 Leadership Transitions
Leadership transitions occur for any number of reasons, planned and unplanned. This time can be a powerful opportunity to strengthen the organization if a thoughtful plan is in place. Executive transitions are transformational. Poorly managed, they often bring on a crisis, leading to decreased effectiveness and sometimes organizational failure. This session will prepare executive directors and board members to lead their organizations through a process of planning for leadership transitions.
Jim Morris, Solid Ground Consulting Group
Jim's career spans 30 years in the human resources and organizational development field. He spent his early career focusing on the human resources issues involved in mergers with several private sector companies before opening his own consulting practice in 1991. Jim built a highly successful regional human resources consulting firm, MBL Group which he led for over 18 years. At MBL Group, he led the Stewardship Services Practice focused on consulting to nonprofit organizations. In 2010 Jim joined the Solid Ground Consulting Group to manage the Sustainable Leadership Practice focusing on Leadership Development, Succession Planning and Executive Transitions in the Conservation sector nationwide.
April 25 , 8:30 to 10:00 a.m.
$10 members $15 regular Coffee & tea (no host breakfast available) Grant House Restaurant, 1101 Officers Row, Vancouver WA *This location is upstairs, if you have mobility concerns, please let us know in advance.
Boards Great Practices Series,
A partnership with United Way of the Columbia-Willamette ______________________________________________
 Governance as Innovation and Teamwork
Join Washington Nonprofits along with Nonprofit Network of Southwest Washington and local board members and staff nearby communities to engage in this critical thinking symposium designed to provide new perspectives and stimulate new thinking about leadership in the nonprofit sector.
Are you steward, strategist & sense-maker? Today more than ever before, boards of nonprofits need to partner in leadership with staff by acting as stewards, strategists, and sense-makers. For many boards this means that they must focus on innovation; on renewing commitments and overcoming habitual practices to learn how to form an effective board team!
Interactive Discussions
* Adding more value to board meetings
* Building a team with board members and staff
* Leadership development & transitions
* Creating a creative, generative thinking board
* Sustaining a culture of accountability
* Developing an atmosphere of debate & deliberation
Come and participate! Learn how to maximize the performance and positive impact of your governing board and take away practical solutions that will make an immediate impact on your organization. Our pre-recorded keynote speaker, Dr. Cathy Ann Trower, is a well known senior research associate at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Trower has studied nonprofit board governance, faculty employment issues, policies and practices since 1996. Cathy provides governance consulting services to many independent schools, colleges, universities, foundations, and several community service organizations across the nation.
April 27, 2012, 8:30-12:00 pm
Fort Vancouver Artillery Barrack - Banquet Room 600 E Hathaway Road Vancouver, WA
Washington Nonprofits Member $25.00 Non Member $40.00
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Your Duties as a Board Member for Financial Oversight
This workshop will focus on the responsibilities of nonprofit Board members to maintain proper financial oversight.We will cover what & how the Board meets its fiduciary responsibilities in financial oversight . The workshop will discuss the similarities and differences in Board responsibilities for their organization's financial health for Boards in smaller organizations without Executive Directors as well as Boards in larger organizations in which significant responsibility has been delegated to staff.
Presenter Cindy Cumfer
Cindy has worked with nonprofit organizations as an attorney for more than 30 years and has presented more than 100 workshops to nonprofits in the Pacific Northwest. Her legal services and trainings have reached thousands of nonprofit organizations in Oregon and Washington. She introduced and taught Nonprofit Law at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland and has co-chaired and presented at all of the Oregon State Bar CLEs on nonprofit organizations since 1995. Cindy also has a PhD in History and is very interested in and knowledgeable about nonprofit history. She has a private practice devoted exclusively to nonprofits and can be reached at www.cumfer.net . Her website includes sample forms and policies and periodic updates on issues of interest to nonprofits.
May 9, 12:00 to 1:50 p.m.
Vancouver Community Library, 901 C Street, Vancouver
Parking: Limited no-cost parking at library; bring quarters for street parking meters; or park in lot one block south on C Street - across from the movie theater in building with Columbia Credit Union.
Boards Great Practices Series,
A partnership with United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
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Spring Schmoozefest!
 Business and nonprofits are invited to kick-back, and come away with some new connections.
May 1 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. The Grant House Restaurant, 1101 Officers Row Vancouver WA
Sponsored by Pacific Continental Bank
______________________________________________ Save June 21 for Summer Fundraising Day! Join national trainer and author Susan Howlett in a compelling session on how boards can fundraise joyfully! The morning session will be full of practical ideas on how boards can make a fundraising difference. After lunch the session will focus on raising more money with less effort and stress. Join us for the entire day, or pick a session to attend. More details online soon! ______________________________________________ Is your organization or business a Nonprofit Network member?
- The programs above are open to member and non-member organizations.
- Discount for nonprofit member registration extends to both staff and board members of Nonprofit Members.
- Business supporters listed in the Online Business Directory also qualify for the member discounts.
- Questions or 360.735.7110.
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