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# Free Download: Nonprofit Board and Leadership Development Strategies

In what ways do nonprofits need to elevate the thinking about the development of their boards? Do we focus on the wrong stuff? This article suggests that we do and presents a series of stories that focuses the reader on critical but neglected aspects of board development.

**In this article from *Nonprofit Quarterly* you will learn:**

- Board development and leadership
- Nonprofit board framework
- Structural approaches to board development
- Board recruitment and the issue of appointed board members
- Nonprofit governance cautionary tales
- Board room dynamics
- ...and much more!

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