The Nonprofit Leadership Center’s Board Governance Rock Star Certificate series is a six-hour program over two evenings that covers the fundamental nonprofit governance concepts every nonprofit leader should understand and practice. If you want to serve a chosen organization with passion and impact, this is the certificate for you.

During these engaging and interactive sessions, you’ll explore case studies and learn best practices for board structure and practices, board member roles and responsibilities, and financial and legal oversight. You’ll also build an invaluable network of nonprofit leaders that you can consult anytime.

To earn the certificate, you must attend both this session, How to Be a Nonprofit Board Rock Star and the other session in the Certificate program: Essentials for a Rock Star Board Meeting on March 10, 2026. You must register for each of these sessions separately.

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How to Be a Nonprofit Board Rock Star

Join recently retired NLC CEO Emily Benham, FAHP, CFRE, for a three-hour, interactive learning experience designed to showcase the best of the best in:

• Identifying, recruiting, on-boarding and even releasing board members
• Cultivating a successful board-staff partnership
• Establishing the board’s fundraising role
• Understanding board member motivation, responsibilities and accountability, including conflicts of interest
• Competing governance models and governance trends

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$288.00 Only $69 thanks to the support of our funders.

This event is being held VIRTUALLY via Zoom (live, not recorded).

Registration closes at 11:55 p.m. Eastern on March 2, 2026.

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CFRE Continuing Education Points

Full participation in How to Be a Nonprofit Board Rock Star is applicable for 3.0 points in Category 1.B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.