The Greater New Orleans Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Initiative, Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations, Bayou Community Foundation, and Fletcher Technical Community College are presenting a series of FREE workshops this spring for Bayou Region nonprofits focused on Nonprofit Governance.
Organizational teams of board members, executive directors, and senior staff are encouraged to register. Space is limited!
Wednesday, March 29
9:00 a.m. – 12 Noon
FTCC’s Integrated Petroleum Technology building in Schriever.
Participants will learn:
- The Board’s legal obligations of duty, loyalty and obedience.
- The specific roles and responsibilities of board members.
- How to tailor board engagement based on organizational needs and individual board members’ interests, skills, and capacity.
- How to create a powerful leadership partnership among the board, executive director, and other staff.
Tuesday, April 11
9:00 a.m. – 12 Noon
FTCC’s Integrated Petroleum Technology building in Schriever.
Participants will learn:
- How to determine the right committees and task forces to support governance and organizational needs.
- How to create engaging board meeting and retreat agendas.
- Strategies and tactics for sustaining engagement and ensuring momentum between formal meetings.
Board Recruitment and Succession Planning
Tuesday, May 24
9:00 am – 12 Noon
FTCC’s Integrated Petroleum Technology building in Schriever.
Participants will learn:
- How to identify your recruitment priorities, including preparation for board member transitions
- How to use a recruitment matrix tool to organize names of candidates
- How to create your recruitment process
- Using a toolkit of templates, we’ll review the elements of a recruitment packet
- Strategies for identifying potential board candidates and how to lead them through a recruitment process
Tuesday, June 27
9:00 am – 12 Noon
FTCC’s Integrated Petroleum Technology building in Schriever.
Participants will:
- Assess their understanding of financial leadership and identify areas of improvement
- Use core nonprofit financial statements to evaluate their organization’s financial health
- Learn how to participate in financially grounded and informed governance decision-making
Organizations may register for as many of the Bayou Region Governance Series workshops that they would like – no minimum or maximum, but space is limited!