The Essentials of Board Governance
Presented by Fran Whittenburg Alvis, Homeless & Housing Coalition of Kentucky
The Board of Directors sets the tone and direction of the organization. Creating an effective Board is a continual
process that includes recruitment, engagement, and development. Effective Board leadership and governance helps ensure that an organization can operate at its fullest capacity. Whether you are the CEO of the agency or serve on the Board of the agency, this session will give you the tools to use to improve the effectiveness of your Board.
Nonprofit Board of Directors Best Practices Grace Dunlap
In this 1-hour webinar hosted by CharityNet USA, we review the 20 best practices for nonprofit board of directors. For more information on nonprofit startup, visit: charitynetusa.com/nonprofit_startup.php
The Stand for Your Mission campaign is a challenge to all nonprofit decision-makers to stand up for the organizations they believe in by actively representing their organization’s mission and values, and creating public will for positive social change.
The Essentials of Board Governance
Presented by Fran Whittenburg Alvis, Homeless & Housing Coalition of Kentucky
The Board of Directors sets the tone and direction of the organization. Creating an effective Board is a continual
process that includes recruitment, engagement, and development. Effective Board leadership and governance helps ensure that an organization can operate at its fullest capacity. Whether you are the CEO of the agency or serve on the Board of the agency, this session will give you the tools to use to improve the effectiveness of your Board.
Nonprofit Board of Directors Best Practices Grace Dunlap
In this 1-hour webinar hosted by CharityNet USA, we review the 20 best practices for nonprofit board of directors. For more information on nonprofit startup, visit: charitynetusa.com/nonprofit_startup.php
The Stand for Your Mission campaign is a challenge to all nonprofit decision-makers to stand up for the organizations they believe in by actively representing their organization’s mission and values, and creating public will for positive social change.
Nonprofit Boards and Effective Governance4Good.org
The nonprofit governing board has been described as an ineffective group of effective people. Trustees are recruited for their stature, skills or connections, and then are not fully engaged. Why do nonprofits so broadly fail to use their boards wisely? And how might they do better? We will look at four interrelated areas: membership (including recruitment, development, self-assessment), process (including structure, meetings), capacity, and fiduciary issues.
Slides from a talk on how to train and run a non-profit Board of Directors. Focus on non-profits with high board turnover and relatively inexperienced board members.
The primary benefit of the planning process is the process itself, not a plan. It is essential to put energy and effort into planning your process. The four questions you want to answer: Where are we? Where do we want to be in the future? What part of the status quo do we need to change to get us where we want to be in the future? How do we make it happen? Remember, if you don't know where you want to go it doesn't matter which road you take!
Leadership is about how one leads one\'s self and others. It is also about responsibility and accountability in action. This slideshow highlights some of the traits essential for remarkable leadership.
Nonprofit Boards and Effective Governance4Good.org
The nonprofit governing board has been described as an ineffective group of effective people. Trustees are recruited for their stature, skills or connections, and then are not fully engaged. Why do nonprofits so broadly fail to use their boards wisely? And how might they do better? We will look at four interrelated areas: membership (including recruitment, development, self-assessment), process (including structure, meetings), capacity, and fiduciary issues.
Slides from a talk on how to train and run a non-profit Board of Directors. Focus on non-profits with high board turnover and relatively inexperienced board members.
The primary benefit of the planning process is the process itself, not a plan. It is essential to put energy and effort into planning your process. The four questions you want to answer: Where are we? Where do we want to be in the future? What part of the status quo do we need to change to get us where we want to be in the future? How do we make it happen? Remember, if you don't know where you want to go it doesn't matter which road you take!
Leadership is about how one leads one\'s self and others. It is also about responsibility and accountability in action. This slideshow highlights some of the traits essential for remarkable leadership.
This presentation was prepared to support the induction process of new Board members of a Board I chaired for several years. It presents basic and introductory information sourced from various experts. It was intended to help Board members understand the role of the Board, their role as Board members and the difference between Board/policy and Operational roles. Feel free to use and adapt this slide show. I know how hard it is to Chair a volunteer Board and how frustrating it can be having to reinvent the wheel for processes like Board member induction. Some pictures would probably help this. A manual was also produced for distribution to Board members and that has been uploaded to Scribd.
The Policy Governance® Model “Policy Governance® is an approach to the job of governing that emphasizes values, vision, empowerment of both board and staff, and the strategic ability to lead leaders.” A new Paradigm of: Visionary Leadership Empowering Delegation Ironclad Accountability
This tool was designed to help nonprofit organizations assess their organizational capacity against a number of best practices recommended by the Center for Nonprofit Resources (C4NPR.org – Toledo, OH).
