Conference Roundup: Learning From the Corporate World

“We got the best people possible and had them do more,” he said. “Many of these people sit on many boards. [We told them] ‘You’ve got to make us first in your nonprofit world.’”

He added that board terms should be limited to one, since turnover can refresh a board and an organization.

One important trait of successful nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies alike is that they take what they learn and use it.