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CFN’s August Monthly Member Gathering included a discussion of board roles and responsibilities, financial information for board members, recruiting new board members, hosting effective board meetings, and more. Click the image above to watch the recording<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

View the slide presentation here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link to resources shared during the discussion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

**The links below were borrowed from Propel for Nonprofits<\/a>. They have many FREE resources, including webinars, downloadable documents, and videos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Board Roles and Responsibilities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Financial Information and Your Board Primer Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes Template<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recruiting New Board Members<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board Profile Worksheet<\/a>– A tool for nonprofits to identify and track desirable board skills and characteristics, spotlighting what to seek from new board members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Financial Self-Assessment<\/a>– Use this checklist to assess your organization\u2019s financial management practices and identify areas for improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budgeting: A 10-Step Checklist<\/a>– This 10-step budgeting checklist helps guide the budgeting process, which typically should begin at least three months before the end of the fiscal year to ensure that the budget is approved by the board of directors before the start of the new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board Member Agreement<\/a>– Can be used to create your own agreement to scope and clarify board members’ roles and responsibilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5704,"template":"","tags":[197,46,20,195],"topic":[196],"class_list":["post-5703","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-board-development","tag-financials-and-funding","tag-monthly-member-gathering","tag-red-wiggler","topic-organizational-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEffective Nonprofit Board Governance - Care Farming Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/resource\/effective-nonprofit-board-governance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Effective Nonprofit Board Governance - Care Farming Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CFN’s August Monthly Member Gathering included a discussion of board roles and responsibilities, financial information for board members, recruiting new board members, hosting effective board meetings, and more. 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