Each organization will need to decide for itself what changes, if any, to make in its governance and management policies and practices based on the self-assessment.
In this age of tough competition for funding, having a strong and engaged board is the key to long-term sustainability.
Innovation by Design in Patient ExperienceDavid Dunne
This presentation was given to a medical audience in Toronto in 2014. It discusses the research that supports design-based innovation in the patient experience. For further details contact me at dunne@rotman.utoronto.ca
This presentation attempts to make the concepts of the Carver model of "Policy Governance" (registered trade mark) available to small nonprofits and their boards
University of Utah Health Exceptional Value Annual Report 2015University of Utah
Every year the Exceptional Value Annual Report documents the performance of University of Utah Health on all 45 of the key initiatives identified in the organization's Operational Plan. Focused on value-driven outcomes (quality, service and cost), our successes are celebrated and failures are reviewed for learning opportunities.
Inpatient Rounding: 30 Minutes a Week to Amazing Patient ExperienceMedAmerica Marketer
In a busy emergency department, patients can feel lost in the shuffle. No wonder patients admitted from the ED tend to score the hospital low on patient satisfaction surveys. But even after a negative experience, it’s still possible to win back patients’ loyalty. The trick is to respond quickly and with genuine compassion.
Learn the action steps you must implement to ensure your nonprofit's board of directors is not only actively engaged but also passionate and willing to put in the time required to see your nonprofit succeed.
Instruments for improvement of Accountability and Governance in NGOsHumaneasy Consulting
Marilyn Wyatt (Consultant, Prague)
Series of Internacional Conferences
Civil Society Organizations
Transparency and Responsibility
2nd Conference "Ethics, Transparency and Responsability"
Held at the Goeth Institut Lissabon
Organized by Humaneasy Consulting and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Portugal
More at http://www.humaneasy.com/conf/
This presentation was given to MBA Alumni of the Berkeley-Haas School of Business on April 30, 2011. The presenters were Dr. Nora Silver, Director and Adjunct Professor of the Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership, and Paul Jansen, Director Emeritus of the Social Sector Practice of McKinsey and Co. For more information: http://nonprofit.haas.berkeley.edu
Steps for Rolling out a Policy Management ProcessMatt Moneypenny
On May 17th, 2018, Etactics and IntraVires Health Compliance Consultants joined together to bring episode 2 of the Building Towards Successful Policy Management webinar series. Episode 2 or "Steps for Rolling Out a Policy Management Process" helped break down the process of implementing your policies management into comprehensible steps.
Common Good Vermont hosts a 75 minute panel with Jim LeFevre of LeFevre Associates to discuss the main functions of the modern board and strategies for successful governance. Jim will present a full day workshop on the subject with Marlboro Graduate School on 3/18/11
We are born in nonprofit hospitals, we leave our children in nonprofit child care, we are educated at nonprofit schools and universities, and we come together in nonprofits seeking social justice, we are inspired in nonprofit museums and theatres, we worship in nonprofit churches, synagogues and mosques and we rely on nonprofits when challenges confront families and tragedy strikes our communities.
The nonprofit sector is like air -- it is all around us.
Presentation on Governance of nonprofit in CSO Partners Workshop "Opportunities in Challenging Times - A Workshop for NGOs" held on September 14-15, 2009 at Secunderabad
HANUMAN STORIES: TIMELESS TEACHINGS FOR TODAY’S WORLDLearnyoga
Hanuman Stories: Timeless Teachings for Today’s World" delves into the inspiring tales of Hanuman, highlighting lessons of devotion, strength, and selfless service that resonate in modern life. These stories illustrate how Hanuman's unwavering faith and courage can guide us through challenges and foster resilience. Through these timeless narratives, readers can find profound wisdom to apply in their daily lives.
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
Exploring the Mindfulness Understanding Its Benefits.pptxMartaLoveguard
Slide 1: Title: Exploring the Mindfulness: Understanding Its Benefits
Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
Mindfulness, defined as the conscious, non-judgmental observation of the present moment, has deep roots in Buddhist meditation practice but has gained significant popularity in the Western world in recent years. In today's society, filled with distractions and constant stimuli, mindfulness offers a valuable tool for regaining inner peace and reconnecting with our true selves. By cultivating mindfulness, we can develop a heightened awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and surroundings, leading to a greater sense of clarity and presence in our daily lives.
