THE GENERATIVE BOARD: Fostering Innovation to Advance the Cause. Board Chairs Academy culminates with a discussion about the attributes of a strategic organization, which is the result of strategic governance in action. These two sessions will advocate for the development of a nonprofit dashboard, analysis of organizational effectiveness against mission and stated benchmarks of success, board member roles in assuring a strategic organizational culture, and steps to avoid backsliding into managing operations and minutia.

(Note: This page will register you for this module only. You may also register for the full series. For our Canadian customers, please visit this page to register.)

Board Chairs Academy is a six-month online learning and virtual community experience to help board members of charitable organizations, associations and congregations excel at providing strategic governance to their favorite causes.

Board Chairs Academy presents six learning modules associated with evolving a nonprofit board. Each module begins with a 90-minute online presentation accompanied by a participant guide of handouts, readings and exercises. Concepts are then applied through the completion of specific assignments over a two-week period. Each module concludes with a second 90-minute online session that provides a brief review of the topic, invites discussion about the assignments, and uses small and large group interaction for participants to share their learning.

You may register for the full series here. For more detail about each session, view the Fact Sheet. The Board Chairs Academy is a cohort learning program introduced by Third Sector Company in 2006. Over 400 organizations have participated in the United States and Canada.

Board Chairs Academy (Class #23) - The Generative Board