How to Complete a Board Evaluation feb 12/26
February 12, 2025
04:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Your board already knows its roles and responsibilities but wants to keep improving. What is the next step for a board that wants to constantly improve and bring value to their organization? Properly evaluating the board's work and identifying areas for improvement is essential for building a high-performance board. But evaluating your board can be a challenging or even daunting prospect. This workshop is designed to help make evaluating and improving your board a less intimidating and more successful process.
Participants will explore tools, techniques, and other ideas for reviewing and improving your board's performance. We will consider various areas of the board's work including board structure, board management practices, board development, and decision-making. Also, we will discuss who should be evaluated, such as individual directors, committees, or the board as a whole, and how.
Learning objectives:
After participating in the Board Evaluation Workshop you will be able to:
- Identify the right process for assessing your board
- Apply various tools and techniques to the evaluation process
- Specify areas of improvement or gaps in your board's work
- Recognize barriers to effective evaluation
- Effectively consider ways to address deficiencies
Facilitator:
Kevin Freedman is a long-time leader in the non-profit sector and has written the book on non-profit governance in Canada. He is the founder and principal consultant at The Governance Guru where he helps boards do their jobs better through training, facilitation, and support. Before starting his business, he spent several years teaching in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Winnipeg, and specialized in teaching courses on non-profit management, corporate governance, and organization behaviour. A former executive director, he has more than 60 years of cumulative governance experience with public, non-profit, and private organizations locally and nationally, including sitting the boards of the largest credit union in Manitoba and the largest school division in Manitoba.
Kevin is also an award-winning volunteer and educator, having been recognized with a Governor General's Medal for service and the YMCA Peace Medal among others. Kevin holds a master's degree in non-profit management, is an Accredited Canadian Credit Union Director, and is an active member of the Canadian Association of Public Speakers. He has been teaching with Volunteer Manitoba since 2016 and developed most of their governance courses.
Technical Requirements to Participate Virtually:
To participate, you will need a computer/mobile device with internet connection, speakers and microphone. A webcam is preferred but optional.
Accommodations
Volunteer Manitoba strives to host inclusive, accessible workshops that enable all individuals to engage fully, and we recognize that everyone performs at their best when they are given the right tools to succeed. If you require any accommodations to support you in your learning journey, please indicate so on the registration form. We will do everything in our ability to support you.
Course Cancellation Policy
Volunteer Manitoba may decide to cancel or postpone any event where the minimum registration level has not been met. In the case of low in-person registration, Volunteer Manitoba may decide to host the workshop virtually instead. If you wish to not participate virtually, you will receive a full refund.
All participants registered for an event that is cancelled by Volunteer Manitoba will receive a full refund.
Refunds will not be issued for cancellations received within 10 days of the event. Registered participants who fail to attend an event are still required to pay for that event, since a space was held specifically for that person. In case of non-attendance and lack of payment, the registered participant will be invoiced for the full fee, due 30 days from the date of the invoice.
Location:
Virtual
Cost:
$125.00
Facilitator:
Kevin Freedman
