Purpose

This nonprofit board and staff training course provides participants with the means and models to operate successfully in today's environment. The course is designed to show the best practices for operating nonprofit and voluntary organizations efficiently and effectively in a changing society.

Outline of Sessions

1. Trends Affecting Nonprofit Organizations: Managing Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations in a Changing Environment
2. Assessing Goals, Mission, Vision, and Plans: Getting Everyone on the Same Page
3. Legal Responsibilities and Risk Management: Recognizing the New Demands
4. Fiduciary Responsibilities and Financial Management: Getting the Most for Your Money
5. Board Structure and Governance: Suggested Practices to Become More Effective
6. The Effective Board Manual: The Manual as an Orientation Tool and Guide
7. Board Member Duties and Responsibilities: Clarifying Job Descriptions
8. Board and Organizational Assessment: Tools for Measuring Development and Self-Improvement
9. Using Meetings to Develop Consensus: Building Human Capacity
10. Turf, Trust, and Collaboration: Building Community Capacity
11. Working Effectively with Volunteers: Building Community Capacity
12. Nonprofit Organization Fundraising: Building Financial Capacity
13. Nonprofit Organization Public Relations and Use of Media: Managing Your Organization's Image
14. Practical Parliamentary Procedure: Standard Procedures and Innovations
15. Samples of Nonprofit Organization By-Laws
16. Nonprofit Organization Resources

The sessions contain short presentations supported by PowerPoint and audiovisual displays. Each session will include hands-on activity to include informal discussion, case study activities, role-play exercises, and decision-making activities to illustrate key points.

Agenda

Thursday, July 25
8:30 a.m.	Coffee and Registration
9:00 a.m.	Welcome and Get Acquainted
9:30 a.m.	Program Sessions
	Trends Affecting Nonprofit Organizations: Managing Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations in a Changing Environment Assessing Goals, Mission, Vision, and Plans: Getting Everyone on the Same Page
	Break
	Legal Responsibilities and Risk Management: Recognizing the New Demands Fiduciary Responsibilities and Financial Management: Getting the Most for Your Money
12:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:15 p.m.	Program Sessions
	Board Structure and Governance: Suggested Practices to Become More Effective The Effective Board Manual: The Manual as an Orientation Tool and Guide
	Break
	Board Member Duties and Responsibilities: Clarifying Job Descriptions Board and Organizational Assessment: Tools for Measuring Development and Self-Improvement
5:15 p.m.	Adjourn
Friday, July 26
8:00 a.m.	Coffee and Warm-Up
8:15 a.m.	Program Sessions
	Using Meetings to Develop Consensus: Building Human Capacity Working Effectively with Volunteers: Building Community Capacity
	Break
	Nonprofit Organization Fundraising: Building Financial Capacity Nonprofit Organization Public Relations and Use of Media: Managing Your Organization's Image
12:15 p.m.	Adjourn

Presenters

Erin P. Hardwick, Executive Director, South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations, Columbia, South Carolina

Christopher M. Sieverdes, Ph.D., Professor and Community Development Specialist, Director, Palmetto Leadership and Nonprofit Education Initiative Board Training Program Coordinator, Clemson University

Program Sponsors: