July 2025
Intermediate to advanced
528 pages
12h 10m
English
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Chapter 26.1Recruiting Tech Executives to Your Board
Based on insights from an interview with Aaron Hurst.
Effectively leveraging AI requires adopting technology more broadly across every level of your nonprofit, starting with your board. To approach this change both proactively and strategically, it's crucial to engage your board. Having a seasoned tech strategist on your board can help guide your organization through the complexities of AI, ensuring your nonprofit makes informed decisions and remains competitive and impactful.
Many of us are used to seeing lawyers and accountants on a board matrix, but what about tech executives? While it may sound obvious, this idea is new to most nonprofits. More important, to successfully recruit the right technology leaders, it's helpful to gain a working understanding of specific best practices, from which candidates to recruit to how to integrate them into your board's processes.
Your Five-Point Plan
Begin with the End in Mind
Before you start your recruitment journey, take a moment to reflect on the specific tech skills your board needs. Consider the size and scale of your nonprofit and what kind of expertise would best support your mission and goals. Are you a new organization that would benefit from the innovative spirit of a startup CEO, or are you more mature and in need of a seasoned enterprise leader? If you operate in sectors like health care or education, domain expertise, including familiarity with regulations such
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