Leadership through Governance
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Leadership Through Governance
By: Debra Beck, EdD We recruit our nonprofit board members, in part, for the potential represented in their personal, professional and community connections. We gravitate to their rich expertise and skills. But too often, we confine them to the boardroom and a stifling list of passive roles that do anything but engage them. If our … Read more
Evaluation That Brings Out the Best in One Another
Creating the Future’s board meeting will happen at this post on Monday, December 8th at 1pm ET / 10am PT. Board Packet Materials: December 2014 Board of Directors Meeting Agenda Key Theme: Evaluation that is aligned with Creating the Future’s aim for a world where bringing out the best in one another results in people living … Read more
Dealing with our Dreams for Creating the Future
Creating the Future’s board meeting will happen at this post on Monday, November 10th at 1pm ET / 10am PT. Board Packet Materials: November 2014 Creating the Future Board Agenda At its November 10th, 2014 meeting the Creating the Future board will be tackling two hefty subjects: beginning our planning to accomplish our mission and continuing … Read more
Thankful for you: Creating the Future Board Meeting, October 2014
Creating the Future’s board meeting will happen at the post at this link on Monday, October 13th at 1pm EDT / 10am PT. Board Packet Materials: Agenda Board Minutes: September 2014 This past week I facilitated a workshop for the regional staff of a large health charity. When the workshop was finished at the end of … Read more
Board Meeting Agenda – September 2014
Creating the Future’s board meeting will happen at the post at this link on Monday, September 8th at 1pm EDT. Board Packet Materials: Agenda Digging deep, as deep as we can go. This month, the board of Creating the Future will be tilling the soil of two topics that are inspiring as much as they are … Read more
July 2014 Board of Directors Meeting
Creating the Future's board meeting will happen right here on Monday, July 14th at 1pm EDT. Scroll to the bottom of this post to watch it live. To share your ideas, questions, and observations, tweet to the hashtag#CTFuture. Board Packet Materials: • Agenda • Board Report: Video One of the best things about offering leadership to a … Read more
June 2014 Board of Directors Meeting
Creating the Future's board meeting will happen right here on Monday, June 9th at 1pm EDT. Scroll to the bottom of this post to watch it live. To share your ideas, questions, and observations, tweet to the hashtag #CTFuture. Board Packet Materials: • Agenda • Board Report: Video Good day to you! Let’s start … Read more
What Financial Conversations Could Be…It’s About More Than Money
At our most recent board meeting for Creating the Future, we took time to deeply explore the role financial management, reporting, and leadership should play in the organization. As a demonstration project exploring what could be possible for all boards, we spend a fair amount of time engaged in a process talking about process. I personally … Read more
Expectations of Board Members
During its December meeting (for context, see this post summarizing our November meeting, and this post announcing our upcoming January meeting), Creating the Future’s board addressed this question: What will it take for the board – and individual board members – to hold themselves accountable for accomplishing the organization’s mission? The result of that question … Read more