Nevada Humanities held a board meeting on Sunday, May 4 that included a half-day presentation on civic reflection programs. Project on Civic Reflection executive director Elizabeth Lynn introduced the concept of civic reflection, facilitated a discussion of Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken," and reviewed programs by other state humanities councils—including the councils of Illinois, Maine, Maryland and New Hampshire—using the civic reflection model.

On May 3 Lynn presented an exploratory session on civic reflection, sponsored by Nevada Humanities and the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension. Participants, who included about two dozen executive directors and board members from cultural organizations in Nevada, were introduced to civic reflection as a board development program. Using two parables, Franz Kafka's "Fellowship" and Pablo Neruda's "The Lamb and the Pinecone", Lynn led participants in reflecting on the challenges they face as nonprofit boards, their motivations for doing the work they do, and their obligations to others in their communities.

The board members and executive directors said afterward that they planned to use civic reflection in a variety of ways, including at board orientations, at annual retreats, and as a regular part of the board meeting agenda. They expected civic reflection to improve communication within their boards and to "bring out passion and commitment" among members.