Follow Up Resources
Thriving as a Board Chair
These resources can be used to support further applications of skills, knowledge, and tools presented at the workshop. Please check our website for more workshops for more learning opportunities. Please respect any fair use and copyright for any of the resources below.
Session 1: April 17, 2018
Pre-reading (from CompassPoint blog)
Session Materials
Session 2: May 8, 2018
Session Materials
Session 3: July 10, 2018
Pre-reading (from The Fundraising Authority)
- The Simple, Step-by-Step Process for Getting Your Board to Refer New Prospects to Your Non-Profit by Joe Garecht
- What to Do if Your Non-Profit Board Won't Help Fundraise by Joe Garecht
Session Materials
Session 4: August 7, 2018
Pre-reading
- Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture from Equity in the Center, a project of ProInspire
- Reflection questions:
- How does my lived experience affect how I show up in white dominant culture groups?
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How can my values, learning, and experience contribute to creating more equity, inclusion, and diversity on my board?
Session Materials
Session 5: September 11, 2018
Pre-reading
- Wheel of Change: A Model for Personal Transformation by Robert Gass from the Social Transformation Project
Session Materials
Templates and Samples
- Board Agreement Commitments Worksheet
- Board Composition Worksheet
- Board Member Recruitment
- Board of Directors Membership Directorship Description and Expectations
- Board Individual Fund Development Plan Template
- Board Meeting Agenda Template
- Board Meeting Evaluation
- Board Meeting Minutes Overview Template
- Board Officer and Committee Descriptions Samples
- Board Self-Assessment
- Sampe Conflict of Interest Policy
- ED Performance Evaluation Template
- Sample Board FAQ Agree Job Description
- Sample Board Handbook Table of Contents
- Sample Board Recruitment Strategy Matrix
- Sample Whistleblower Policy
- Sample Annual Board Calendar