• Reimagine Your Board (April 2021): What would a more engaged Board do for you and your organization? We think that the answer is a lot ... a whole lot. The greater your board’s engagement, the greater their likelihood of transforming your organization into one with better ambassadors, increased fundraising, and strategic deployment of resources. Increasing board engagement, while never a simple task, has been made even more complicated by the omnishambles* of the last year. It’s time to reset and reinvigorate your Board, so join us for this important session, Reimagine Your Board, and explore new ways to designed to help you do just that. AFP Resource: Fundraising Expense Myth: What Is the “Correct” Fundraising Expense Ratio for Your Organization? PowerPoint Presentation 

• Boards and Asking Styles: A Roadmap to Success (2021): Join Brian Saber to learn how to use his iconic Asking Styles to improve your board’s governance and ability to fundraise. Learn the personality of your board and how it is impacting board meetings (especially today’s virtual ones), leadership, strategic planning and fundraising. Understanding your board members’ Styles will make your board stronger in every way.

• Beyond the Board Statement: How Boards Can Join the Movement for Racial Justice (Nonprofit Quarterly) Join two nationally-recognized governance, strategy, and equity consultants to understand what board members can do to ensure the organizations they govern are living these values. Recordings: Part One and Part Two

• Build a Better Board (2021): provides you with the education, support and resources to develop and maintain an active, engaged Board, educate board members about their roles and responsibilities, and help your board understand its role in fundraising. 

Understanding the Importance of the Executive Director and Board Chair Relationship: Relationships are complicated. And while that’s not necessarily a bad thing, it is an important consideration for Board Chairs and Executive Directors to factor into their communications and behaviors as the relationship between the Executive Director and Board Chair is easily the most crucial in your organization. Join Nikki Wayment and Darlene Batatian of Hawkwatch International as they share their strategies and tactics for creating a respectful, trusting relationship that sets the tone for the entire organization and keeps it on track to fulfill the mission of their nonprofit.