Describe your board positions, eligibility rules, and timeline. Makeform creates a form for members to identify candidates, explain their fit, and support consistent committee review.
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Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a board scenario, adapt the details, or send the prompt into the Makeform builder.
Audience
Association members proposing fellow members
Format
Criteria-based nomination with candidate contact
Prompt size
353 chars
Example form structure
Criteria-based nomination with candidate contact
Nominator name, member number, and email
Candidate name and contact details
Which board position fits this candidate?
Relevant experience and one specific contribution
Eligibility and potential conflicts
Suggested routing tags
Eligibility review
Candidate follow-up
Committee ready
Ask for evidence tied to the board's published criteria, then keep eligibility confirmation separate from the nominator's recommendation.
Step 1
Nominate
a member identifies a candidate and open position
Step 2
Qualify
staff checks membership and published eligibility rules
Step 3
Review
the committee compares evidence and board needs
Step 4
Advance
selected candidates move to consent and election steps
Stronger nominations
A useful nomination connects an eligible person to a board need and records why that person can contribute.
Membership status, term rules, location, and published requirements become distinct questions for review.
A skills matrix identifies governance, finance, fundraising, program, community, and lived-experience perspectives.
A focused rationale and recent example reveal more than general praise or a list of credentials.
Fit the nomination pathway
Start with your nomination pathway, then edit the roles, criteria, and review fields.
Verify the nominator, identify the candidate, and request a recommendation tied to published board criteria.
Collect a biography, statement, position preference, relevant experience, and acknowledgment of expected commitments.
Route each candidate by chapter, region, constituency, position, or term so the correct committee receives the entry.
Track outreach, candidate consent, eligibility, interviews, and ballot preparation.
Build the workflow
Define the role, generate the questions, and give the committee one consistent intake.
List open seats, terms, eligible nominators and candidates, deadlines, and review information.
Replace generic skills with board priorities and explain what a useful example includes.
Send one link to eligible members with the closing date, open positions, and process summary.
Sort nominations by position or chapter, then track eligibility, consent, committee review, and ballot status separately.
Choose an intake method
Structured questions give members the same instructions and reviewers a consistent candidate record.
Field guide
Collect enough for screening and follow-up without turning a nomination into a candidate application.
Nominator
Ask for the member's name, contact details, chapter, and relationship to the candidate for eligibility checks and clarification.
Candidate
Capture candidate contact information and connect the nomination to an open position.
Qualifications
Use a checkbox matrix for capabilities, then invite detail tailored to current recruitment priorities.
Rationale
Connect the candidate's experience to the mission, open position, and a specific example.
Commitments and conflicts
State expected meeting, committee, term, and fundraising commitments. Candidate confirmation can follow separately.
Review status
Track eligibility, contact, consent, interviews, decisions, and ballot preparation without changing the original submission.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for nonprofit and association staff organizing a board candidate pipeline.
Include nominator details, candidate contact information, open position, qualifications, mission connection, a specific example, availability, and potential conflicts. Add eligibility criteria and the deadline in the introduction.
If your process allows self-nomination, offer a dedicated path. Replace the recommendation with a biography, candidate statement, experience, role preference, and acknowledgment of board commitments.
Name the selection criteria and ask which one the candidate demonstrates. Request a recent example and how it relates to the mission or open seat.
Ask whether the candidate has been informed, then track outreach and consent as separate committee steps. Explain the sequence so nominators do not promise consent.
Make position, chapter, region, constituency, and term structured selections. Reviewers can group entries while retaining shared eligibility and rationale questions.
Ask nominators to flag known relationships that may require discussion. Treat the answer as a prompt for candidate and committee follow-up, not a complete disclosure process.
Yes. Makeform provides unlimited free forms and responses, so you can generate, edit, publish, and reuse the nomination form without a response cap. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge.
Yes. Add status choices for eligibility, contact, consent, interview, committee review, and ballot preparation. Keep the original submission intact and track later work separately.
Build a stronger board candidate pipeline.
