Focus on governance.

Any of the topics listed below can be combined to form a training customized to your organization. Sessions can be timed from one-hour in conjunction with a board meeting to a full-day workshop. 

• Board-Building Cycle
  This session addresses the nine steps to finding, recruiting, and engaging nonprofit board members (identify, cultivate, recruit, orient, involve, educate, evaluate, rotate, and celebrate).

• The Board’s Role in Fundraising
  This session addresses the role of the board as a whole in fundraising versus the role of individual board members in fundraising; establishing a culture of philanthropy; overview of fundraising methods; and board member involvement in the three stages of fundraising.

• The Board/Staff Partnership
  This session addresses the roles of board versus staff; how to support the culture of an effective board-staff partnership; key strategies to develop, manage, and survive executive transitions, including hiring and evaluation; and how to create a succession plan.

• Governance Board Basic Roles & Responsibilities
  This session addresses the three primary roles of nonprofit boards; the board-chief executive partnership; and the roles and responsibilities of individual board members.

• Structuring the High-Performance Board
  ​This session addresses primary board responsibilities; board members’ legal obligations; varied governance models; bylaws; board size and composition; organization of committees, work groups, and advisory committees; and meeting management, including the use of consent agendas and dashboard.