BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.drfonline.org//event CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Board Development/Governance UID:C50C0E83ADCF34BE21EB6DAB65A30DE6 ORGANIZER:MAILTO:lmerricks@drfonline.org DTSTART:20160726T050000 DTEND:20160726T120000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162326 DESCRIPTION: Jeanne Allen, jeanneallen@yahoo.comIn order to be successful, nonprofit organizations require strong leadership from their Board of Di rectors. The board responsibility is to manage the corporation whi ch includes, but is not limited to, overseeing the senior management&rsq uo;s effectiveness, organizational policies and procedures, and the exec ution of its strategies. Learn the roles and responsibilities of t he board, including its paramount duties, and why how board accountabili ty requires a fully engaged and active board of directors who manage the organization. Discuss how you may increase board members commitme nt to the mission and purpose of your organization, and how boards must fulfill their legal and governance duties. This course addresses t he following topics: the board’s role and responsibilities, the bo ard and the executive director’s relationship, financial and legal responsibilities of the board, and how to recruit and select good board members.Key Learning Objectives:Understand the board’s roles and responsibilitiesDiscuss how board accountability, prompted by a nonprofi t’s internal and external stakeholders, requires a fully engaged a nd active board who manages the organizationBio: Jeanne Allen has over 3 0 years of experience in the nonprofit sector in a variety of management and staff positions, including instructor in the Duke University Nonpro fit Management Program; independent consultant, Management Consultant at Girl Scouts USA National Headquarters; and Assistant Dean, Multicultura l Programs, Westchester (NY) Community College. Ms. Allen holds an Ed.S. in Instructional Systems Technology and MS in Adult Education from Indiana University. She is a Board Source Certified Governance Trainer. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n

Jeanne Allen, jeanneallen@yahoo.com

In order to be successful, nonprofit organizations require strong leadership from their Board of Directors.&n bsp; The board responsibility is to manage the corporation which include s, but is not limited to, overseeing the senior management’s effec tiveness, organizational policies and procedures, and the execution of i ts strategies. Learn the roles and responsibilities of the board, including its paramount duties, and why how board accountability require s a fully engaged and active board of directors who manage the organizat ion. Discuss how you may increase board members commitment to the mission and purpose of your organization, and how boards must fulfill th eir legal and governance duties. This course addresses the followi ng topics: the board’s role and responsibilities, the board and th e executive director’s relationship, financial and legal responsib ilities of the board, and how to recruit and select good board members.< /p>

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the board’s r oles and responsibilities
Discuss how board accountability, prom pted by a nonprofit’s internal and external stakeholders, requires a fully engaged and active board who manages the organization

Bio: Jeanne Allen has over 30 years of experience in the nonprofit sector in a variety of management and staff positions, in cluding instructor in the Duke University Nonprofit Management Program; independent consultant, Management Consultant at Girl Scouts USA Nationa l Headquarters; and Assistant Dean, Multicultural Programs, Westchester (NY) Community College. Ms. Allen holds an Ed.S. in Instructional S ystems Technology and MS in Adult Education from Indiana University. She is a Board Source Certified Governance Trainer.

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