STRATEGIC BOARDS with IMPACT: NEW WORK and CHALLENGES

Note: This course can be used as an elective in the Fundraising Certificate program.  Click here for more information on this program.

Winter/Spring Semester:

January 22, February 19, & March 19, 2009 (8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.)

Learn how to build the capacity and effectiveness of your nonprofit board. A program for board and staff leadership.

Nonprofit boards of the future will face new and greater challenges and opportunities, from changes in technology to new demands for greater accountability.  Nonprofits are expected to demonstrate that they make a difference and that they are successfully addressing these new challenges. They require fully engaged members to succeed.  

Seminar Content

This three-day, intensive seminar examines ways in which board and staff members can increase their capacity and effectiveness as well as enjoy their service. 

• Examination of how to recruit, build and maintain a strong, entrepreneurial board that brings future-oriented strategic leadership to an agency.  

• Analysis of roles and expectations of board members.

• Overview of creating a board/staff team that maximizes talents, commitment and rewards.

• Understanding of how entrepreneurial boards join staff in developing new income streams, alliances and other nontraditional resources.

Applied Project: Board Improvement Plan

Fee Information:   $250 for one, and $235 for each additional agency representative (This multi-person discount is only available for the Strategic Boards’ course and not the other Fundraising certificate program courses)   Credit/Non-Credit Options available for this course. To view a graduate credit fee schedule, click here.

Fee Information: The course fee for this elective class is $250. 

Full refunds will be given when cancellations are made at least five working days before the first class session.  A $50 cancellation fee will be deducted from refunds when notification occurs fewer than five working days before class begins.  No refunds will be made after the first session has begun.

Textbook Information: Please note there is a required textbooks for this course: 

“The High-Performance Board: Principles of Nonprofit Organization Governance” by Dennis D. Pointer and James E. Orlikoff, First Edition.  This book is available for purchase at the University Bookstore located in the University Center at 5000 Rockhill Rd (www.umkcbookstore.com).  You will find it in the Public Administration section (PA 455B).

Location:  University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC), Bloch School of Business & Public Administration, 5110 Cherry Street, Room 101, Kansas City, Missouri

Faculty:  Beth Smith, MPA and Gary Baker, Ph.D. (Bios), are Senior Fellows of the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership and UMKC adjunct professors.

For More Information . . .

Email or call the Midwest Center at (816) 235-5720 or 1-800-474-1170 for more information.  Individuals with speech or hearing impairments may contact the University through Relay Missouri, 1-800-735-2966 (TT) or 1-800-735-2466 (voice).