Aligning Board Roles with Strategic Goals

This is the third session of a five-part series: Maximizing Board Effectiveness Through all Stages of the Nonprofit Life Cycle. You do not need to attend all five sessions, but each session will build on content from the previous sessions. This series is ideal for present board members and leadership staff, as well as those who are curious to learn more.

A key function of a nonprofit board is to define the vision, strategic goals, and measurements of success for an organization. This is often easier said than done and requires creating the conditions for organizational alignment, clarified roles, and shared goals between board and staff.

Join Des Worthington and Megan Motil in the third of five sessions that will explore how to maximize board effectiveness through all stages of the nonprofit life cycle. In this session you will:

• Explore the importance of having shared goals
• Learn about tools to clarify the roles of the board and staff as they work toward the vision
• Develop an understanding of the power of leveraging an organization’s narrative and strategic direction for fundraising.

About the Series:

This series, comprising five in-person sessions, aims to equip your board with practical tools to enhance its strategy in advancing your nonprofit's mission towards success, focusing on a different strategy in each session. All sessions will take place at and a light lunch will be provided for all sessions.

Please arrive by 11:45 am to allow time to grab a bite to eat and network. The programs will start promptly at 12 pm and will comprise of about 30 minutes of content with the remaining time for questions and interaction with the facilitators and peers. The sessions will end at 1 pm, but feel free to stick around afterwards to network and get additional questions answered.

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May 2: Aligning Board Roles With Strategic Goals

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About the Facilitators, Megan Motil and Des Worthington:

Megan has spent her career dedicated to community growth and development, land and water conservation and restoration, food and farming systems, housing, transportation, and access to nature and outdoor recreation. Pairing her professional experience in community and organizational development with a personal zeal for building trust, openness, and clarity in governance and decision-making, Megan founded Parallel Solutions in 2014.

Des Worthington is the founder of Worthington Fundraising Solutions and has spent 30 years working with charitably-minded families and organizations to achieve great things. She has led several campaigns for both start-up and large charities, resulting in preserving land for future generations, building medical facilities, and sustaining important community programs.

Host or Publisher Rotary Charities of Traverse City