Intro to Board Governance Best Practices

This Board Governance session is ideally suited to Board Directors, Board Chairs, and Executive Directors, whether you are new to the role or have previous experience.  Note: This session is best suited for organizations that currently have staff. This is a 4-hour, in-person, highly engaging and fun workshop facilitated by Colin Sauer of the Governance Group. Topics that are covered in this 4-hour in-person training session include:

• The Governance Game (a good opening that gets everyone involved).
• The three important elements for effective and successful boards.
• Orientation to the ‘Governing Effectively’ training booklet (125-page Governing Effectively training booklet supplied to each participant as part of your registration).
• Review and discussion of the ‘Governing Principles’ for Board Directors.
• Overview of the ‘Six Elements of Governing’ (Guidance; Standards; Oversight; Protect; Stakeholder; Sustainability).
• Review and discuss the roles and responsibilities of the board, directors, the board chair, and the executive director
• Review of the fiduciary duty and conflict of interest guidelines for board directors.
• Building a Leadership Partnership between the Board and the Executive Director.
• Practical application of policy development, agenda development, committee and task force structure, and terms of reference

There will be opportunities for questions throughout the session, however, Colin will remain after the session for further questions. Tickets available here! Please note we are using a new system to support ticket sales.  As we are just publishing this event, please let us know if you encounter any issues with processing the tickets by emailing marruda@crfoundation.ca! Thank you!