When
Saturday, June 10, 2023 9:00AM - 3:00PM EDT
Where
Event Registration
Event Details
Through this board leadership training, we can show you how to be the best board member ever! We will help equip current and future board members with the skills needed to help their nonprofit organizations succeed. A well-trained and effective board of directors is essential to a nonprofit's success. CNPE has offered board leadership training for almost 20 years.
This is a special Saturday training to offer working professionals an additional opportunity to participate without having to take off work. Participants will receive six hours of virtual classroom instruction covering the fiduciary, legal, and governance duties that all boards must know.
Lunch will be provided.
Seating is limited, so register early.
2023 COURSE OVERVIEW:
Part 1: Board 101
In this session we will cover:
• General purpose, structure, and function of nonprofit boards of directors
• Roles and responsibilities of board members, individually and collectively
• Relationship of the board to the chief executive and staff
• Effective committee structure and function
• The importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in governance
Part 2: Vision, Mission, Values, and Strategy
In this session we will cover:
• The board's role in articulating and actualizing the organization's vision, mission, and values
• The board's role in developing and executing strategy
• The role of and need for generative thinking in the boardroom
Part 3: Finances and Fundraising
In this session we will cover:
• The board's role as fiduciaries and stewards of the organization's financial resources
• Basic financial reports: their purpose, content, and use
• The board's roles and responsibilities in raising funds
• Practical ways the board can raise funds
Part 4: Building Effective Boards
In this session we will cover:
• The basics of effective board member recruitment, orientation, and evaluation
• Effective, meaningful, and productive board meetings
• Strategies for keeping board members engaged
Instructor:
Ed Cortas joined the Center for Nonprofit Excellence in 2013. He comes to CNPE with over 25 years of development, operational, and management experience in the nonprofit sector, and has served on various local and regional boards of directors during that time. Prior to that, Ed worked in information systems analysis and development with the General Electric Company and is a graduate of its management program. He holds a Master of Nonprofit Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame. Ed's experience has taught him that sound, strategic systems of governance, management, and administration do not merely support nonprofit missions—they drive them. His passion is helping nonprofits evaluate, develop and maintain those systems.
We don't want costs to prevent our members from attending our events. Financial assistance to attend our in-house trainings is available to CNPE members. Nonprofit professionals who have historically had less access to wealth, disproportionately Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian/Asian Pacific Islander individuals, and persons of color are encouraged to submit a request for a scholarship. If membership fees are also a hardship, financial assistance for that is also available. Please contact Candace Cook ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), Membership Coordinator, for more information.
