Resource Details

New Board Member Orientation: PowerPoint Template & Facilitator Guide

Year Developed: 2021

Resource Type: Template.

Primary Audience: Board of Directors

Language(s): English and Spanish

Developed by: National Association of Community Health Centers (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: Ensuring that new board members receive the information and training to prepare them for their new volunteer role is widely recognized as a good practice and is commonly referred to as “board orientation.” This “New Board Member Orientation – PowerPoint Template” can be customized for board orientation at your health center. The template  contains some slides with general information, as well as a series of slides designed to be updated with health center-specific information. An accompanying “Facilitator Guide” to the “New Board Member Orientation – PowerPoint Template” provides an overview of how to use the PowerPoint slides for the purposes of board orientation. These products are available in English and Spanish.

Resource Details: La breve “Guía para el facilitador” de la “Orientación para miembros nuevos de la Junta - Plantilla de PowerPoint” proporciona una descripción general de cómo usar las diapositivas de PowerPoint con el propósito de orientar a la junta. También contiene consejos sobre buenas prácticas en la orientación de miembros nuevos de la junta, una descripción general de varios enfoques de la orientación, discusión de un programa de compañeros/mentores de la junta, ejemplos de agendas de la orientación y proporciona recursos adicionales sobre la orientación de la junta.

Resource Topic: Governance

Keywords: Staffing and Onboarding.