Improve Attendance at Board Meetings

     Getting board members to faithfully attend board meetings isn’t easy. One idea to improve meeting attendance: include the number of meetings attended and/or missed next to names of each board member in your meeting minutes.

     Example, “Mary Smith (3x)” could mean Mary has attended (or missed) three meetings so far this year, depending on the system you choose. If your non-profit had six meetings so far, it would be easy to see that Mary had attended (or missed) only three of these meetings.

      This “public” record of their attendance helps keep board members more accountable.