Nonprofits

Why Tech Board Leadership?

Technology is increasingly a key differentiator for nonprofit performance, from operational efficiency to better service of the community. Yet too few nonprofits have the technology resources they need to achieve their missions.

Board service is a high-potential lever for tech capacity-building in social sector organizations. By placing a tech leader on your board, you bring a unique technology perspective to board conversations, add to your general business knowledge, and engage a valuable strategic technology planning partner to the CEO. Making technology risk and opportunity a regular topic at the highest levels of leadership can transform an organization, driving mission success and building greater support for the community.

Board Placement from Board.Dev

Board.Dev is a community of purpose-driven tech and nonprofit leaders who are committed to building tech capacity and enhancing technology governance in the nonprofit sector.

As part of our mission, we connect tech leaders with nonprofit boards, helping to transform nonprofit technology capacity and power mission success. Our placement service goes beyond a match to ensure board leader success, including defining and sourcing and preparing the right mission-focused tech leaders from across industries; making connections; and providing matched tech leaders and nonprofits with training, resources, and ongoing support to leverage best practices in technology governance.

Tech-specific matching

Nonprofits are connected with tech leaders that match their mission and objectives. Board.Dev provides resources to guide the interview and alignment processes for the nonprofit CEO, Board, and tech board member candidate.

Beyond training to managed results

To begin their service, tech leaders are trained on technical governance, complete a tech governance plan for their nonprofit, and present their recommendations to the board.

Peer community

Tech leaders join a community of peers providing ongoing learning and support for their tech board leadership journey.

About the Tech Governance Board Role

Specific requirements will vary based on a nonprofit’s size and operating model, but most need some combination of:

Experience with a range of technical topics, such as business technology, customer experience, use case design and analysis, vendor selection and guidance, or tech resourcing.
Broad general knowledge of how tech can accelerate or support teams, processes, and organizations.
A network and resources to leverage to gain access to deeper expertise when needed.
Experience leading teams and working with executives.
Consultative skills, such as listening, scoping, and problem-solving.

nonprofit board RESOURCES

Finding Board Members

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The Research

Finding Board Members

Share this article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review with your board. It makes the case for the critical need for technical governance and includes specific examples of how nonprofits are leveraging tech expertise on their boards.

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Free Playbook

Finding Board Members

Free Playbook

Our free Tech Governance Playbook provides everything you need to know about how nonprofits can leverage relatonships with tech executives to maximize their impact.

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Bring TECH EXPERTISE AND NETWORKS TO YOUR BOARD

Recruit and engage tech leaders on your board—so you can fully and responsibly harness the power of technology to maximize your impact.

LEADERSHIP PARTNERS

Why Tech Board Leadership?

Board Placement from Board.Dev

About the Tech Governance Board Role

nonprofit board RESOURCES

Finding Board Members

Finding Board Members

Finding Board Members

The Research

Finding Board Members

Finding Board Members

Free Playbook

Finding Board Members

Free Playbook

is it time to invest in technology governance?

Would you sleep better if you and your board had a shared understanding of your technical risks?

Would a technical voice in planning enable you to make better budget and strategy decisions?

Do you want help evaluating when to say no to tech offers, rather than adding tools on top of tools?

Would you like help building and mentoring tech talent on your team?

Would you like help scoping and securing pro bono or paid technology services?

Would generative conversations about technology help you leverage insights and opportunities?

Would you like to diversify your funding by accessing new networks?

Bring TECH EXPERTISE AND NETWORKS TO YOUR BOARD

Recruit and engage tech leaders on your board—so you can fully and responsibly harness the power of technology to maximize your impact.

LEADERSHIP PARTNERS

Why Tech Board Leadership?

Board Placement from Board.Dev

About the Tech Governance Board Role

nonprofit board RESOURCES

Finding Board Members

Finding Board Members

Finding Board Members

The Research

Finding Board Members

Finding Board Members

Free Playbook

Finding Board Members

Free Playbook

is it time to invest in technology governance?

Would you sleep better if you and your board had a shared understanding of your technical risks?

Would a technical voice in planning enable you to make better budget and strategy decisions?

Do you want help evaluating when to say no to tech offers, rather than adding tools on top of tools?

Would you like help building and mentoring tech talent on your team?

Would you like help scoping and securing pro bono or paid technology services?

Would generative conversations about technology help you leverage insights and opportunities?

Would you like to diversify your funding by accessing new networks?

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