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To%ics to e Presented

The recruitment %rocess 'rientation for ne( Board mem ers Training the Board of Directors The im%ortance of team(or) Evaluating the Board of Directors and

its mem ers *olding e ective meetings "trengthening the Board of Directors


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The Recruitment Process

This %rocess should em%hasi+e t(o

seemingl! contradictor!characteristics:- Diversit!

.- #ommonalit!


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#ommonalit! in Recruitment

a0 #ommonalit! in Board mem ers1elief in the association1s mission

and essential values0 #ommonalit! in Board mem ers1

commitment to give time to theorgani+ation


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Pros%ective Board Mem ers "hould$s) 2uestions a out the

0 organi+ation1s %rograms and strategicdirection

.0 organi+ation1s 3nancial status40 organi+ation1s clients or constituencies

0 structure of the Board of Directors50 individual Board mem ers1 res%onsi ilities60 Board1s relationshi% to the association1s

sta 70 %ersonal interest in serving on the Board


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8 D9"# ""9'; 8 Descri e the %rocess ! (hich !our

association recruits mem ers for itsBoard of Directors0

$re diversit! and commonalit!, asdiscussed in the %resentation,em%hasi+ed in !our association1s

%rocedures


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'rientation

'rientation for ne( mem ers of theBoard of Directors has t(ointert(ining o >ectives:

- To inform ne( Board mem ersa out the organi+ation and its

%rograms.- To integrate ne( mem ers into the

Board as ?uic)l! as %ossi le


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To%ics to e #overed in 'rientation

"tandard %rocedures and rules oforder used in Board meetings

$rticles of 9ncor%oration and !la(s #ontents of the Board manual #ommittee training

"ervice area and %rogram training


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Training the Board ofDirectors

Timing of the Training "ession $nnuall! "hortl! after ne( mem ers are elected to

the BoardPartici%ation in Planning the "ession $t least the E/ecutive Director and #hair 9deall!, a Board develo%ment committee Ever!one should %revie( a sam%le

agenda


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"electing To%ics and Materials Base agenda on %ast Board self@

evaluations Revie( contents of the Board manual Distri ute Board %ac)ets Acontaining

the Board manual, latest

organi+ational materials, andassociation strategic %lan- %rior tothe training seminar


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"am%le $genda, 9ncluding 9tem, eader & Time =elcome and revie( of agenda A ! Board #hair- 9ntroduction of %artici%ants A ! each %erson- 'vervie( of organi+ation A ! E/ecutive Director-

'rientation to Board manual A ! Board #hair- Roles and res%onsi ilities and overvie( of Boardstructure A ! Board #hair-

'vervie( of Board o%erations A ! Board #hair- Revie( of strategic %lan A ! Board #hair- $dministrative activities A ! E/ecutive Director and

#hair- ;e/t ste%s and meeting evaluation A ! Board #hair-


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$dditional Training Ti%s Provide ?ualit! and variet! Em%hasi+e continuing education #reate a conte/t for develo%ment #learl! state o >ectives (ith

measura le outcomes "u%%l! %re@training assignments


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8 D9"# ""9'; 8 *o( often does !our association hold

training sessions for its Board ofDirectors, and (ho %artici%ates inthese sessionsust to need Draft a >o descri%tion for each committee #hoose committed committee mem ers

"et meeting schedules in advance "et term limits for committee mem ers Regularl! assess committee e ectiveness


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*olding E ective Meetings: se a#hec)list to Measure E ectiveness

"am%le 2uestions ARe%l! HesI;o, (ithcomments-:

9s an annotated agenda %rovided< $re agenda items a%%ro%riate, (ith

ade?uate time allocated for each item< Do %artici%ants come %re%ared

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