/emilydavisconsulting /AskEmilyD @cbca #nonprofit #governance COVERING YOUR BOARD BASES Colorado Business Council for the Arts Emily Davis, MNM, CGT Emily Davis Consulting October 8, 2014
Joining the Team: Covering Your Governance Bases
Jun 26, 2015
Whether you are veteran nonprofit board member or are joining a board as your first governance experience, the essential elements of board governance are critical for healthy leadership. Join nonprofit governance expert, Emily Davis, in a discussion about governance best practices including:
− Governing roles and responsibilities.
− Various “hats” board members’ wear and when to wear each one.
− Clearer roles, expectations, and commitments of board and staff in organizational leadership.
− Strategies for effective recruitment and retention of boards.
− Enhancing accountability among board leadership for sustainability.
Matching the passion for a mission with governance essentials will serve you as an individual board member and create engagement within the board.
− Governing roles and responsibilities.
− Various “hats” board members’ wear and when to wear each one.
− Clearer roles, expectations, and commitments of board and staff in organizational leadership.
− Strategies for effective recruitment and retention of boards.
− Enhancing accountability among board leadership for sustainability.
Matching the passion for a mission with governance essentials will serve you as an individual board member and create engagement within the board.
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COVERING YOUR BOARD BASES
Colorado Business Council for the Arts Emily Davis, MNM, CGT Emily Davis Consulting
October 8, 2014
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TURN ON YOUR TECH
Follow the conversation…
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#philanthropy
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A LITTLE ABOUT ME
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30 seconds or less
Name & Title
1 Question for Today 1
Governance Challenge
A LITTLE ABOUT YOU…
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LET’S GET STARTED: GOVERNANCE
Roles & Responsibilities Hats We Wear Shared Leadership
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1. Determine mission & purpose
2. Select the chief executive
3. Support & evaluate the chief executive
4. Ensure effective planning
5. Monitor & strengthen programs & services
6. Ensure adequate financial resources
7. Protect assets & provide financial oversight
8. Build a competent board
9. Ensure legal & ethical integrity
10. Enhance the organization’s public standing
10 BASIC BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES
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ACTIVITY
How does the board as a whole perform the 10 responsibilities listed?
Rate the board as a whole on a scale
from 1 – 4. 4 = Outstanding
3 = Good 2 = Fair 1 = Poor
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Set organizational
direction
Provide oversight
Ensure necessary resources
BOARD ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
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WHY 100% BOARD GIVING??
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FUNDRAISING PROCESS
Prospecting Identification Preparation
Cultivating Build the Relationship
Engage the Donor Ask for the Gift
Stewarding Recognition Reporting Communicating Engagement
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Legal Hat
Ambassador Hat
Volunteer Hat
THE DIFFERENT HATS WE WEAR…
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ENSURE BOARD & ED ENGAGEMENT*
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
ED ENGAGEMENT
BOARD ENGAGEMENT
* Source: Richard Chair et. al. “Governance as Leadership”
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EXERCISE TIME!
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.
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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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WHAT WORKS?
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CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
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SELF ASSESSMENT
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ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?
What is ONE thing you will take
towards improving board governance?
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Emily Davis, MNM Emily Davis Consulting
(720) 515-0581 [email protected]
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