Learn Practice Element 3B3: Establishing a Board Development Process

This guidance covers Practice 3B: Board Composition and Structure.

Land Trust Standards and Practices, Practice 3B. Board Composition and Structure, includes five elements. This module addresses Practice 3B1: Have a board of sufficient size, skills, backgrounds and experiences to conduct its work effectively

This course covers Practice Element 3D1, Board Approval of Transactions.

This is a template for assessing a potential board member's skills and knowledge, contacts and influence, values/organizational styles, and demographics from the Land Trust Alliance.

This includes two sample self-evaluation forms for board members from the publication Land Trust Boards: Preparing for Perpetuity by Marc Smiley.

This is a sample board member self assessment form from the accredited Marin Agricultural Land Trust.

In this session, we will explore why it is important to have effective boards and the role boards play in the success of nonprofit organizations.

This is a sample board member job description from the accredited Bayfield Regional Conservancy.

This is a Board of Directors interest and nomination form from the accredited E.L. Rose Conservancy of Susquehanna County.