Hardy’s Online Course

Hardy Smith’s new online course, based on the best seller Stop the Nonprofit Board Blame Game, is now available!

Board members not meeting performance expectations is one of the most challenging issues faced by nonprofit organizations, associations, and chambers of commerce. This issue causes considerable frustration among nonprofit leaders, who usually place the blame on board members.

In this course, you’ll learn key strategies to eliminate your frustration and build and maintain a successful nonprofit board.

Based on the book Stop The Nonprofit Board Blame Game, this course is designed to stimulate the evaluation of relationships between staff and board members and among board members themselves. Those taking this course will be prompted to reflect on how these relationships can be improved.

The exercises at the end of each lesson are designed to assist in the development of action steps that lead to a positive, productive, and fully engaged board.

This course has been approved for 5.5 CAE credits by ASAE and 5.5 CFRE credits by CFRE International. Chamber of commerce professionals may submit course completion for CCE credit consideration.

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