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Thanks for joining! Effective Board Governance

Board Purpose and Plans

1 Al Onkka Sarah Cohn 2

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Our Agenda

9:00 Welcome and Overview 9:15 Board Lifecycle 10:05 Break 10:15 Board Annual Calendar 11:10 Break 11:20 Board Meeting Model 12:00 Adjourn

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Provide Oversight & Accountability Contribute Leadership Serve as Ambassadors

Last Week Roles of Board and Members

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Board Lifecycle

Founding Super- Managing Ratifying Corporate

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/here-we-go-again-the-cyclical-nature-of-board-behavior/

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Super- Managing Ratifying Corporate

Leaning In

• Board uses mgmt

perspective.

• Members are expert

consultants to staff.

• Members are often

recruited MAPs.

”Middle Aged Professionals”

• Working to build,

change, or monitor

• rg processes and

practices.

• Board is filling a gap.

Overcommitted, Micromanaging

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Sitting Straight

• Balanced role and

good relationship with ED.

• Ability to identify

where to focus and agility to move there.

• Board work feels

sustainable.

• Board is playing

their part.

Super- Managing Ratifying Corporate

Overcommitted, Micromanaging Routine, Confidence, Prestige

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Leaning Back

• High trust in staff.
• Staff leads, board

rubberstamps.

• Board struggles with

their role.

• Perfunctory board

meetings.

• Low engagement or

attendance.

• Board is checking
• ut.

Overcommitted, Micromanaging Routine, Confidence, Prestige Crisis, Failure, Transition

Super- Managing Ratifying Corporate

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Super- Managing Ratifying Corporate

Leaning In after Ratifying

• Building common

purpose and vision.

• Reorienting board

members and setting expectations.

• Assessing member

commitment and composition.

• Revisiting role.

Overcommitted, Micromanaging Routine, Confidence, Prestige Crisis, Failure, Transition

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• Which stage best

describes your board and is that what is needed from the org right now?

• What is an example of how

your board shows its stage?

• How do the stages help you

understand your board?

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Board Development at Each Stage

Overcommitted, Micromanaging Routine, Confidence, Prestige Crisis, Failure, Transition

Super- Managing Ratifying Corporate

• Letting go of internal mgmt
• Defining board/staff

roles

• Building board

practices

• Recruiting beyond

MAPs

• Maintaining balanced

board/staff relationship

• Holding to board member

expectations

• Self-correcting after leaning in and

leaning out

• Building common purpose

and vision

• Reorienting members and

setting expectations

• Assessing member

commitment and composition.

• Revisiting role

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Break

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Does your board have a plan that guides their work?

Select Yes or No 14

• Votes
• Activities
• Regular items
• ???

Chat Box

What are some things that your board needs to do every year?

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Board Annual Calendar

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Group Activity

The Nonprofit:

• 12 board members. 12 staff members.
• $1.5m annual budget.
• July-June fiscal year.
• Board meets every other month (6x).
• Committees meet between or as needed.

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Using an Annual Board Calendar

• Use it to plan meeting agendas. Keep it

updated as things change.

• Put it in the board packet for each meeting and

share what is coming up.

• Use the committee side as you like – start by

including the major tasks and let committees keep track of the rest.

You can share this with your board: https://aurora.fyi/board-annual-agenda

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Break

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Four Quadrants Meeting Model

https://www.propelnonprofits.org/blog/better-board-meetings/

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4:30 Welcome and Relationship Building: Pair up and Share

– How do you believe your race affected your experience in school? What assets

• r limitations does this experience give you in your work on the board?

4:50 Learning Together: Bettina Love chapter discussion (Sam) 5:15 Board Business: Finance Update

– ED report (Sam) – Finance update (Tom) - 6-month fiscal year end, current budget, Form 990 – Development and Governance updates (Aimee and Matt)

5:45 Generative Thinking: Impact Committee

– Presentation of work completed by Impact Committee and goals for future work (Qorsho, chair). Board vote on ratification as standing committee

6:15 Executive session to share results ED annual review (Kathy) 6:30 Adjourn

Meeting Example

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• What would you like to

add to your board meetings?

• What would you reduce
• r let go of?
• What would you need

to plan better board meetings?

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Single Topic Example

(Learning) ED present: What are the major areas in our new budget? What do they represent for the organization? (Relationship) Pair share: How does this budget reflect your goals for the organization? What questions or concerns do you have? (Generative) Full Discussion: What path is this budget putting us on? How does it reflect our strategic plan? (Board Business) Vote to approve or recommend revisions.

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Thank you!

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