Description

In order to be successful, nonprofit organizations require strong leadership from their Board of Directors. The Board's responsibility is to oversee the effectiveness of management policies and decisions, including the execution of its strategies. Learn the key roles and responsibilities of the board and the essential areas of Board oversight. Discuss strategies to increase board members' commitment to the mission and purpose of your organization, and how boards must be active and engaged to fulfill their legal and governance duties.

Presenter: Melissa Metcalf Le Roy, a graduate in Entrepreneurship and Business Law of Western Carolina University and a graduate in Non-Profit Management of Duke University teaches non-profit management classes throughout North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia for Duke University and Western Carolina University. She is a past board member of the North Carolina Center for Non-Profits. For four years she contributed a regular "Non-Profit Leadership" column for the Tryon Daily Bulletin and currently offers her services as a consultant through her own firm OnFire Nonprofit Consulting. You can also view her TEDx talk; A love affair, the art of not asking.