Document Type

Article

Article Version

Pre-print

Publication Date

2007

Abstract

Increasingly, a significant priority for the dean and faculty in schools of nursing is fundraising. Raising financial resources is highly competitive and requires sophisticated approaches to building relationships with individual donors, government agencies, private foundations, and corporations. Fundraising efforts need to be designed to cultivate alumni, parents, and friends as key leaders educated in the work of the school, its vision for the future, and the nursing profession. Advisory boards, with an emphasis on development, can effectively nurture such leaders who are fully versed in the strategic vision of the school and who are willing to provide financial support and access to a broad community of interest. An integrated approach that capitalizes on the expertise and knowledge of the dean, the faculty, advancement officers, and a carefully selected board chair forms the foundation of a successful model for development-focused advisory boards. Advisory board implementation is discussed from the perspective of a clearly articulated board charge, selection and recruitment, board retreat, assessment of interest and inclination through an annual board-planning process, engagement in priority project planning with the faculty, and careful cultivation toward deepened relationships and funding.

Comments

NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Professional Nursing. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Professional Nursing, [23, 6 (2007)] DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.06.020

Publication Title

Journal of Professional Nursing

Published Citation

Appel, N., Campbell, S.H., Lynch, N., Novotny, J. (2007).Creating effective advisory boards for schools of nursing. Journal of Professional Nursing, 23(6), 343-350.

DOI

10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.06.020

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