A well run board of directors is an essential ingredient for a successful organization.  Too often board members and staff are not fully clear on what each other’s roles and responsibilities are.  Board members have other obligations and don’t always understand the commitment they make when they join a board.  Other board members have time and energy to give and agencies often fail to effectively tap this.  Some boards are overly involved, others are not engaged enough.

This workshop is for both non-profit staff leaders and board members.  Teams from the same organization would be helpful.

Workshop Goals:

Upon completion of this workshop, you will be better able to:

1. Describe the core responsibilities of a board of directors
2. Define specific roles for your board, board officers and board members
3. Develop strategies for increasing board involvement in policy and not in operations
4. Develop a committee structure that makes efficient use of board member’s time and talent
5. Improve clarity of expectations when recruiting new board members

Workshop Outline:

• The core responsibilities of a board
• The core responsibilities of staff
• Model for a well-structured board: roles of officers, committees, members
• Key ingredients for an engaged board
• Boundaries to limit board’s to policy and not operations
• Integrating committees into the board’s operations
• Clarifying roles, responsibilities and expectations for a new board member

This is best delivered as a half day program. It can be focused a bit to run as a breakfast, lunch or evening program to better reach board members.

 

A well run board of directors is an essential ingredient for a successful non-profit agency.  Getting the right people on the board is a challenge, especially in these times of doing more with less… people just don’t have the time to volunteer.  Successful recruitment begins with a clear sense of the role of board members, expectations of board members, and, most importantly, what’s in it for the board member?  You need a clear, meaningful motivation for people to join a board.  You also have to have a solid orientation process to enable board members to quickly and comfortably get up to speed.

This workshop is for both non-profit staff leaders and board members.  Teams from the same organization would be helpful.

Workshop Goals:

Upon completion of this workshop, you will be better able to:

1. Describe the core responsibilities of a board of directors
2. Define specific roles and expectations for board members
3. Develop a step by step process for gradually engaging potential board members
4. Create a board recruitment and orientation packet.
5. Recruit and retain board members

Workshop Outline:

• The core responsibilities of a board
• The core roles and responsibilities of individual board members
• Key ingredients for an engaged board
• A developmental model for engaging board members
• Information to give to potential board members
• The recruitment process… identification, outreach, the ask
• Orientation process for new board members

This is best delivered as a half day program. It can be focused a bit to run as a breakfast, lunch or evening program to better reach board members.

 

Meetings are often described as a place where you “keep the minutes… and lose the hours”!  Many organizations see board meetings as ineffective and don’t know what to do to fix this.  Board leaders often don’t have expertise in running meetings and many boards have strong members who can dominate or derail a discussion.  Other boards have meetings with very little meaningful engagement.

This workshop will give you practical tips and strategies to design and lead engaging and efficient board and committee meetings.

This workshop is for both non-profit staff leaders and board members.  Teams from the same organization would be helpful.

Workshop Goals:

Upon completion of this workshop, you will be better able to:

1. Define the essential elements of a well-run meeting
2. Develop an efficient, timed agenda
3. Strategically prepare for meetings
4. Facilitate a discussion to keep it on track and on time
5. Have members leave meetings feeling their time was well spent and their talent was valued
6. Write simple and effective meeting minutes

Workshop Outline:

• Building an effective agenda – format and process
• How to engage staff, board leadership and board members in building the agenda
• How to prepare key participants for a meeting
• Working the agenda – how to facilitate/co-facilitate a meeting
• Effectively concluding a meeting

This is best delivered as a half day program. It can be focused a bit to run as a breakfast, lunch or evening program to better reach board members.