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Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will know how to:

Explain what a board is and why we have them.

List the 3 duties, 4 roles and 10 responsibilities of boards.

Clarify the relationship between the board and the chief executive.

Distinguish when to create a committee and when to use a task force.

Describe the board’s role in fund development.

Communicate leading effective board practices.

About Course

Serving on a board can be a very meaningful and rewarding experience. You have the opportunity to support an organization you care about, while also expanding your own knowledge, skills and network of relationships. Whether you work in the nonprofit sector, serve on a nonprofit board or are thinking about one day volunteering on a board, this course is designed to help you understand how boards work.

Course Curriculum

This course provides a list of online and downloadable resources, including a course transcript.

  • Part One: Introduction to Boards

  • Part Two: Board Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

  • Part Three: The Board/Staff Partnership

  • Part Four: Board Building & Structures

  • Part Five: Board’s Role in Fund Development

  • Part Six: Effective Board Practices

Individual Course Price

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Course Access & Duration

This course is online and self-paced, meaning that you can take it at anytime and anywhere. It will take approximately 1.5 hours to complete it. You have 1 year (365 days) to complete the course from the date of purchase before it will automatically expire in your account.
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Course Level/Prerequisites/Final Exam

This is an introductory level course. A Certificate of Completion is issued once you pass the final exam with a mark of 70% of higher. Recommended companion courses are; Strategic Planning, Writing Effective Policies and Procedures and Decolonizing the Boardroom.

Certification Credits

This training may be used to meet the requirements for:

  • Certified in Volunteer Administration (CVA) credential. For more details about the CVA program and renewal requirements, visit www.CVAcert.org or email [email protected].

  • Continuing education certification may be eligible through the Professional Administrators of Volunteer Resources – Ontario (PAVRO). For more information, please email [email protected].

Does your board already know the basics?

Improve your overall effectiveness with the Better Board Kit that includes an online Board Self-Evaluation Survey and a facilitation guide that will walk your board through a planning session based on the survey results!

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About Course Author

Dr. Sharilyn Hale partners with those who want to make the world better. As President of Watermark Philanthropic Counsel, she supports philanthropists, generous families, and social purpose organizations across Canada and the Caribbean, resulting in them having greater confidence and clarity. With a passion for great governance, she works with boards of charities and nonprofits, as well as private and public foundations, to help them improve their governance performance. An experienced board director herself with a leadership career spanning the social profit sector, Sharilyn is a Chartered Director (C.Dir.) and a governance advisor and trainer with BoardSource. She holds a doctorate degree in leadership where her research focused on governance and philanthropy. Committed to the leadership development of the nonprofit sector, Sharilyn serves on the Advisory Council for the Masters in Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (MPNL) program at Carleton University, where she teaches the Governance & Leadership graduate course.

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