In Litchfield County, affordable housing non-profits are responsible for developing and managing much of the existing affordable housing. Most of these organizations have no full-time paid staff and are run by an all-volunteer board. This makes it all the more important to recruit and retain a strong board of directors.
Our brief summary of recruitment strategies provides some tips on board member recruitment and interviewing. This can help foster a board with a diversity of talents, evenly shared task management, sustained interest and minimal burnout. For tips on on-boarding new board members, see our Onboarding Guide.
Recruitment Steps
- Decide if the prospect is a real candidate (are they interested?)
- Present candidate info to board
- Decide to move forward to interview
- Communication to candidate
- Interview
- Circulate information to full board
- Board vote to approve
- New member on-boarding process
