For Nonprofits

What kind of corporate and other candidates do we recruit to potentially place on your board?

People who:

Work well in groups and have good interpersonal skills;
Possess leadership skills including vision, strategic thinking and expertise in a field;
Are interested in broadening personal involvement in the community;
Are ready to serve on a nonprofit board; and,
Are willing and able to dedicate at least two years to nonprofit board service.

What is the Leadership Connection Training Curriculum for new board trainees?

Module One: Leading with Presence: Seizing the moment in a crowded room (The Ariel Group; www.arielgroup.com)
Module Two: The Fundamentals of Nonprofit Governance (The Jericho Road Project; www.jerichoroadproject.org)
Module Three: Legal and Fiscal Stewardship of your Nonprofit (Foley Hoag; www.foleyhoag.com and Deloitte; www.deloitte.com)
Module Four: Sustaining Healthy Nonprofits: Fundraising and Revenue Generation (The Jericho Road Project; www.jerichoroadproject.org)

How does a nonprofit engage with the Leadership Connection to be matched to a new board member?

This service is free to nonprofit organizations (and is currently provided only to Jericho Road Lowell and Lawrence nonprofit organizations.)
The Chairperson of the nonprofit board will complete a Leadership Connection Nonprofit Application Form, which includes a Nonprofit Board Skills Gap Analysis.
Corporate trainees will be personally interviewed by Jericho Road Project staff to ensure a good match with a nonprofit.
One current nonprofit board member is asked to participate in the training (see class times below), allowing them to personally meet with prospective board members.
Jericho Road staff will facilitate a personal, no-obligation match-making process between the corporate trainee and the nonprofit*.

The Training and Placement Service will be offered at least twice a year; nonprofits may choose to participate in any training, space permitting.

Training location and host:

Raytheon Company - Integrated Defense Systems

Learning Center
50 Applehill Drive
Tewksbury, MA

Dates and times of next training:

*JRP matches most of the executives it trains within three months of the training. A match may take more time to due to executive supply, nonprofit demand, alignment between executive and nonprofit and other factors.