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• Created on: 03/01/2024
• Most recent update: 03/01/2024

The Community Board should conduct a regular evaluation of its own performance, preferably using well validated instruments and questionnaires.

From Boardsource.org:

Board self-assessments can help identify your board’s strengths and areas in need of improvement. Considering the important role the board has within a nonprofit, improving performance is an opportunity worth exploring. Self-assessments can identify your board’s strengths and areas in need of improvement.

Board self-assessment provides you with the opportunity to:

• look internally at the board itself
• reflect on your board members’ individual and shared responsibilities
• identify different perceptions and opinions among board members
• determine areas of responsibility that need attention
• use the results as a springboard for board improvement
• increase the level of board teamwork
• clarify mutual board/staff expectations
• clarify common objectives as well as check that everyone is speaking the same language, i.e. ensuring that everyone abides by a shared vision
• demonstrate accountability as a serious organizational value
• display credibility to funders and other external audiences
• ensure the board is representative of the community it serves
• verify each member feels included, valued and engaged

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