Members
Number NPs with budgets NPs with budgets
under $750,000 $751,000+
of FTES
Up to 2 $100 $200
3 to 15 $200 $400
16-50 $800
51+ $1,000
Associate Members - $50 - for a single user
For Individuals and nonprofit organizations who do not need use of the job center, training or
preferred vendor discounts, or other services.