February 2, 2022, 1-4 PM COST:$80 ZOOM Call/ text 780-772-9487 to register
Workshop Outline
The governance of nonprofit organizations as a complex and meaningful activity for volunteers interested in ensuring that needs in the community are addressed. Often volunteers will join a board of directors because they believe in furthering the cause of the organization, but they do not appreciate the what the full extent of board roles and responsibilities. By understanding roles, responsibilities, and the areas of governance they will be working in, board members become focused and energized towards the mission.
This workshop will provide an orientation to:
- The acts and legislation that guides the governance of nonprofit boards
- How organizational structure affects board roles and responsibilities
- The roles and responsibilities of directors, Officers and the CEO/ED
- How the board as a whole works in four governance domains to achieve the mission and outcomes.
- How to create an effective strategic plan
The Facilitator
Dr. Keith Seel is the former Dean, Foundational Learning at Bow Valley College and prior to that the Director, Institute for Nonprofit Studies at Mount Royal University. In those roles he gained both a deep understanding of adult literacy and researched how governance occurs in the Canadian nonprofit sector. Keith has nearly four decades of board experience and held appointments to provincial and federal government boards, including the Calgary Regional Board, PDD and the Premier’s Council for Alberta’s Promise. He is the editor for two major textbooks on the nonprofit sector, Volunteer Administration: Professional Practice (2021), and Management of Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations in Canada, 4th Edition (2018).
