--- title: BoardSource Blog - The Leader in Nonprofit Board Governance | The Board’s Role in Advocacy description: The Board’s Role in Advocacy | Nonprofit governance blog devoted to best practices and committed to inspiring nonprofit board service --- ![Blog-0216.jpg](https://blog.boardsource.org/hs-fs/hubfs/blog_photos/Blog-0216.jpg?width=1400&name=Blog-0216.jpg "Blog-0216.jpg") [![Blog-header-logo.png](https://blog.boardsource.org/hs-fs/hubfs/blog_photos/Blog-header-logo.png?width=360&name=Blog-header-logo.png "Blog-header-logo.png")](https://boardsource.org) [Back to blog homepage](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog) [![Children's Advocacy Centers of Tennessee](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/S4ym-award-Header3.png)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/behind-the-scenes-of-successful-advocacy-a-qa-with-the-2019-stand-for-your-mission-award-winner) ## [Behind the Scenes of Successful Advocacy: A Q&A with the 2019 Stand for Your Mission Award Winner](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/behind-the-scenes-of-successful-advocacy-a-qa-with-the-2019-stand-for-your-mission-award-winner) Posted by [Nick Cafferky](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/nick-cafferky) on Dec 10, 2019, 12:47:15 PM *BoardSource is thrilled to announce the winner of our 2019 Stand for Your Mission Award: [Children’s Advocacy Centers of Tennessee](http://www.cactn.org/). It will receive $5,000 to support its advocacy work. Below is a short Q&A with the organization’s board chair, Joyce Prusak, on some of the thinking that went into the...* [more](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/behind-the-scenes-of-successful-advocacy-a-qa-with-the-2019-stand-for-your-mission-award-winner) Topics: [The Board’s Role in Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/the-boards-role-in-advocacy), [Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/advocacy), [Stand for Your Mission](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/stand-for-your-mission) [![3-advocacy3](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/3-advocacy3.png)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/three-steps-to-working-with-your-board-to-advance-advocacy) ## [Three Steps to Working With Your Board to Advance Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/three-steps-to-working-with-your-board-to-advance-advocacy) Posted by [Laurel O'Sullivan](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/laurel-osullivan) on May 17, 2018, 12:35:59 PM [more](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/three-steps-to-working-with-your-board-to-advance-advocacy) Topics: [The Board’s Role in Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/the-boards-role-in-advocacy), [Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/advocacy) [![S4ym-awards.png](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/Content_Marketing_Images/S4ym-awards.png)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/stand-for-your-mission-awards-announcing-the-finalists) ## [Stand for Your Mission Awards: Announcing the Finalists](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/stand-for-your-mission-awards-announcing-the-finalists) Posted by [BoardSource](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/boardsource) on Mar 8, 2018, 1:30:00 PM BoardSource created the [Stand for Your Mission](http://www.standforyourmission.org) Awards to recognize nonprofit boards that have established advocacy as an expectation for engaged and effective board leadership, and, by doing so, are helping their organizations realize their missions. [more](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/stand-for-your-mission-awards-announcing-the-finalists) Topics: [The Board’s Role in Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/the-boards-role-in-advocacy), [Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/advocacy), [Stand for Your Mission](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/stand-for-your-mission), [board engagement](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/board-engagement), [collaboration](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/collaboration) [![](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/LWI-Header3.png)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/leadingwithintent2017) ## [Nonprofit Board Trends and Practices Revealed in Leading with Intent 2017](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/leadingwithintent2017) Posted by [Vernetta Walker Chief Governance Officer, BoardSource](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/vernetta-walker-chief-governance-officer-boardsource) on Sep 6, 2017, 11:45:31 AM Today marks the ninth release of BoardSource’s biennial study, *[Leading with Intent: A National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices](http://leadingwithintent.org/).* Formerly known as the Nonprofit Governance Index, *Leading with Intent* takes an in-depth look at the current practices and trends of nonprofit boards. The 2017 report... [more](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/leadingwithintent2017) Topics: [Roles and Responsibilities](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/roles-and-responsibilities), [Board Best Practices](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/board-best-practices), [Board Diversity & Inclusivity](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/board-diversity-inclusivity), [The Board’s Role in Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/the-boards-role-in-advocacy), [Leading with Intent](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/leading-with-intent), [Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/advocacy), [Assessment](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/assessment) [![](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/blog_photos/RIA_Main_Street_Advocacy_Day.jpg)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/advocacy-from-the-trenches) ## [Nine Lessons from a Nonprofit Advocacy Win](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/advocacy-from-the-trenches) Posted by [Danielle M. Henry](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/danielle-m-henry) on Jul 13, 2016, 10:56:34 AM I live in a community where we know each other by name, use Twitter to help each other's locate lost pets, and shovel each other’s sidewalks after storms. I feel blessed to have such a close-knit environment while still living in a large, often impersonal city like DC. I am passionate about my... 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This month, I ask you to think about the responsibility of your board... 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