Serving the Board: An Onboarding Binder for New Nonprofit Board Members

Joining a nonprofit board often comes with an assumption you'll figure out governance and meeting norms as you go. Most new board members spend their first year catching up quietly instead of asking basic questions out loud.

This binder includes a governance basics checklist, a meeting prep sheet, a committee assignment tracker, a fundraising and ask tracker, and an annual self-assessment.

Good board members ask questions early rather than nodding along. This binder makes the basic questions easy to ask.

This is an instant PDF download you can read on any device or print at home for easy reference, easy to print and bring to board meetings.

Part of the Hard Things Made Simple: Professional & Small Business series.