Slide 3: Benefits of Mindfulness for Mental Well-being
Practicing mindfulness can help reduce stress and anxiety levels, improving overall quality of life.
Mindfulness increases awareness of our emotions and teaches us to manage them better, leading to improved mood.
Regular mindfulness practice can improve our ability to concentrate and focus our attention on the present moment.
Slide 4: Benefits of Mindfulness for Physical Health
Research has shown that practicing mindfulness can contribute to lowering blood pressure, which is beneficial for heart health.
Regular meditation and mindfulness practice can strengthen the immune system, aiding the body in fighting infections.
Mindfulness may help reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity by reducing stress and improving overall lifestyle habits.
Slide 5: Impact of Mindfulness on Relationships
Mindfulness can help us better understand others and improve communication, leading to healthier relationships.
By focusing on the present moment and being fully attentive, mindfulness helps build stronger and more authentic connections with others.
Mindfulness teaches us how to be present for others in difficult times, leading to increased compassion and understanding.
Slide 6: Mindfulness Techniques and Practices
Focusing on the breath and mindful breathing can be a simple way to enter a state of mindfulness.
Body scan meditation involves focusing on different parts of the body, paying attention to any sensations and feelings.
Practicing mindful walking and eating involves consciously focusing on each step or bite, with full attention to sensory experiences.
Slide 7: Incorporating Mindfulness into Daily Life
You can practice mindfulness in everyday activities such as washing dishes or taking a walk in the park.
Adding mindfulness practice to daily routines can help increase awareness and presence.
Mindfulness helps us become more aware of our needs and better manage our time, leading to balance and harmony in life.
Slide 8: Summary: Embracing Mindfulness for Full Living
Mindfulness can bring numerous benefits for physical and mental health.
Regular mindfulness practice can help achieve a fuller and more satisfying life.
Mindfulness has the power to change our perspective and way of perceiving the world, leading to deeper se
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
11. We all have a mental model for how a board
is supposed to function
12. All boards fall somewhere between over-
controlling and out of control
Managing
Board
Governing Board
Ratifying
Board
Working
Board
Disengaged
Board
13. Boards tend to fluctuate between micro-
managing and rubber-stamping
20. Board policies fit between By-Laws and
standard operating procedures
Articles of
Incorporation
By-Laws
Board
Policies
Standard
Operating
Procedures
Required by law to incorporate, most states insist on President and secretary too.
For profit corporations, owners are the shareholders. In not-for-profits, moral owners can be funders, community, recipients, or group of stakeholders.
What boards have you served on in the past?
What other agencies in your community have a board?
Time spent on the trivial
Short-term perspective
Reactive stance
Reviewing, rehashing staff work
Leaky accountability
Diffused authority.
We know how to get a sports team to work as a team
We do team-building at work to get everyone on the same page
It’s like we get amnesia when we walk into church
What are some things you would normally do for team-building?
Why don’t we do this for governing boards?
There is no other model, no competition
Traditional approach is a collection of practices
When have you observed a board governing well?
Where do new board members get their idea of what a board is supposed to do?
I think it’s from television and movies
Left is more hands on and the right is more hands off
Working board: ex launching a new CPC
Managing board ex: YFC or YL chapter with young director
Governing board ex: National ministry with 3 meetings a year
Ratifying board ex: all members are major donors/patronage board
Failing board ex: members aren’t prepared, disengaged, argumentative, toxic atmosphere in meetings
Most boards tend to vacillate back and forth depending on conditions or inclination of various board members.
How does this resonate with your experience?
Politically-based: Acts 23:1-10
Voting
Many voices
Constituencies
Power
Scorekeeping
Reactive
Policy-based: Acts 15:24-29
Consensus
One voice
Organization
Progress
Monitoring
Proactive
This document helps the board to do its work
Keep by-laws lean and mean
Keep policies as general as the board feels comfortable
Move detailed policies to the SOP manual, which belongs to the staff and does not need board approval
“That’s the way we have always done things here”
“You are going against one of our values as a church”
“You didn’t know, well it’s sort of an unwritten rule around here”
Put one person in charge of final copy
Distribute revised versions electronically
Consider posting latest and most up to date on website
Consider one bound copy in church office for voters access
Results, beneficiaries, cost
How might we craft a global ends policy for a church?
Always stated in the negative.
Organize them by worry buckets. What are some examples?
The rest of the staff should be invisible to the board.
The Chair rules the board meetings, not the organization.
I prefer Chair to congregational president for that reason.
Start from outside and work in
The global policy is always your first policy in each section
Marks of good policies:
Up-to-date
Mean what they say
Easily available
Brief
Comprehensive.
