Many of the listings in Comprehensive Board Development and Governance Advice contain articles on recruiting boards. Below are some quick links to some of the articles you'll find in that section.

Document Title: Recruiting for Board Members: Process? What Process?
Organization: Community Driven Institute

Type of document: Article
Level: All Levels

Description: This article from Community Driven Institute takes you through the steps involved in recruiting board members from deciding what you are looking for to how to orientate and prepare them for board membership.

Notes: This resource is American.

Website: www.help4nonprofits.com

Document Title: Recruiting Your Organization’s First Board (or, if you’ve already started, how to move on to your 2nd or "real" board)
Organization: Community Driven Institute

Type of document: Article
Level: All Levels

Description: This article from Community Driven Institute provides advice on who to recruit and who not to recruit when forming a board.

Notes: This resource is American.

Website: www.help4nonprofits.com

Document Title: Five Fast Ways to Recruit New Board Members
Organization: Compass Point

Type of document: Article
Level: All Levels

Description: This article from Compass Point discusses conventional ways to recruit board members such as posting an advertisement, as well as less conventional ways such as swapping board members.

Notes: This resource is American.

Website: www.compasspoint.org

Document Title: Your Board Recruitment Package
Organization: Dalhousie University

Type of document: Article
Level: All Levels

Description: This article recommends documents a board member should review prior to joining a board.

Notes: Canadian Resource.

Website: www.collegeofcontinuinged.dal.ca