Are You Bored With Your Board?
Many organizations fail to realize that a foundation/fundraising board needs to focus on raising funds! Many boards spend time determining how to invest monies or in nonproductive activities. Board members do not know their specific roles on the board. They meet rarely; do not have goals and objectives, written responsibilities, or term limits; and are not used in a proactive way. No wonder your members are bored with the organization. In today's reality, this situation is totally unacceptable. Organizations are attempting not to thrive, but survive, and need effective board members more than ever before.
Duke Haddad, Ed.D., CFRE, is currently associate director of development, director of capital campaigns and director of corporate development for The Salvation Army Indiana Division in Indianapolis. He also serves as president of Duke Haddad and Associates LLC and is a freelance instructor for Nonprofit Web Advisor.
He has been a contributing author to NonProfit PRO since 2008.
He received his doctorate degree from West Virginia University with an emphasis on education administration plus a dissertation on donor characteristics. He received a master’s degree from Marshall University with an emphasis on public administration plus a thesis on annual fund analysis. He secured a bachelor’s degree (cum laude) with an emphasis on marketing/management. He has done post graduate work at the University of Louisville.      Â
Duke has received the Fundraising Executive of the Year Award, from the Association of Fundraising Professionals Indiana Chapter. He also was given the Outstanding West Virginian Award, Kentucky Colonel Award and Sagamore of the Wabash Award from the governors of West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana, respectively, for his many career contributions in the field of philanthropy. He has maintained a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) designation for three decades.
