Opportunities for Involvement
Active participation on a Women in Development committee is one of the best ways to make WID your organization. Fill out our online application to volunteer to serve on one of these committees, or you may contact the Chair(s) directly.
The Institute for Nonprofits
The Institute for Nonprofits (formerly City Service) is an annual program designed to help small nonprofits take their fundraising to the next level. The program consists of six seminars led by fundraising professionals from across the nonprofit spectrum. Sessions start at the beginning of each calendar year and run through May.
The Committee meets regularly, starting in September, to plan the topics and speakers for the following year, screen candidate applications, and select organizations for participation. Committee members also attend each of the seminars, and serve as mentors for the nonprofit organizations participating in the Institute.
The Institute for Nonprofits offers a rewarding experience for the nonprofits that are accepted to participate, and for the WID members who serve on the committee.
Committee Responsibilities
- Attend regular meetings, starting each September
- Assist with planning topics and selecting speakers for seminars
- Circulate and post program application
- Review and select qualified nonprofits for participation
- Attend the program seminars, starting in January
- Serve as a mentor to participating nonprofit organizations
Co-Chairs: Tina Cincotti (
) and Gretchen Kinder ( )
Communications
The Communications Committee promotes WID and its mission to its members and to the public through clear and compelling communications vehicles.
Committee Responsibilities
- Manages the production of articles for WID web site that review recent WID programs
- Solicits articles from senior members and other development professionals for online library of articles of interest to members
- Researches, evaluates and implements additional links from WID web site to other relevant sites
- Compiles information for the monthly WID e-news and oversees its distribution to the WID membership.
- Explores other enhancements to WID web site that would be of value to members and others interested in philanthropy
- Develops and maintains an online corporate sponsors list via a Vendor Directory
Co-Chairs: Leah Rothschild Eggers (
) and Moira Rafferty Sharkey (
)
Nominating/Governance Committee
The Governance/Nominating Committee is charged with planning for Officer and Board succession, discussing issues around long-range planning and associated recommendations to the Executive Committee and the Board, recruiting for Board and Officer positions, and new Board member orientation.
Committee Responsibilities
- Reviews on an annual basis and updates, as appropriate, Officer, Board Member and Committee Job Descriptions
- Identifies, interviews and recruits potential candidates for specific Board positions
- Implements the nomination process
- Recommends a slate of candidates to the Executive Committee and then
- Recommends a slate of candidates to the Board for approval
- Recommends candidates to complete terms of Board Members who have left the Board for one reason or another
- Makes formal nominations to the WID membership at the Annual Meeting
- Creates and updates the orientation process, including additions/changes to the Board Book, and conducts orientation of new Board members
- Conducts exit interviews with outgoing Board Members and prepares report
- Analyzes intra-committee communication and makes recommendations to the Executive Committee and to the board to improve this process
Co-Chairs: Raffaella Torchia (
) and Jeri Thys (
)
Marketing Committee
The Marketing Committee promotes WID's presence among members and within the Greater Boston Community.
Committee Responsibilities
- Drives media coverage and audience attendance at Fall Kickoff and Spring Annual Meeting
- Oversees content and production of marketing and membership materials
- Manages WID's social media presence
- Represents WID at selected conferences for visibility and recruitment
- Plans and places advertisements/notices in appropriate venues and special events
- Solicits, writes, and edits 'Faces of WID' member profiles
Co-Chairs: Phyllis Lasky (
) and Aideen Jenkins (
)
Member Services
The Member Services Committee plans and implements programs to increase member recruitment, satisfaction and retention.
Committee Responsibilities
- Monitors and implements changes to membership structure and benefits to enhance member recruitment
- Drafts membership materials sent to new members and posted on the web site as introduction to WID
- Creates and implements programs and events that target the needs of the varying levels of members: senior, mid-level, junior and new members
- Develops programs that encourage participation by members at all levels, including committee involvement
- Assesses member satisfaction through surveys and/or focus groups
Co-Chairs: Brianna Nadelberg (
) and Heather Kispert Hagerty (
)
Program Committee
Under the guidance of the Program Strategist, the Program Committee coordinates and manages professional development and networking programs offered by WID to its members, including breakfasts and lunches with featured speakers, more informal Brown Bag lunches, the annual Young Philanthropists Award luncheon, and the annual meeting. Committee members are actively involved in all aspects of program management, from identifying and recruiting speakers to meeting management.
Committee Responsibilities
Identifies topics, recruits speakers, secures locations, and coordinates details for all programs mentioned above
- Assists the speaker(s) in developing presentation as necessary
- Produces flier describing the presentation and speaker to publicize the event
- Sends and tallies program evaluations to monitor success
- Involves Board and committee members as program hosts
- Considers opportunities to collaborate with other professional organizations and WID committees on programming
Co-Chairs: Katrin Aback (
) and Anne Orloff (
)
Sponsorship
The Sponsorship Committee advances WID's mission by helping to secure and increase sponsorship and advertising support.
Committee Responsibilities
- Identifies prospective sponsors, creates sponsorship and advertising opportunities, and solicits sponsorship for WID programs (including the Annual Meeting and the WID web site)
- Builds on the sponsorship prospect database
- Uses the WID membership database as well as vendor, consulting, and executive recruiting contacts in the development profession for sponsorship purposes
- Develops a contact grid to coordinate WID board members making sponsorship calls
- Facilitates the marketing of sponsorship and advertising opportunities through mailings to the WID membership and prospective sponsors and through the WID web site
- Cultivates and stewards existing and future relationships with sponsors
Co-Chairs: Shanna Yarmovsky (
) and Elisa Heath (
)
Job Connections
The Job Connections Committee supports the WID membership by overseeing WID job listings and focusing on job connections.
Committee Responsibilities
- Focuses on job connections and how to better enhance WID’s current process
- Retrieves feedback through direct interviews with current and lapsed job posters about how WID job listings could better serve them
- Makes changes to the job listings process based on feedback
- Increases marketing and advertising of WID job listings
- Increases revenue received from job listings
Co-Chairs: Chris Stokes (
) and Ellen Sibley (
)
To become involved, or to find out more about these activities,
please contact the WID office at 617.489.6777 or widgb@widgb.org,
or if you prefer, volunteer online by filling out the committee application form.
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