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The Governance Gray Zone: Navigating Board and Staff Roles and Decision-Making
In this practical webinar, we'll explore one of the most common sources of tension in nonprofit organizations: confusion about the respective roles of boards and staff. Drawing on governance lessons from the field and TREC's practical Board v. Staff Role Guide, participants will learn how to distinguish between governance, management, and the critical gray zone where boards and staff work together.
Impactful Board Meetings in Chaotic Times: Shifting from Report-Outs to Real Engagement
As boards and leaders struggle to focus in the face of chaos, board meetings can trend toward burnout and defaulting to low-value report outs instead of engaged, strategic conversations. This webinar isn’t “10 tips to make your board meetings more engaging.” It’s about co-creating ideas to keep boards motivated and focused, and above all, helpful in guiding EDs as they make mission-critical decisions in these turbulent times.
Strengthening the Executive Director and Board Partnership: Strategies for Collaboration and Success
This session is ideal for Executive Directors, Senior Leaders in co-leadership roles, and Board Members. We encourage both leadership and board representatives review to ensure a shared understanding and actionable outcomes. Join us to unlock the potential of this vital partnership and empower your organization to thrive.
Building Inclusive Boards: Strategies for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
In an era marked by dynamic change, conservation and environmental nonprofits are increasingly acknowledging the pivotal influence of their boards of directors in championing diverse viewpoints, promoting equitable procedures, and…
Working with Your Board: Making it Worth Your Time and Effort
At their best, Boards are our most valuable volunteers. When Boards are successful and engaged, they can provide guidance, support, and increase your organization’s capacity. This session will explore ways to maximize the impact of your Board and be sure your efforts to support and engage the Board are not wasted.
Bringing Out the Best in Your Board
Boards are our most valuable volunteers. When Boards are successful and engaged, they can provide guidance, support, and increase your organization’s capacity. Is your Board performing at their full potential?
Creating a Powerful Executive Director/Board Relationship
One of the most important drivers of organizational effectiveness is the relationship between the Board and Executive Director. This webinar is designed to help organizational leaders–ED's and Board officers–be more proactive and engaged in creating healthy partnerships between the board and the ED.
Board Leadership: Maximizing Impact and Sanity
Common experience, backed by research, shows that the quality and effectiveness of a Board is highly determined by the quality of its leadership (board chairs, vice-chairs), yet this is often a highly unappealing role and not suited for everyone. In this webinar - valuable for every board member - we’ll explore the key focus areas of board leaders, how to address some of the biggest challenges of being in a board leadership role, what the most important qualities and skills of an effective chair are, and how to find your successor as a chair.
Board Development, Engagement, and Recruitment
Without care and feeding, Boards risk becoming stagnant and ineffective. In this webinar we’ll explore how to assess your board’s effectiveness, keep board members engaged, deal with “deadwood” directors, and identify and bring in the right kind of new directors.
Board 101: Board Focus and Roles
As a board member, you may have found that time and limited resources have influenced your board's ability to identify and implement the best strategies to support your organization. As an executive director, you may be wondering what tools are available to support your board. This webinar will provide foundational tips and strategies in order to support efficient and fulfilling board participation.