Recruit and engage tech leaders for your board—so you can fully and responsibly harness the power of technology to maximize your impact.
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 for 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.Dev’s Services for Nonprofits:
Board placement
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. We connect tech leaders with nonprofit boards, helping to transform nonprofit technology capacity and power mission success.
Our placement work goes beyond a match–we use our proprietary tools to identify high potential connections, and provide matched tech leaders and nonprofits with training, resources, and ongoing support to leverage best practices in technology governance.
Board.Dev provides resources to guide the interview and alignment processes for the nonprofit CEO, Board, and tech board member candidate. 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.
Board training
Do you want to explore or implement tech governance? Change the way your board engages with tech priorities? Build tech champions? You can use tech governance as a lever to make your board more active and engaged, and to transform the way you’re using technology across the organization.
Many nonprofit CEOs have tech-skilled leaders on their boards but are unsure how to activate them; others need their boards to level up on tech overall. Our board trainings will give you a common language and framework to talk about tech, to ensure board members are tackling the right questions and focused on the strategic level.
Advisory services
Many nonprofits are facing big challenges and opportunities with tech. To accelerate your progress, Board.Dev works with you to assess your capabilities; amplify strengths; identify and tackle gaps; and set up the governance structure you need to succeed with tech. In our work with nonprofit CEOs and board chairs, we focus on meeting your board where they are–and getting them to the next level–in tech governance, from tech committees to supporting fundraising for tech and from the tech industry.
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Requirements
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.
Is it time to invest in technology governance?
1. Could a technical voice on your board help you make smarter budget and strategy decisions?
2. Would a shared understanding of your technical risks give you the confidence to lead boldly?
3. Are you ready to diversify your funding and unlock new networks with the power of technology?
Upcoming events
Upcoming events
May 6th @ 12pm ET | 9am PT
Tackling Cybersecurity as a Nonprofit: Threats, Best Practices & Board-Level Strategies
Nonprofits are increasingly targeted by cyber threats, with 60% reporting cyberattacks in the last two years.
You are invited to join a webinar: Tackling Cybersecurity as a Nonprofit: Threats, Best Practices & Board-Level Strategies. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain critical insights from one of the industry’s leading experts—and learn how your nonprofit can stay secure in an evolving digital landscape. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Register hereJune 2nd @ 5.30pm ET | New York
Tech Board Leadership: Unlocking AI for Impact
This event is a part of #NYTechWeek
Explore how AI is transforming the social sector—and how tech board members are guiding nonprofits through it. Hear from nonprofit leaders and their tech board counterparts about collaborations that led to real-world AI solutions. Walk away with a sharper understanding of how strategic board leadership accelerates innovation and mission impact.
Register hereJune 6th @ 5.30pm ET | New York
Board.Dev LIVE: Exploring Tech Board Leadership
This event is a part of #NYTechWeek
Want to bring your tech skills to a nonprofit board—or figure out what a tech-savvy board member could mean for your organization? Join Board.Dev for a relaxed, conversational session where you’ll hear real stories from nonprofit and tech leaders, plus walk away with concrete next steps to get involved.
Register hereOctober 7th @ 5.30pm PT | San Francisco
Backchannel Tech: What Your Board Should Be Asking
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek
Some of the most important conversations about nonprofit tech happen behind closed doors. This salon is your chance to hear them. Join a lively, intimate gathering of leaders sharing real questions, hidden blockers, and quiet wins around tech governance and board engagement—no recordings, just real talk.
Register hereOctober 10th @ 8.30am PT | San Francisco
Board.Dev LIVE: Exploring Tech Board Leadership
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek
Want to bring your tech skills to a nonprofit board—or figure out what a tech-savvy board member could mean for your organization? Join Board.Dev for a coffee and conversation where you’ll hear real stories from nonprofit and tech leaders, plus walk away with concrete next steps to get involved.
Register here
