should be passionate about your nonprofit. They should think of your organization first, not third or fourth or as they have time. Involvement in your nonprofit should actually change your board member’s life. Ideally, they will change their schedule to make room for your nonprofit in their day. Your board members should be volunteering for more than just board meetings. They should live and breathe your nonprofit. In doing so they will tell others why the nonprofit is so great.
Being a member of two or more non-profit boards can create several conflicts of interest, especially when the two organizations have similar missions and/or serve similar constituencies, and/or compete for the same funding sources. That aside, being a good board member takes a huge time commitment. Board members need to be dedicated to your nonprofit. You do not want them to fit you in when they can.
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