Serving on a nonprofit board benefits the community and builds leadership skills and community connections. Have you ever considered serving on a nonprofit board? If so, you are invited to JRP’s Effective Board workshop, which prepares participants…
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Yikes, I’ve joined a board and now what do I to do?
Nonprofit boards of directors provide the leadership and vision to execute our organizations’ missions, yet most board members receive little to no training on how to be an effective board member. JRP offers a quarterly…
Registration Open for African-American Board Leadership Institute
Are you interested in serving, have served, or currently serve on a nonprofit board and want to better understand and handle the responsibilities of board governance and leadership? Register for AABLI’s Board Leadership Program at https://aabli.org/programs-and-services/board-leadership-program/.
Board Member Matched with Stars
Stars (formerly the Lake Avenue Community Foundation; gostars.org) unleashes the God-given potential of at-risk youth, providing the tools necessary to thrive academically, emotionally, economically, and spiritually. Like most well-run nonprofits, Stars has term limits for board…
Last Day to Register for Effective Board is Sept. 17
Jericho Road Pasadena’s Effective Board workshop is always a popular event, so registration will end at 5 pm on Sept. 14. Please contact JRP at 626-714-7234 or MGoodyear@JRPasadena.org if you have any questions about the…
Board Development 101
Jericho Road Pasadena will hold a board development training on Wed. Sept. 19, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm. Thanks to Mitch Dorger of Dorger Consulting (www.dorgerconsulting.com) and Judy Plunkett of The Huntington Library, Art Collections and…
Board Member Placed at Elizabeth House
JRP staff are great match-makers, pairing pro bono consultants and board members to local nonprofits. Most recently, we placed Kristen Terranova, estate lawyer at CMDB, with Elizabeth House, which provides shelter and support to homeless,…
Board Member Placed at Family Promise San Gabriel Valley
JRP has several ways of placing board members; people who haven’t served on a board before can attend our annual Leadership Connection class; others may be our volunteers who are interested in board service; yet…
Board Member Matched with the Arboretum Foundation
JRP is matching more people each year to nonprofit boards. Chris Bragg, who attend the March 2017 session of The Leadership Connection, wanted to serve on the board of a family-friendly nonprofit so he could…
Board Match Made for Ten Thousand Villages
I love Ten Thousand Villages‘ fair trade store on South Lake Avenue. I have a beautiful Pakistani rug among other lovely items from the store. So I was very excited when Holly Hight, who attended our…
The Leadership Connection Provides Guidance to Joining a Nonprofit Board
“Doing together what we cannot do alone” is the guiding vision of Friends In Deed in its role as a Pasadena interfaith organization which provides supportive services to homeless and at-risk community members from its…
I Want YOU for a Nonprofit Board
Applications are for Jericho Road Pasadena’s 2018 Leadership Connection program are due by Feb. 20. If you think you have what it takes to help govern a great nonprofit, this is your chance to get…