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Step 1
Get to know your individual board members. Knowing a person's likes and dislikes can lead to greatly improved participation - for example, put the golf nut in charge of the charity golf tournament.
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Step 2
Empower your board. At the beginning of each fiscal year, tell the members of your financial goals for the coming year. Be very clear about your goals and expectations for the board of directors either individually or for their corporations.
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Step 3
Know the issues their companies support, and enlist their help as a group. For example, go to a company's corporate volunteer coordinator and enlist the entire company's support for one of your "friend-raisers."
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Step 4
Give accolades and recognition frequently. This is the public relations part of exciting your board. Make sure that every corporation that supports your organization is mentioned at least once a year in your group's newsletter, if it has one.








