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For a nonprofit organization to succeed, it must have a board that is
committed to the organization's mission, possesses substantial
leadership skills and expertise, sets policy that guides the nonprofit
organization's work, and evaluates both the nonprofit organization and
itself with an eye toward continuous improvement. This fast paced
webinar will provide you tools and guidance for implementing some of the
best practices and techniques being used today to strengthen the
governance capacity of nonprofit boards. Applying these best practices
will lead to immediate improvements in your board’s functioning.
Special Features:
Attendees will receive a board orientation resource manual in advance of
the webinar. After the session, they will receive the PowerPoint
presentation file used in the webinar as well as access to answers to
future questions, leads on additional capacity building resources, and
more.
Who Should Attend: CEO's, executive
directors as well as board chairpersons and chairs of board nominating,
governance, and training and development committees looking for proven
tools and techniques to strengthen the board of directors. Please note:
this webinar is not for new board members or individuals who don't have
a responsibility for planning board development activities.
Attend As A Team: This webinar can be viewed
by several people from the same organization using one computer making
your investment in Ten Proven Practices for Strengthening Your Board of
Directors even more cost effective.
Presenter: Frank Martinelli
Date: To be announced
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CDT
Introductory Price: $69
Session Agenda
The following board development practices will be
covered in the webinar:
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Written individual board and officer role
descriptions
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Alignment of key board processes with strategic
plan -- especially board recruitment and committee structure
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Just-in-time board orientation
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Effective meetings: use of consent agenda
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Committee effectiveness
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Use of organizational dashboards
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Board leadership succession planning
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Board self-assessment
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The governance committee
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Incorporating strategic deliberation into every
board meeting
Presenter Bio: Frank Martinelli, The Center
for Public Skills Training
Frank Martinelli has over 35 years of work,
training and consulting experience with a variety of nonprofit and
public sector organizations. He is president of the Center for Public
Skills Training where he specializes in strategic planning, governing
board development, volunteer management, and community partnership and
alliance building. Since 1976 over 25,000 professional staff, board and
other volunteer leaders have benefited from Frank's practical,
results-oriented training and consultation.
Frank served as a member of the national faculty of
The Learning Institute, a joint venture of the Society for Nonprofit
Organizations, PBS, United Way of America, and the University of
Wisconsin-Extension designed to deliver training through a range of
emerging technologies. The Learning Institute, faculty and partners were
the recipient of the American Distance Education Consortium 2000 Award
for the “Certificate of Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership and
Management Satellite Series”. He has provided training and consultation
to over 1800 organizations in the US including Peace Corps, Head Start,
The Points of Light Foundation, Association of Volunteer Administration,
the American Camping Association, Wisconsin Association of Homes and
Services for the Aging, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Medical
College of Wisconsin, Greater Milwaukee Committee, American Lung
Association and others. From 1981-1992, Frank served as Coordinator of
THE RESOURCE CENTER, a major provider of training to nonprofit groups in
the Greater Milwaukee area.
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin with an
M.S. in Urban Affairs, Frank has done numerous workshops on nonprofit
management topics with special emphasis on involvement of the Board of
Directors. Frank has written extensively about the management of
nonprofit organizations and is a contributing author to the New
Directions publication by Jossey-Bass, "Small Nonprofits: Strategies for
Fund Raising Success." He has been trained by the Peter F. Drucker
Foundation in the use of the Organizational Self-Assessment Tool. Frank
has completed the Advanced Board Consultant Training Program offered by
BoardSource, formerly known as the National Center for Nonprofit Boards.
Frank has recently completed the Distance Education Professional
Development Certification Program offered at the University of Wisconsin
and is presently developing a number of web-based and other distance
learning offerings for nonprofits. Frank also publishes the Strategic
Thinking and Planning Blog offering his reflections on strategic
planning in the nonprofit sector.
Frank served as a community organizer for the
Citizen Action Program (CAP) in Chicago and as a founding organizer and
staff director of the Milwaukee Alliance of Concerned Citizens. He also
served as Senior Training Consultant to ACTION/VISTA from 1977 to
1981.In addition to his professional work, since high school days, Frank
has played key roles in founding and leading a number of nonprofit
organizations. In 1993, the Wisconsin Association of Nonprofit
Organizations established The Frank Martinelli Volunteer Achievement
Award. The award recognized excellence in voluntary service to the
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