If your organization is like most, when recruiting board members you forget that you are "hiring" folks to do a job - one of the most critical jobs in the whole organization: leadership and governance.

So how can you improve the recruitment process? The first step would be to make sure you actually have a process!

Step 1:  What are you looking for?
Step 2:  Recruit a pool of candidates for each seat you have available
Step 3:  Recruiting prospects
Step 4:  The application process – Get to know them as they get to know you
Step 5:  Now that they’re on board...

More: http://www.help4nonprofits.com/NP_Bd_Recruit_Article.htm