Global Community Engagement Day: 4 Reasons to Join a Nonprofit Board Global Community Engagement Day: 4 Reasons to Join a Nonprofit Board
They say, “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” Hopefully your relationship with our board isn’t adversarial, but if we’re being honest it’s not uncommon to have challenges! There’s a power differential between staff and the board, especially for staff further removed from the board. But when you join a nonprofit board, you can interact as a peer. It can be exciting to have an outlet to share expertise and knowledge that aren’t being taken into account at your day job and have a chance to actively contribute to the kinds of decisions you don’t get to participate in at work. And the expertise you have as a professional in the field can help make those decisions better ones.