Evaluation forms need updates too

• Published date: 01 December 2017
• Date: 01 December 2017
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/ban.30580

December 2017 • Volume 34, Number 4 3

DOI 10.1002/ban© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., A Wiley Company • All rights reserved

BOARD & ADMINISTRATOR

FOR ADMINISTRATORS ONLY, (1525-7878;

e-ISSN: 1949-3215), is published monthly

by Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., a

Wiley Company, 111 River St., Hoboken, NJ

07030-5774.

Postmaster: Send all address changes to

BOARD & ADMINISTRATOR FOR ADMIN-

ISTRATORS ONLY, John Wiley & Sons

Inc., c/o The Sheridan Press, PO Box 465,

Hanover, PA 17331.

Copyright and Photocopying: Board & Ad-

ministrator for Administrators Only © 2017

Wiley Periodicals, Inc. All rights reserved. No

part of this publication may be reproduced,

stored or transmitted in any form or by any

means without the prior permission in writ-

ing from the copyright holder. Authorization

to photocopy items for internal and personal

use is granted by the copyright holder for

libraries and other users registered with

their local Reproduction Rights Organisa-

tion (RRO), e.g. Copyright Clearance Center

(CCC), 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA

01923, USA (www.copyright.com), provided

the appropriate fee is paid directly to the

RRO. This consent does not extend to other

kinds of copying such as copying for general

distribution, for advertising and promotional

purposes, for creating new collective works

or for resale. Special requests should be ad-

dressed to: permissions@wiley.com

Delivery Terms and Legal Title: Where the

subscription price includes print issues and

delivery is to the recipient’s address, delivery

terms are Delivered at Place (DAP); the recipi-

ent is responsible for paying any import duty

or taxes. Title to all issues transfers FOB

our shipping point, freight prepaid. We will

endeavour to fulfil claims for missing or dam-

aged copies within six months of publication,

within our reasonable discretion and subject

to availability.

Information for subscribers: Board & Admin-

istrator for Administrators Only is published in

12 issues per year. Institutional subscription

prices for 2018 are: Personal Online Only:

$192 (all areas). Personal Print + Online:

$264 (US, Canada & Mexico), $315 (rest of

the world). Personal Print Only: $239 (US,

Canada & Mexico), $291 (rest of the world).

Institutional Online Only: $3568 (US, Canada,

Mexico, and the rest of the world), £2186 (UK),

€2561 (Europe). Institutional Print + Online:

$4460 (US), $4533 (Canada & Mexico), £2794

(UK), €3274 (Europe), $4559 (rest of the

world). Institutional Print Only: $3568 (US),

$3626 (Canada & Mexico), £2235 (UK), €2619

(Europe), $3647 (rest of the world). Prices are

exclusive of tax. Asia-Pacific GST, Canadian

GST/HST and European VAT will be applied at

the appropriate rates. For more information on

current tax rates, please go to www.wileyon-

linelibrary.com/tax-vat. The price includes on-

line access to the current and all online back

files to January 1st 2012, where available. For

other pricing options, including access infor-

mation and terms and conditions, please visit

www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/access.

Back issues: Single issues from current and

recent volumes are available at the current

single issue price from cs-journals@wiley.

com. Earlier issues may be obtained from

Periodicals Service Company, 351 Fairview

Avenue – Ste 300, Hudson, NY 12534, USA.

Tel: +1 518 822-9300, Fax: +1 518 822-9305,

Email: psc@periodicals.com

Journal Customer Services: For order-

ing information, claims and any enquiry

concerning your journal subscription please

go to www.wileycustomerhelp.com/ask or

contact your nearest office. Americas: Email:

cs-journals@wiley.com; Tel: +1 781 388 8598

or +1 800 835 6770 (toll free in the USA &

Canada). Europe, Middle East and Africa:

Email: cs-journals@wiley.com; Tel: +44 (0)

1865 778315. Asia Pacific: Email: cs-jour-

nals@wiley.com; Tel: +65 6511 8000.Japan:

For Japanese speaking support, Email: cs-

japan@wiley.com; Tel: +65 6511 8010 or Tel

(toll-free): 005 316 50 480. Visit our Online

Customer Help available in 7 languages at

www.wileycustomerhelp.com/ask

Editor: Jeff Stratton. For editorial inquiries,

call 515/963-7972. Email: jeff_stratton@

msn.com

Production Editor: Mary Jean Jones (email:

mjjones@wiley.com)

View this journal online at

wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/BAN

Printed in the USA by The Allied Group

For submission instructions, subscription and

all other information visit: wileyonlinelibrary.

com/journal/BAN

Tips for your board giving

program

Fundraising consultant Gail Perry

has seven rules for successfully

soliciting gifts from your board. They

are:

1. Show them why they need to

give.

2. Be clear about what is expected

of them.

3. Support them in soliciting other

board members.

4. Make the subject of board do-

nations very visible.

5. Help the board chair be the

front person.

6. Give everyone lots of credit and

acknowledgment.

7. Show impact by tying board

member giving to program results.

For more information, go to

http://goo.gl/T6w9mq. ■

Evaluation forms need

updates too

Executive Director Susan Hanson

(shanson@helplinedelmor.org) said

one challenging part of her appraisal

is the tool itself.

“We have intended to revise the

tool to create a more measurable set

of goals and objectives that board

members can clearly speak to,” said

Hanson.

The issue for her is that much of

the evaluation form is very general

about goals and expectations, many

of which are not clearly measurable.

“Board members have expressed

that they think I am doing those

things but aren’t sure,” Hanson

said. “I have the kind of relation-

ship with our board that if I make

revising the tool a priority, they

will work with me to get it revised.

I am also pushing to revise this for

future executive directors, as I have

been in my position for 20 years.

The board trusts me, but how will

they be able to evaluate the next

administrator?” ■

Establish goals that make

the mission the priority

The nonprofit CEO can provide

guidance to his or her board to en-

sure that the board’s goals for the

organization place the mission first.

Here’s how:

• Focus goals on clients. By

establishing this goal emphasis,

the board will be demonstrating its

commitment by placing those the

organization serves first.

• Then, work to keep the board’s

attention directed to this commit-

ment. Do this by reminding the

board of its commitment during

board decision-making.

• The executive director can also

ensure that reports about those the

organization serves are included at

each board meeting.

• Also, with some regularity make

a tour of the programs in action a

part of your board meetings so the

board can see clients receiving ser-

vices first hand. ■