Your board approved the scholarship program. Now they want to know if it was worth it.
That is a fair question, and it deserves a clear answer. Not a program update about how many applications came in or how smoothly the review process went. Those are operational details that belong in a staff report, not a board presentation. What your board actually wants to know is whether the scholarship is doing what they funded it to do: building the workforce your members depend on and demonstrating that your association is worth the dues.
Learn more about what metrics to present to whom, how to handle a board report when the program is new and the data is thin, and how to navigate the questions that surface in every board room when a scholarship program is on the agenda.
What Your Board is Actually Asking
What Metrics Matter to Whom
How to Structure the Board Presentation
What to Do When Your Program is New and Your Data is Thin
How to Handle Tough Questions
Building Towards a Report That Your Board Looks Forward To