BoardSource Leadership Forum Explores Vanguard of
Thought Leadership in Nonprofit Governance

BoardSource, the premier voice in nonprofit governance, hosted its annual Leadership Forum, Open for Innovation: Governing in a New Era, in San Francisco, November 10-11. Presented by Chevron and anchored by addresses from Carol Larson, president and CEO of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and CEO of PolicyLink, and Patrick Corvington, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Forum explored the evolving role of good governance in the nonprofit sector.

The emphasis of the Forum was on new ideas. "Innovation is less about a single person or organization creating something," said Linda Crompton, president and CEO of BoardSource, "than it is about a group process, an interactive process in which ideas progress, building on one another, through a realization of what is 'wrong' and 'right' with them… to a place where we can improve them."

Attendees enjoyed plenaries and sessions focusing on trends in volunteerism, civic engagement, philanthropy, finance, fundraising, social media, law, diversity and inclusion, and much more.

On the first day of the Forum, BoardSource released its highly anticipated Nonprofit Governance Index 2010 (download your free copy now). With funding by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation as part of a broader project to engage new and diverse board leaders and transform board service, the Governance Index reports on data collected from surveys of 978 nonprofit chief executives and 780 nonprofit board members and board chairs.

Review presentations from the 2010 BoardSource Leadership Forum.

Learn what changes are most impacting the organizations represented at the Forum. View the report.

Read what others are saying about the 2010 BoardSource Leadership Forum

Comment on Linda Crompton's blog reflecting on the BoardSource Leadership Forum.

Download now two new BoardSource – Taproot Foundation publications presented in the session, "New Entry Strategies to Board Service: Engaging Targeted Corporate Professionals."

	Human Resources Literacy for the Nonprofit Sector: Why HR Professionals Make Great Board Members
	Marketing Literacy for the Nonprofit Sector: Why Marketing Professionals Make Great Board Members

Video content coming soon. Watch this space.

The 2011 BoardSource Leadership Forum will convene September 22-23, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. Join us!