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Date	July 8, 2010
Cost	FREE
	Your nonprofit board is key to good governance and effective fundraising. Board members must be engaged, passionate, and aware of their responsibilities in order to guide your organization through challenging times. The board does far more than set policy and govern the organization. Its members are your ambassadors in the community, your biggest fans, and your gateway to contributions and fundraising. Building an effective board takes the right attitude, a plan, and time. And it should be at the top of your "to do" list. With the 5 steps you'll learn in this webinar, you'll be able to develop a more effective board. Learn from a seasoned former executive director and veteran consultant how to: Deal with problem board members, Manage your board chair, Use helpful tools to make the process theirs, not yours!
	Who Should Attend? Who Should Attend: Nonprofit executives and nonprofit senior managers who work with boards. Board members, most especially Board officers, and executive and governance committee members
Instructor	Kathy Keeley, Principle, The Keeley Group Kathy Keeley, Principle, The Keeley Group, has been a social entrepreneur and executive for more than 20 years. She has been a nonprofit consultant for the last 10 years, providing strategic planning, consulting, facilitation, and coaching services to nonprofit organizations and small businesses. Keeley focuses on social enterprise and business planning. She has worked for small and large boards, and consulted with more than 100 boards in the last 10 years. She regularly provides board development training and consulting to her nonprofit clients. Keeley has started five nonprofit organizations in her career. The Women’s Economic Development Corporation (WEDCO) is the best known: It was the first loan fund for women-owned businesses in the US. Keeley is the former Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Minneapolis, worked for the Corporation for Enterprise Development in DC, and has worked for Weidner, Inc. providing strategic planning and performance-based plans to large urban departments throughout the US.