{ "name": "Board Recruitment Reimagined: Winning Strategies for Any Community", "description": "Finding qualified board members and people to serve on committees and boards \noften feels like searching for a needle in a haystack - today more than ever. \nBut what if changing demographics, younger leaders with different opinions, \nand your tight-knit community are actually your secret weapons?\n\nThis dynamic workshop will change your approach to board recruitment by \nleveraging geographical limits, generational differences, and innovative \nstrategies. You can build engaged boards and committees from untapped areas \nof your community while providing a best-in-class volunteer opportunity for \nlocal leaders. We'll also share some real stories of nonprofits who have \nleveraged unique ways to attract new volunteers, and also a different way to \nthink about term limits. Perfect for anyone tired of recruiting the same five \npeople for every board position. Also applicable to staff of all levels \ncharged with recruiting and leading volunteers as part of their role.\n\u00a0\n\n*About the Presenters*\n\n\/Kellie Wardman & Leighann Sibal - DBD Group\/\n\nKellie Wardman, PCC, ACTC, is a senior consultant and certified coach with \nalmost 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector. She worked for 10 \nyears at The Granite YMCA in operations and as COO. Kellie also served as a \nresource director and consultant for the YMCA of the USA and the Northern New \nEngland YMCA Alliance supporting all Ys in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont. \nFor the last six years, she has worked as part of a team of 45 consultants at \nDBD Group, supporting non-profits across the country focusing on strategic \nplanning, board development, staff and culture work, executive coaching, \nfundraising, and more. Kellie lives in Dunbarton.\n\nLeighann Sibal serves as a consultant and thought partner to nonprofit \norganizations, inspiring innovative and strategic approaches to thrive in \ntoday\u2019s challenging business environment. Her expertise in planning, board \ndevelopment, capital readiness and collaborations allow her to support \nnonprofit organizations in their quest to meaningfully address existing and \nemerging community needs.\n\nBefore coming to DBD Group, Leighann consulted with over 350 unique YMCAs on \nbehalf of the YMCA of the USA national resource office for 23 years in the \nareas of operations support, strategic planning, board governance, capital \nreadiness planning, collaboration exploration, and strategic restructuring.\n\n\/Zoom link will be sent a day or two before the session and a session \nrecording will be shared with registrants.\/\n\u00a0\n\n.... Register Here \u2192 [1]\n\n\n[1] https:\/\/www.nhnonprofits.org\/events\/board-recruitment-reimagined-winning-strategies-any-community\n", "startDate": "2026-03-05", "startTime": "09:00", "endDate": "2026-03-05", "endTime": "10:30", "label": "Add to Calendar", "options": [ "Apple", "Google", "iCal", "Microsoft365", "MicrosoftTeams", "Outlook.com", "Yahoo" ], "timeZone": "America\/New_York", "trigger": "click", "listStyle": "modal", "iCalFileName": "anselm-event-27716" }