Smarter Side Gigs
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HBR IdeaCast
You’ve got to let the people that you know in your organization and outside of your organization that you’re interested in perhaps taken on a board opportunity at a nonprofit and be a bit deliberate about what kinds of opportunities in what areas around what causes and what you would bring to those boards. ORLAN BOSTON: My sense and from what I’ve seen and talking to a lot of folks is that probably Western culture, this is a bit more accepted, although interestingly enough, the article got quite a bit of play in Asia, specifically in India where Ken and I got a lot of response from a social media perspective. ALISON BEARD: That’s Vanguard Network founder Ken Banta and Ernst & Young partner Orlan Boston, coauthors of the article “The Strategic Side Gig.”