Whether you are interested in joining a board, you are a first time board member, or are a veteran board member the foundational elements for board service are essential. Join us for a discussion on governance best practices that will help you better:
− Identify governing roles and responsibilities
− Understand hats you wear as a board member and shared leadership
− Develop tools for ensuring the necessary human and financial resources
Board members play a critical role in both serving as models for financial support and establishing confidence for others to give. Learn about how there is even more to fund development than “the ask” and how you can play an important role in engaging in fundraising efforts.
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• Roadmap
• Strategic priorities for committee &
staff direction
• Stakeholder-guided direction
• Best practice
• Identify strengths and challenges
• Organizational direction
• Clear expectations
WHY STRATEGIC PLANNING?
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Generative
Fiduciary
Governance
as
Leadership
Strategic
WHY
are
we
going
to
do
it?
HOW
are
we
going
to
do
it?
WHAT
are
we
going
to
do?
• Confronting challenges in
traditions & values
• What matters most to us?
• What does this mean to us?
• Meaning
• Framing the right issue
• Tangible
• Operations
• Legal
• Results
• Resources
• Scanning your
external
environment
• Comparative
advantage
• Strategic plans
• High performing board
deals with all 3
• Great boards know the
differences and deals
with them.
• Fundraising fits within all
three
• Generative – what would
we do or not do for $$?
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• Inherent tension
– Both govern
– Intersection of
governance &
management
– Board oversees
ED’s work
– Calls for clarity of
mutual expectations
• Requires respect
for…
– Differences in roles
– Differing
responsibilities
– Personal styles
• Needs regular
communication
• Benefits from board
and ED assessments
BOARD/ED PARTNERSHIP
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ED is displacing board
GOVERNANCE AS
OBSERVATION
ED is in constructive
partnership with board
GOVERNANCE AS
LEADERSHIP
ED is going thru the
motions with the board
GOVERNANCE AS
ATTENDANCE
ED is displaced by board
GOVERNANCE AS
MICROMANAGEMENT
E
D
E
N
G
A
G
E
M
E
N
T
BOARD ENGAGEMENT
* Source: Richard Chair et. al. “Governance as Leadership”
BOARD & ED ENGAGEMENT*
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Write “board” in the space provided if you
think it is a board responsibility.
Write “staff” if you think it is a
responsibility carried out by the staff.
Write “both” if you think it is a
responsibility shared by staff and board.
EXERCISE TIME
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Board
Leads
Shares values thru policies
that put mission in action
Hires, supports, assesses
ED
Opens funding resources in
community
Oversees financial due
diligence
Recruits & retains new
board members
ED Leads
Develops/ Proposes policy
questions
Hires, supervises,
motivates staff
Develops & implements
programs
Shared
Leadership
Strategic plan
Fundraising plan &
strategies
Evaluations
Prep board meetings
SHARED LEADERSHIP
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• Council of Nonprofits
• Nonprofit Board Answer Book
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• 10 Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards
• Effective Leadership for Nonprofit
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Boards Work Together
• The Handbook of Nonprofit Governance
• Governance as Leadership