Board Effectiveness & Recruitment

About this event

Ann Witsil, Principal
Catalyst Strategies

Pizza, Salad, No-host Bar & Networking at 5:00
Presentation at 5:30

Nonprofit boards of directors serve the common good by stewarding public resources in trust for the communities they serve. High functioning boards are mission-focused, working in partnership with staff leaders to support their organizations and fulfill essential governance duties.

This interactive workshop will explore the rewards of board service and the fundamentals of board development. Topics include:

• Understanding your organization’s distinctiveness and strategic environment
• Assessing your nonprofit’s board recruitment needs
• Effectively recruiting and orienting new board members
• Fostering a board culture that values learning, relationships, and results
• Engaging board members with meaningful challenges and opportunities that contribute to mission achievement
• Engaging board members in proactive succession planning
• Understanding the contractual agreements between an organization and its board

We will incorporate the experiences of workshop participants to understand common pitfalls, promising practices, and proven methods for developing effective nonprofit boards that draw on the values, skills, and connections of their members.

About the Presenter

Since 1990, Ann Witsil, Principal of Catalyst Strategies, has helped individuals, teams and organizations to achieve their greatest potential. As a strategic facilitator, Ann has helped executives and groups find shared passion in their collective purposes, foster continual learning, and work together more effectively to achieve organizational goals.

Ms. Witsil, has an MBA in finance and marketing from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University in New York and a BA in government from Smith College in Massachusetts. Ms. Witsil is certified by the Institute of Cultural Affairs to teach group facilitation and consensus-building strategic planning methods; she is also certified in Dynamic Facilitation techniques, leadership training, executive coaching, and conflict management, Hogan Assessment Systems to conduct leadership profiling assessments, in leading deliberative dialogues through the Public Policy Institute of the Kettering Foundation.

About the Network

Nonprofit Board Network offers regular opportunities in a relaxed atmosphere for you to learn about nonprofit governance, network with Board members from other organizations, and meet the experts. Nonprofit Board Network gives you a chance to interact with respected thinkers and practitioners in the nonprofit world and to share information and experience.