joining the team: covering your board bases (cbca)
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JOINING THE TEAM: COVERING YOUR GOVERNANCE BASES
Colorado Business Council for the Arts Emily Davis, MNM, CGT Emily Davis Consulting
October 14, 2015
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Name Governance Question or Challenge
Organization & Board Role
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Let’s Get Started: Governance
Roles & Responsibilities Hats We Wear Shared Leadership
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• How many boards will you sit on? • Board terms • Type of board • Board size, demographics • Financial support • Clarity of expectations
PERSONAL PLANNING
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1. Determine mission & purpose
2. Select the chief executive
3. Support & evaluate the chief executive
4. Ensure effective planning
5. Monitor & strengthen programs & services
6. Ensure adequate financial resources
7. Protect assets & provide financial oversight
8. Build a competent board
9. Ensure legal & ethical integrity
10. Enhance the organization’s public standing
10 BASIC BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES
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Set organizational
direction
Provide oversight
Ensure necessary resources
BOARD ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
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Strategic Priorities
Goals
Objectives
Action Items
• Process not a document
• Roadmap • Three-years • Input from board,
staff, stakeholders • Narrative, resources,
implementation tools
WHAT IS IT?
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Generative
Fiduciary
Governance as
Leadership
Strategic
WHY are we going to do it?
HOW are we going to do it?
WHAT are we going to do?
§ Scanning your external environment
§ Comparative advantage
§ Strategic plans
§ Confronting challenges in traditions & values
§ What matters most to us? § What does this mean to
us? § Meaning § Framing the right issue
§ Tangible § Operations § Legal § Results § Resources
§ High performing boards address all three
§ Great boards know the differences
§ Fundraising in all three
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FEARS & HESITATIONS
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WHY 100% BOARD GIVING??
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GIVING PYRAMID
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SPHERES OF INFLUENCE
New gifts
Annual donors
Midsize donors
Major donors
Planned giving
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Prospecting Identification Preparation
Cultivating Build the Relationship
Engage the Donor Ask for the Gift
Stewarding Recognition Reporting Communicating Engagement
FUNDRAISING PROCESS
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FUND DEVELOPMENT
Diversity is key Individuals
Special events
Foundation grants
Government grants
Corporate sponsorship
Earned income
Service clubs
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2013 SOURCES OF GIVING*
*Source: Giving USA 2014
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YES!!
Yes, but not that much
No
3 POSSIBLE OUTCOMES
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Legal Hat
Ambassador Hat
Volunteer Hat
The Different Hats We Wear…
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN AMBASSADOR?
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ENSURE BOARD & ED ENGAGEMENT*
ED is displacing board
GOVERNANCE AS OBSERVATION
ED is in constructive partnership with board
GOVERNANCE AS
LEADERSHIP
ED is going thru the motions with the board
GOVERNANCE AS
ATTENDANCE
ED is displaced by board
GOVERNANCE AS MICROMANAGEMENT
ED ENGAGEMENT
BOARD ENGAGEMENT
* Source: Richard Chair et. al. “Governance as Leadership”
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Board Leads
Shares values thru policies that put mission in action
Hires, supports, assesses ED
Opens funding resources in community
Oversees financial due diligence
Recruits & retains new board members
ED Leads
Develops/ Proposes policy questions
Hires, supervises, motivates staff
Develops & implements programs
Shared Leadership
Strategic plan
Fundraising plan & strategies
Evaluations
Prep board meetings
SHARED LEADERSHIP
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Identify
Cultivate
Recruit
Orient
Involve
Educate
Evaluate
Rotate
CELEBRATE!
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SAMPLE BOARD RECRUITMENT TIMELINE
• Review docs & past recruitment • Design self-eval Month 1
• Conduct self-eval & demo matrix • Design application, interview questions & outreach messaging Month 2
• Add to website • Share with networks Month 3
• Schedule & conduct interviews • Invite to board meeting Month 4
• Host at board meeting • Make recommendations Month 5
• Inform candidates • Schedule orientation • Intro board buddies
Month 6
• Debrief process • Gather feedback Month 7
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What Makes ‘Em Tick
• Always YES • Wants to help everyone & everything
• Caution!
OVER-COMMITTED
• Need lots to stay engaged
• Don’t let them sit around
BUSY, BUSY, BUSY
• Verbal & print
• Use titles & acknowledgment
LIKES RECOGNITION
• Stays focused & on track • Great for events • May get discouraged by others lack of support
ORGANIZER
• Lots of ideas for improvement
• Pair with an Organizer to keep things moving
CREATIVE
*Abigail Harmon
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FACILITATION TIPS
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It’s Not About You
How does this serve the mission? Does it fit our strategic goals?
What’s our capacity? What does success look like?
Keep it high level!
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• Don’t be afraid of conflict! • What is the process for
conflict resolution? • Don’t take it personally. • What is best for the
mission? • How will you demonstrate
excellent leadership?
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
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EVALUATION
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ONE TAKE AWAY
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• BoardSource • 4Good • The Policy
Governance Model (Carver)
• Council of Nonprofits • Roberta’s Rules of
Order • A Fundraising Guide
for Nonprofit Board Members
• Nonprofit Board Answer Book
• Creating Caring and Capable Boards
• 10 Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards
• The Board Building Cycle
• The Nonprofit Policy Sampler
RESOURCES
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Emily Davis, MNM Emily Davis Consulting
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