Governance Foundations: Ensuring Necessary Resources

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GOVERNANCE FOUNDATIONS: ENSURING NECESSARY RESOURCES

Emily Davis, MNM, CGT Emily Davis Consulting

April 14, 2015


30 seconds or less

Name Board Role

Tenure

1 Word to describe what you

love

1 Question/Challenge


PARKING LOT


Set organizational

direction

Provide oversight

Ensure necessary resources

BOARD ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES


Strategic Priorities

Goals

Objectives

Action Items

•  Process not a document

•  Roadmap •  Three-years •  Input from board,

staff, stakeholders •  Narrative, resources,

implementation tools

WHAT IS IT?


Generative

Fiduciary

Governance as

Leadership

Strategic

WHY are we going to do it?

HOW are we going to do it? WHAT are we

going to do?

§  Scanning your external environment

§  Comparative advantage

§  Strategic plans

§  Confronting challenges in traditions & values

§  What matters most to us? §  What does this mean to

us? §  Meaning §  Framing the right issue

§  Tangible §  Operations §  Legal §  Results §  Resources

§  High performing board address all three

§  Great boards know the differences

§  Fundraising in all three


WHY 100% BOARD GIVING?


KNOW YOUR GOALS


FEARS & HESITATIONS


Diversity is key

Individuals

Special events

Foundation grants

Government grants

Corporate sponsorship

Earned income

Service clubs

FUND DEVELOPMENT


GIVING PYRAMID


SPHERES OF INFLUENCE

New gifts

Annual donors

Midsize donors

Major donors

Planned giving


Prospecting Identification Preparation

Cultivating Build the Relationship

Engage the Donor Ask for the Gift

Stewarding Recognition Reporting Communicating Engagement

FUNDRAISING PROCESS


Prospecting

Stewardship & Cultivation

Acknowledgment

Solicitation

FUNDRAISING BY TIME


YES!!

Yes, but not that much

No

3 POSSIBLE OUTCOMES


FEARLESS FUNDRAISING: A BOARD MEMBER

CHECKLIST!

Fundraising opportunities and responsibilities for

board members

Be honest. Be realistic. Take a risk!


Legal Hat

Ambassador Hat

Volunteer Hat

BOARD MEMBER HATS


Board Leads

Shares values thru policies that put mission in action

Hires, supports, assesses ED

Opens funding resources in community

Oversees financial due diligence

Recruits & retains new board members

ED Leads

Develops/ Proposes policy questions

Hires, supervises, motivates staff

Develops & implements programs

Shared Leadership

Strategic plan

Fundraising plan & strategies

Evaluations

Prep board meetings

SHARED LEADERSHIP


Success!

Joyful leadership

Accountability

Expectations

FINDING SUCCESS

Art Science


CLOSING COMMITMENT


CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION

•  BoardSource •  Association of Fundraising Professionals •  Fundraising Guide for Nonprofit Board Members •  Fearless Fundraising •  Fundraising Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards •  Nonprofit Board Answer Book •  10 Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards •  The Handbook of Nonprofit Governance •  Governance as Leadership


Emily Davis, MNM Emily Davis Consulting

(720) 515-0581 [email protected]

emilydavisconsulting.com

Governance Foundations: Ensuring Necessary Resources

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