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Build a Great Board

Building a 5-Star Board: Recruitment, Training, and Leadership Development.

Created byLinda Lysakowski, ACFRE
4.3
(13 reviews)
BeginnerUpdated Aug 25, 2021
Build a Great Board

What You'll Learn

check_circleIdentify and recruit board members who align with your organization’s mission.
check_circleTrain and motivate board members to become effective leaders.
check_circleAssess and improve overall board performance and individual contributions.
check_circleDevelop a board job description and transform members into successful fundraisers.

About This Course

You want a 5-star board. You want board members to come to meetings, serve on committees, give of their time, talent, and treasure, and spread the word about your organization. Let me show you how to get there.

In this course, I’ll show you how to recruit the right board members, train them, and inspire them to become effective leaders. You will learn how to assess your board’s overall performance and the performance of individual board members, how to develop and use a board job description, and how to turn your board members into fundraisers. I provide you with plenty of tools you can access immediately and start to use. Start building your 5-star board today!

Your Instructor

Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE
Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE
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Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE Linda is one of slightly more one hundred professionals worldwide to hold the Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive designation. In her thirty-plus years in the development field, she has managed capital campaigns; helped dozens of nonprofit organizations achieve their development goals, and has trained more than 50,000 professionals in Mexico, Canada, Egypt, Bermuda, and most of the fifty United States. Linda is a graduate of Alvernia College in Reading, PA with majors in Banking and Finance; Communications; and Theology/Philosophy. She is a graduate of AFP’s Faculty Training Academy and has received two AFP research grants. She is also a prolific writer, having written or contributed to more than two dozen books. Linda has received the Outstanding Fundraising Executive award from the Eastern PA, Las Vegas, and Sierra (NV) chapters of AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) was recognized internationally with the Barbara Marion Award for Outstanding Service to AFP. She was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Las Vegas Chapter of AFP.

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What Students Are Saying

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