We’ll provide specific, tangible strategies for building inclusive policies for investment, endowment spending, vendor procurement. In this session we will highlight: • Building board diversity • Balancing an open versus authoritative boards • Managing compensation

1. 33 Principles in 33 Minutes
Building & Maintaining Your Best Board
Webinar by
BoardEffect & Independent Sector
May 8, 2018
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2. Presenters
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Kristina Gawrgy Campbell
Moderator
Independent Sector
Dottie Schindlinger
Speaker
BoardEffect

3. Session Objectives
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Review Principles for
Effective Governance
Strategies to Build &
Maintain Your
Best Board
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Answer Your
Questions

4. Principles for Good Governance and
Ethical Practice
 Originally published in 2007 in response to accusations
of malfeasance in the sector, and revised in 2015.
 Panel on the Nonprofit Sector came up with
recommendations
 Pension Protection Act of 2006
 33 Principles (Legal Compliance and Public Disclosure,
Effective Governance, Strong Financial Oversight and
Responsible Fundraising)
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5. The board of a charitable
organization should include
members with the diverse
background (including, but not
limited to, ethnicity, race, and
gender perspectives), experience,
and organizational and financial
skills necessary to advance the
organization’s mission.
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6. • Diverse Boards:
– Represent communities
– Make better decisions
(avoids groupthink and
blind spots)
– Spurs creativity and
innovation
– Share power and influence
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The Case for Diversity

7. • Creating an inclusive and equitable board is a key step to
creating a inclusive and equitable organization & outcomes
• Resources:
– Equity in the Center’s Awake, Woke, Work: Building a Race Equity
Culture
– Operationalizing Equity: Putting the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s
Racial and Ethnic Equity and Inclusion Framework Into Action
– FSG/PolicyLink’s The Competitive Advantage of Racial Equity
– W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Racial Equity Resource Guide
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Inclusive Policies

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9. The Board Development Cycle
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Planning &
Recruitment
Orientation &
On-boarding
Engagement
Evaluation &
Retention

10. Board Planning
• Identify needs
– Current org strategy
– Review/adapt policies re:
board size, diversity,
inclusion, compensation
– Diverse board “profile
matrix”
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Planning &
Recruitment

11. Orientation & On-boarding
Strategies
• Clarify the role & process
– Board’s purpose & priorities
– Tailored job descriptions
– Simple nominations process
• Provide “Board 101” handbook
• Set board & individual priorities
• “Board contract”
• Assign a “board buddy”
• 6-month check-in, annual review
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Store orientation
materials and other
resources for new Board
Members in the
Resource and Workroom
Libraries
Orientation
& On-
boarding

12. EXECUTIVE GOVERNANCE
(Board Is Overly Reliant on
Management)
SHARED GOVERNANCE
(Open/Collaborative Board)
GOVERNANCE BY DEFAULT
(Disengaged Board)
GOVERNANCE BY FIAT
(Board Is Overly
Authoritative)
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4 Profiles of Governance
LEVELOFSTAFFINVOLVEMENT
LEVEL OF BOARD ENGAGEMENT
From the “Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of the Nonprofit
Board” seminar taught by William Ryan for the Pew Charitable Trusts, May 2007
Engagement

13. Evaluation Strategies
• Full-board evaluation
based on stated purpose
& priorities
• Member self-assessment
based on individual
annual “contract”
• Peer-evaluations, based
on job descriptions
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Evaluation
&
Retention

14. Secure, cloud-based board management
software that drives board efficiency,
effectiveness & engagement
What Is
?
Maximizing
Board Meetings
Enhancing Board
Operations
Improving the Board
Member’s Experience

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Principles for Good Governance and
Ethical Practice
• Free resources available online at
independentsector.org/principles
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boardeffect.com/GovTechGeek