WELCOME TO boardCONNECT!
Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 9:00am-12:00pm
Interview scheduling 9:00am-9:30am
Location: Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89354769305?from=addon)
NONPROFIT GUIDE
This is your one-stop resource to guide you through Business Volunteers’ boardCONNECT experience. You will learn how to prepare for the event, navigate the event itself, and ultimately find a match (or several!). Please read everything carefully and scroll down.
REQUIRED STEPS BEFORE THE EVENT
REQUIRED STEPS DURING THE EVENT
REQUIRED STEPS BEFORE THE EVENT
REVIEW EVENT INFORMATION
boardCONNECT brings together community-minded professionals seeking to join nonprofit boards with a diverse range of nonprofit organizations seeking board members. In this “round robin” coordinated event, professionals and nonprofits engage in brief conversations, rotating throughout the event. The goal is to find matches in which a nonprofit and a professional express mutual interest and want to continue the conversation. Each boardCONNECT event results in dozens of successful matches and new board members.
Important Notes
- A “mutual match” occurs when both you and a board candidate you meet with say “YES” to continuing your conversation after the event.
- The only commitment required from you (the nonprofit) and any candidate you are “mutually matched” with, is that you have an additional meeting to continue exploring the opportunity. In other words, if you consent to mutually matching with five candidates, you must schedule five additional meetings after the event. Further conversations will determine which candidate(s) you ultimately extend a board seat to.
- We understand each nonprofit has their own interview process and procedures to board election. You are able to follow whatever your typical process is.
- There are no guarantees you will be successfully matched with a candidate.
PREPARE FOR THE EVENT
When: Wednesday, April 22, 9:00am-12:00pm. Please note that candidates will finalize their schedule of interviews from 9:00am-9:30am. Nonprofits are not REQUIRED until the official event start at 9:30am.
Where: Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89354769305?from=addon)
Event Run of Show
Your Nonprofit Code
As we all know, Zoom rooms can get very unwieldy, especially when there are many attendees coming in and out. To ensure we all have as smooth an experience as possible, we ask you to enter the Zoom room and be prepared to add a nonprofit code to your name, so we can tell at a glance if you are a nonprofit representative or a candidate who needs to be scheduled. The nonprofit codes are listed below:
2LT: 2nd Lt Richard W. Collins III Foundation
AJW: At Jacob’s Well
BCA: B’more Artists Guide dba Baltimore County Arts
BH: Baltimore Homecoming
CA: Camp Opportunity
CWP: Center for Watershed Protection
CRC: Conflict Resolution Center of Baltimore County
IE: Improving Education
LC: Love & Cornbread
NB: Nosreme Baltimore
PP: Peace on Patuxent
TCG: The Children’s Guild
WPS: Watershed Public Charter School
We appreciate your help in ensuring this is a smooth experience for all!
How to Prepare for the Event
- Plan to arrive BETWEEN 9:00am and 9:30am.
- Be professionally dressed.
- Ensure all your technology is working smoothly. This event relies on you having a strong Internet connection and no audio-visual hiccups!
- Have THIS GUIDE up on your computer throughout. You will need the materials below to navigate this event!
- Have a pen and paper ready to take notes. You will want to keep track of which board candidates resonate with you the most.
- HAVE FUN! Enjoy meeting incredible board candidates in this engaging event. Thank you for participating!
Email boardleadership@businessvolunteersmd.org if you have questions.
REQUIRED STEPS DURING THE EVENT
REVIEW YOUR SCHEDULE
Candidates choose which nonprofits they’d like to speak with. Candidates have been given access to all the materials you provided in your application, as well as the board profile you submitted to Business Volunteers. The full schedule below will regularly update throughout the event, so be sure to refresh regularly!
LEARN ABOUT THE CANDIDATES
Click on the cards below to see each candidate’s title, employer, and LinkedIn profile OR resume. While candidates are finalizing their schedules from 9:00am-9:30am (and while you see your schedule!), you may feel free to download and print resumes to have in front of you during your conversations. Make sure to scroll to see all candidates, OR click the expand icon on the bottom right to a bigger view.
Please note that the candidates will ultimately choose whom they wish to speak with. Nonprofits are NOT allowed to request certain candidates according to the information below.
COMPLETE THE MUTUAL MATCH FORM
- Review the conversation schedule in your guide.
- Answer the following question for each round: Are you interested in continuing a conversation with the candidate?
- It is CRITICAL that your decision is aligned to the correct ROUND. Please look at your schedule above and double check your choices and rounds before submitting.
- Make sure to hit SUBMIT at the bottom!
Business Volunteers will review the responses of nonprofits and candidates and share your mutual matches within the week.