BOARD DEVELOPMENT: Leading by Design
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About this Course
A series of webinars to help board members and executive directors develop and
sustain engaged, forward-looking governance for their cultural institutions.
Nonprofit governance is more complex and demanding than ever before, requiring
updated - even innovative - ways to get board work done and keep organizations
healthy. Leading by Design addresses how to build a board recruitment program,
how to incorporate training into the work of the board, and how to approach
board leadership succession.
Instructor: Anne Ackerson
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Who serves on a board is more than simply finding a warm body to fill a seat. Your board is part of your organization's human capital, an asset that pays off big when infused with care and feeding. This webinar will discuss the cycle of board recruitment, orientation and assessment. We'll talk about blending and building competencies, the role of the board development committee, and some tools that you can use right away.
Resources
1. Board Building Cycle: Nine Steps to Finding, Recruiting, and Engaging Nonprofit Board Members
This article explains how to build a board through strategic recruitment, self-evaluation, and careful assignment of member roles.
Key Terms: board development, board management, board recruitment, governance
http://www.empowerment.state.ia.us/common/pdf/fall_train/building_cycle.pdf
2. Basic Guidelines and Sample Agenda for Board Training
This toolkit includes content recommendations, samples and timetables used to plan successful board training. Effective board trainings can provide team building, clarification of roles and responsibilities, and the members' ability to carry their work in support of the organization's mission.
Key Terms: board development, board management, board training, governance, training
http://www.managementhelp.org/boards/brdtrain.htm
3. Websites
BoardSource: www.boardsource.org
CompassPoint Nonprofit Services (home of Board Cafe/Blue Avocado): www.compasspoint.org
The Nonprofit Quarterly: www.nonprofitquarterly.org
Session 2 | Wednesday September 3 | 10:00 - 11:30am
Click MAINTAINING MOMENTUM WITH TRAINING to view webinar with audio and video
Some may argue that a project-driven organization is a way to keep boards and executives engaged. While projects bring energy all their own, the risk is burn-out. Momentum is best maintained by reaching a balance between "doing" and "understanding why we're doing this is important". Both are important to developing the human capital around the board table, but it's the second piece -- the understanding piece -- we'll focus on. We'll talk about various ways to engage boards and staff leaders in developing the intellectual capacity needed for this work, from retreats to "guerilla training".
Session 3 | Wednesday, September 17 | 10:00 - 11:30am
BOARD LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION
Board leaders come and go.....or come and never leave. As much as we might try to prepare for the orderly succession of board presidents, officers, and committee chairpeople, too few organizations allow themselves enough time to think through and articulate their future board leadership needs. How can busy organizations create space for these discussions? What are the likely outcomes your organization can expect when board leadership succession is designed and managed?
