What could you achieve if your board got better?
As a volunteer board member you have questions. Are we doing what we are supposed to be doing? Are we functioning as well as we could? Maybe you are wondering whether you should speak up about concerns you have or let them go. You might even be wondering if it is time to resign.
It can be difficult when you have time and energy to give to a cause you care about deeply, but it doesn’t feel like you are getting anywhere. You need your efforts to matter. You need help from someone who values what makes your group special and is not selling an expensive one-size-fits-all solution.
If you can imagine a more well-functioning board, where the governance responsibilities are being done more effectively, meetings are more productive, between-meeting communications are more efficient, and it feels more like the board is contributing to the advancement of the organization’s mission rather than just creating work for itself, then you have come to the right place.
The road to better board health starts here.
The Board Doctor is a very different kind of “consulting” practice. Because my focus is on very small, often unstaffed, nonprofits, I have developed ways to deliver help in smaller packages that are readily available at lower price points. To me, a webinar download for $24.99 is not a way to hook you for a bigger project later. That webinar IS the help. That one-hour Office Visit IS the help. Same with the board self-assessments. No upselling. Nothing you don’t need. Just help at an affordable rate.

ASSESSMENT
The Board Doctor has created two different self-assessment tools to help board members determine what, if anything, can be done to help their board get better.

RESOURCES
The Board Doctor offers both free and paid resources to help you learn more about achieving optimum board health. Many are designed to be shared with your board colleagues.

DIRECT SERVICES
The Board Doctor offers customized training for your board or association, document review, and support for board development and growth planning.

Ten Attributes of a Healthy Nonprofit Board
“If you have seen one board, you have seen one board.” This is true. No two nonprofits are alike and no single path exists for a group to grow, get one notch better, or achieve more. But it is possible to paint a picture of what a well-functioning board looks like. Click below to download the FREE document from The Board Doctor and see what healthy boards have in common.
The Board Doctor’s Kit: 10 Webinars for Board Success
This all-new 2022 bundle includes the full suite of 10 webinars from The Board Doctor’s popular Governance Webinar Series. These webinars are offered individually at $129 each from another nonprofit learning site, but Cathy has bundled the whole package together here to give you all the tools you need to bring your board to optimal health for just $149.
Have a quick question?
Same day appointments are available!
Sometimes all you need is an hour with The Board Doctor to pick her brain and get answers to your burning questions. Maybe you need a quick prescription to solve a crucial problem.
Use this option to schedule an office visit with Cathy. Come alone or bring members of the board—up to five participants total. Same day appointments are often available.

Meet Cathy Allen
“The Board Doctor”
How did a nature-loving justice fighter like me become an ardent advocate for board members of small nonprofit organizations? Well, it is a natural extension of my early career in government and politics, the product of a deeply-held belief that every person in our country has an obligation to participate in some way. We each have a duty to give back and to make sure the quality of life we enjoy now is preserved and made even better for future generations. A nonprofit organization is one way to advance that work, The people who step up and give of their time, talent and treasure to promote a cause they care about are the very best people I know, and I want to help them. My small part of promoting the greater good is to study what makes nonprofit boards of directors function well and effectively, and to impart that knowledge to others. If I do my part well, like ripples in a pond, the good can spread throughout organizations and into society. Mission accomplished.
