Boardsmanship Essentials
Friday, November 2, 2007 - 9:00 am - Noon Learn the responsibilities and functions of an effective nonprofit board.
Making Your Strategic Plan Work
Friday, December 7, 2007 - 9:00 am - Noon Understand the board’s role in the strategic thinking process as it relates to overall evaluation and planning for your organization.
Fund Development for Board Members
Friday, January 4, 2008 - 9:00 am - Noon Learn how fund development enables your organization to sustain programs and services through fundraising.
Financial Responsibilities of the Board
Friday, February 1, 2008 - 9:00 am - Noon Get introduced to the budgeting and accounting principles pertaining to not-for-profit finances.
Building Your Board
Friday, March 7, 2008 - 9:00 am - Noon Understand how to evaluate, recruit and train your board to be effective, productive and self-renewing.
The Effective Board Team
Friday, April 4, 2008 - 9:00 am - Noon Examine methods for improving team focus and decision-making at the board table.
Executive Director as Leader
Friday, May 2, 2008 - 9:00 am - Noon Understand how to effectively develop, manage and define the roles and responsibilities of the executive director in relation to the board.
Date, Time, and Location
Begins
Friday, November 2, 2007 at 9:00 am ET
Ends
Friday, May 2, 2008 at 12:00 pm ET
Location
Lawrence Technological University Buell Building, Room 336 21000 West Ten Mile Road Southfield, MI 48075
United Way brings communities together to focus on the most important needs in the community -- building partnerships, forging consensus and leveraging resources to make a measurable difference.
If it requires fundraising, going to Congress, or just getting people to work together, that's what we do. We look at root causes - it's not enough to feed a hungry family, we look to change the conditions that led to hunger in the first place.