Unlocking Your Nonprofit Board’s Full Potential

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Date	February 13, 2012
Cost	Free
	Is your nonprofit all it can be? Or is it stumbling along, doing the same old things in the same old ways? To unlock the full potential of your nonprofit, you need to unlock the full potential of your board as: leaders fundraisers advocates financial overseers policy-makers strategic planners You’ll come away from this webinar with specific take-home actions that you can easily implement to improve the way your board does its work. In this online seminar, you’ll learn to overcome common obstacles to good governance. Do any of these problems sound familiar? failure to fully engage the board warm-body theory of board recruitment lack of a formal re-appointment process difficult board members inability to select a board chair poorly run meetings poor communication between CEO or board chair and other members of the board nonalignment of organizational vision/goals with committees, strategies and leadership expectations board reluctant or refuses to raise money The webinar will cover the fiduciary, strategic and leadership roles of the board and how to remove obstacles to full board engagement in all these areas. Great boards have the courage to assess their own performance. In this webinar, you’ll learn what assessment tools are available, how to determine the strengths and weaknesses of your board, and how to make improvements.
	Who Should Attend? executive directors board chairs board members
Instructor	Dennis Miller, president and CEO, Dennis C. Miller Associates Inc Dennis Miller is president and CEO of Dennis C. Miller Associates Inc. located in Denville, New Jersey. The firm specializes in providing a wide range of strategic advisory services to healthcare, educational, and nonprofit community organizations as well as to corporate foundations. These services include strategic planning, organizational assessment, board and leadership development, CEO and board chair coaching, succession planning, and philanthropy. Dennis has more than 30 years of executive leadership experience. Previously, Dennis was president and CEO of Somerset Medical Center and Somerset Healthcare Foundation, a major New Jersey teaching medical center and healthcare foundation, from 1999 to 2004. Under the leadership of Dennis as president and CEO, Somerset Medical Center became one of the top medical centers in the state and won a national award for patient satisfaction from Press Ganey. Dennis also completed a $30 Million capital campaign, much larger than the size of any previous hospital campaign. Dennis is the recipient of the American College of Healthcare Executives Senior Executive Award, Citizen of the Year from the Boy Scouts of New Jersey, and Business Leader of the Year from the Somerset County Business Partnership. Dennis is a motivating speaker and frequently requested board retreat facilitator. He brings passion and a wealth of personal experience and practice knowledge to his clients. Dennis is the author of “A Guide to Achieving New Heights: The Four Pillars of Successful Nonprofit Leadership” and The Nonprofit Board Therapist: A Guide to Unlocking Your Organization’s True Potential. He writes regularly for The Nonprofit Times, the country’s leading business publication for nonprofit management.