Nonprofit Workshop: Board Fundamentals
Schedule
Thu Nov 13 2025 at 08:30 am to 12:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
1000 Adams St Ste 200, Bay City, MI, United States, Michigan 48708 | Bay City, MI
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The Bay Area Community Foundation, in partnership with the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce and Bay Future, Inc., invites you to join us on Thursday, November 13, 2025, for an in-person Nonprofit Workshop focused on Board Fundamentals.📍 Join us at the Pere Marquette Depot (1000 Adams St., Bay City, MI 48708) in the 1904 Room to hear from Robert “Bob” Harris, CAE, as he shares insights from his career in association management. This workshop will help your nonprofit succeed with tips and examples of board roles, planning, meetings, and more.
We’ll be discussing:
- Board responsibilities
- Board and staff distinction
- Governing documents and board orientation
- Strategic roadmaps
- Committee management
- Smart meeting practices
🕰️🍽️ The program runs from 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., with lunch provided and time to network with your nonprofit peers following the session.
Registration is live now! Please feel welcome to invite your board members to join in attendance. We look forward to seeing you there!
👉 REGISTER HERE: https://bayfoundation.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/event?event_date_id=2123
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More about Robert “Bob” Harris, CAE:
There are more than one million nonprofit organizations in the USA. Bob has studied thousands of them to develop best practices.
He started his career in Washington DC working with Presidential Classroom. He went on to build an association management company in Tallahassee, FL. He is on the faculty for the US Chamber of Commerce. He has worked in Amman, Jordan, Tokyo, Japan, Kiev, Ukraine and Minsk, Belarus to help organizations. He received “Association Partner of the Year” award from Association Trends Magazine in 2012.
He has authored books on association management. To improve management, he created the Association Self-Auditing Process, used by more than 20,000 organizations. He believes that nonprofit organizations should be as efficient as any commercial business. He has received awards for promoting association excellence and working in professional development. He has worked for Hyatt Hotels in Florida for 29 years.
He’s been dubbed the “Martha Stewart of association management” for providing tips and templates for making management easier. These are available free on his website at www.nonprofitcenter.com.
Bob’s career passions are demonstrated in two principles:
- Promoting the impact of nonprofits in America.
- Sharing the tools for successful associations and chambers.
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