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Leadership & Succession In The Arts

3 Series Course

About this course
In the next five years two-thirds of executive directors of arts organizations will retire or leave their positions. As baby boomers depart their leadership roles, there are concrete steps board and staff can take to ensure organizational continuity before, during and after the transition. These three sessions will present for discussion the issues and the actions that board and staff can take to ensure a smooth transition.

Session 1 |  Wednesday, October 8
"What do Current and Future Arts Leaders Need to Succeed?"

REFERENCE MATERIALS

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Session 2 | Thursday, October 16
Preparing For Change:A Transition Guide

Emergency Succession Plan

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Session 3 | Thursday, October 30
"Essential steps to Assure a Smooth Succession"

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About Instructor
Alene Valkanas
Alene Valkanas is a recognized national leader in nonprofit advocacy and management and a pioneer in the developing field of transition planning. She brings work experience, from chairing a search committee to working with nonprofit boards and staff on the transition process.
She combines these experiences and long term research in the field of leadership succession to the development of a curricula designed for professional presentations. Her consulting in capacity building is informed by 35 years in nonprofit management. Valkanas recently retired as the executive director of the Illinois Arts Alliance (IAA) where she served for 20 years and spearheaded a six year project responding to issues of the transfer of power to the next generation. Valkanas is a founding member and officer of the Washington-based Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest, a founding chair of the State Arts Action Network, a former officer of the Donors Forum of Chicago, and was an important leader of the State Arts Advocacy League of America.

BOARD DEVELOPMENT: Leading by Design

Next Course: Leadership & Succession In The Arts

with Alene Valkanas October 8, 16, 30

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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Session 1
click here BUILDING YOUR BOARD'S HUMAN CAPITAL to view webinar with audio and video.
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.

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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
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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".

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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?

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