Building Better Boards

May 5, 2008, 4:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Tallahassee Community College, Economic & Workforce Development

Building Better Boards is a training program designed by Leadership Tallahassee for novice and veteran board members, as well as agency staff/professionals. Sessions are informative and include time for discussion and interaction. A light dinner is included. Building Better Boards is the best opportunity for you and your board members or volunteers to receive valuable training and resource materials.

The Topics for this Year’s Sessions of Building Better Boards are based on the 10 Basic Responsibilities of a Board of Directors. Attendees are guaranteed to come away with useful ideas and tools to enhance board governance and operations. Boards wanting to cover all BBB workshop topics should register 5 participants. Participants will be able to choose two of the following workshops:

10 Responsibilities of a Board of Directors: Topics for Building Better Boards Sessions

Determine the Organization’s Mission & Purpose: Pointing the Way – Panel Discussion with Board Chairs and Executive Directors. Moderator: Darryl Jones, Bethel CDC
Ensure Effective Organizational Planning – Rosalind Tompkins-Whiteside, Mothers in Crisis
Ensure Adequate Resources: The Elements of a Development Strategy – Alyce Lee Stansbury, Stansbury Consulting
Ensure Effective Financial Management: Reading a Balance Sheet and a Profit and Loss Statement – Mark Payne, James Moore & Co.
Enhance the Organization’s Public Image: It’s More Than a Communications Strategy – Scott Van Damen, Volunteer Florida
Govern the Organization by Broad Policies & Objectives: Using and Developing a Road Map – Carol Gordon, The PG Group
Ensure Continuity & Representation on the Board through its Members: Board Member Recruitment – Ken Armstrong, United Way of the Big Bend
Manage the Governance of the Board: How to Involve Youth On Your Board – Debbie Bergstrom Breeze, Communities in Schools and Julie Lovelace, Leadership Tallahassee
Assess the Board’s Own Performance: Board Satisfaction – Dan Clark, Dan Clark Associates
Select/Evaluate/Support the Executive Director – Kelly Otte, UPHS

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

$30/person before April 25 Every registration received after April 25 must include an additional $25/person.

Leadership Tallahassee has partnered with United Partners for Human Services (UPHS) to offer Building Better Boards in conjunction with the UPHS Conference for Excellence in Non-Profit Leadership.

Register Online through the UPHS website! It’s simple! Go to the UPHS Website: www.unitedpartnersforhumanservices.org Click on CONFERENCE and then on REGISTER. Enter the requested information. Print the receipt and send your check to:

UPHS
P.O. Box 10267
Tallahassee FL 32301

If registering online is not possible, please call Julie Lovelace (521-3115). She’ll be happy to help you over the phone.