• The roles and responsibilities of a board member

• Giving your team enough data so they can respond with actionable, on-point advice

• Ways to rally a group around an idea by coaching and mentoring them
• How to manage up
• How to be a good Ambassador
• Giving and receiving criticism

Session #2 Outline: Making Good Decisions for Your Organization
May 14, 4:30-6pm

• Judgment

  • How to make the “right decision” for the organization

  • Weighing the risks and rewards of decisions for the health of the organization

• Finance

  • A quick overview of how to read financials / Financial Literacy

  • Reading monthly reports

  • How to focus on what matters and discern trends

  • Developing tiger teams

  • What your legal responsibilities are to the organization

Session #3 Outline: Rallying Support from Your Leaders
August 13, 4:30-6pm

• Motivation and Inspiration

  • How to work with an apathetic group to inspire change and commitment

  • How to build enthusiasm

  • Questions to ask when discovering your mission/vision/purpose

• Protocol and obedience

  • Carrying out a mission and avoiding mission/vision drift

  • Understanding the chain of command

  • Avoiding bright shiny object syndrome

  • How to show commitment and accountability

    • List of expectations

    • Board menu for obligations

    • Time and money commitments

    • How to leave an organization
       

Session #4 Outline: Getting the Basics Right
November 5, 4:30-6pm

• Building Your Team

  • Identifying the characteristics of a potential great board member

  • Building alliances

  • Attributes to target for new board members

  • How to exit the old guard

• The Duty of Care

  • Outlining expectations of a team

  • Bylaws compliance

  • Avoiding risk

  • Due Process

  • Contracts

• Loyalty

  • Showing what it takes to be “loyal” to an organization

    • Do no harm, do know harm