Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County

Many organizations are reeling from the pandemic’s effect on their operations and attempting to navigate the still-shifting sands underneath them. Having to exert such focus on recovery can divert attention away from important board basics, which must still be tended so as not to lose ground. This conversation will surface best practices of nonprofit boards in steady-state operations as well as explore how the role of the board may be different when the organization is emerging from a crisis. Our facilitators will discuss common board building-blocks that support organizational resilience...

The Junior League of Annapolis (JLA) and the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County (CFAAC) invites nonprofit leaders, including executive directors, board chairs, and heads or chairs of large departments or committees to attend Strategic Leadership for Nonprofit Leaders. Participants will learn what strategic leadership is and what it is not, examine their motivations and their strengths, and build their own personal strategic leadership map for organizational and personal success. This session will explain the relationship between personal leadership strengths and organizational strengths and culture. Participants will learn how to...

Whether you’re a CEO, Executive Director, Board Chair, or Board member, your goal is the same: How can you build the best, most effective nonprofit board for your organization? The best boards include members who bring a breadth of diverse skills, talents and lived experiences. Whether your organization is small or large, all nonprofit organizations seek to find and engage the best people to serve as stewards of their organization through board service. But what is the best way to recruit new board members? And once you succeed, how do you retain...