Getting Board Members to Give

For nonprofits that are able to implement these easy-to-say, hard-to-execute elements, the reward is great: alignment, the perfect harmony between what the organization needs to succeed and what the board members want to thrive.

June Bradham is the founder and president of Corporate DevelopMint, a strategic fundraising consulting firm with more than 20 years of service to the nonprofit community. Her first book, "The Truth About What Nonprofit Boards Want: Nine Little Things That Matter Most," was released by Wiley & Sons in May 2009. June, and the Corporate DevelopMint consultants, are available for retreats and interactive workshops which use groundbreaking survey instruments to help get leadership and board members into alignment.