When you see something or hear of something that another board does, “borrow” the idea.
Don’t learn the hard way. Rob, pillage, and steal best practices to build a stronger board of directors.
Going electronic only is controversial. Some people prefer paper in the meetings. Some do not have the computer skills to find files quickly.
If you send reports by email, people can print their own copies or bring their laptop.
Many CEOs include backup information just in case someone asks a question. One board I worked with received a 3-ring binder every meeting.
Every board member can read the ministry and financial reports before the meeting instead of looking at them during the meeting.
Everyone must do their homework for this to work.
Place all of the reports in a pile and ask if anybody has a question about any of them. Receive the rest in one vote. Then go back and handle the questions or issues on the other reports.
Create a dashboard for the organization by including all critical numbers and charts on one side of one sheet of paper.
Use color and visual display of information.
Code some measures are green, yellow, and red. Red items invite more intensive board discussion and scrutiny.
Developing a balanced scorecard is one way to do this.
Many think a board should have an executive committee and several sub-committees to divide up the work. Better to have no standing committees at all. They invite the work to be done twice.
Story about PPC meeting and choosing a new sign.
Ad hoc committees that meet once or for a short period are useful
What are some situations when an ad hoc committee would be useful?
Budget narrative, revenue target for budget, pastor or executive director salary, writing a policy draft.
It’s tough to keep the board focused on doing board work.
Time out, throw a “T”
Stop sign on a card
Simply raise your hand
Are we engaged in board work right now or is this a matter for the staff to handle?
Every board can check the quality of their process at the end of every board meeting. Ask questions like:
Did we show a high-level of respect to each other?
Did we work together as a team to do our work?
Did we stick to board work and stay out of staff work?
Problem board members will behave better if they know they will get called on bad behavior at the end of the meeting.
How many of you have a website for your organization?
Create a special password protected area for the board. Put all the documents they need in one place.
The most recent version of the board policy manual
Minutes and other historical documents
Photo and short bio
Photo of entire board on retreat
Zoomerang or Survey Monkey charge low monthly fees. They both allow free surveys for small sample sizes.
First, type in your questions, send out an email message, then check out the charts and graphs.
A church board can survey the congregation, parents with children in the youth group, or key people in the community.
Nonprofits can survey, clients, donors, or partner organizations.
Coffee, tea, or water can make a difference.
Story about getting a bottle of water halfway through a church board meeting.
For snacks, stick with healthy foods, low sugar.
Pews and lectern are the worst setup.
Board table is next worst.
Moveable tables in a U, square, or polygon is even better.
Chairs in a circle is the most intimate setup.
Most boards spend zero time in building relationships of trust. So all too often the trustees don’t trust each other.
Boards should see themselves as a small group with a task. Start every meeting with Bible study and prayer. No board that does this has ever told me it was a waste of time.
Read a book for spiritual growth together and discuss it.
Tough issues are resolved faster if more time is spent building strong team relationships.
There is something about food that breaks down barriers. Find ways to share a meal together.
Just like a small group, board members can care for each other instead of having tense relationships and unproductive alliances.
A retreat once a year, with or without a facilitator can be well worth the time. You can work on relationship building, team building, and skill building.
You can have a one-day retreat without an overnight, but it usually works best if it is off-site.
Strategic planning is best done in one long meeting rather than a series of once a month meetings.
People in large organizations are reviewed annually by their boss and review their direct reports with some kind of system.
If the CEO is responsible for the overall health and success of the organization, then the CEO’s success factors ought to be identical to the organization’s success factors.
If the staff of an organization is in disarray and donations are falling, can a CEO still be commended for doing a good job and getting a good review for what he or she does?
Review the By-Laws once a year. Review one set of policies each quarter at an appropriate time of year.
Ends policies may require more than one session and represent the work of the board that is never finished.
Once a year, conduct a self-assessment of the board to see if you are slipping into bad habits.
Borrow an assessment tool or hire a resource person to conduct an evaluation of board process.
A perpetual calendar tells you what major items should be on the board agenda throughout the year. It helps the board stay on top of what should be covered when.
When to decide strategic goals?
When to provide revenue target and budget narrative?
When to approve annual budget?
When to review policy sections?
Train new board members before their first board meeting.
If you have written board policies, study them together and answer any questions they may have.
Have them read a book or several articles on governance.
Make sure new member is clear on his or her role on the board.
Most board chairs would love a chance to talk with a wise person about how to lead the board meetings and get advice on sticky situations