Preparing for Perpetuity: Building Your Board

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Instructor: Marc Smiley, Decisions, Decisions

October 8-29, every Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. PT, 3:00 p.m. EST
Free to Land Trust Alliance Members!
Limited to first 20 registrants. 

This online course will focus on one of the most dynamic and fundamental aspects of board governance issues facing land trust boards: building and sustaining an effective board of directors. You will learn tactics for identifying, recruiting and sustaining the board of directors most appropriate for your land trust. You will also have the opportunity to create board member and board development committee job descriptions, mini work plans for orientation and training and a work plan for board development tailored to your land trust.

The course is designed for board members, volunteer leaders, staff and others directly involved in the leadership functions of board governance. The session will focus in particular on the details that board members should consider as part of their leadership role.

This course is based on the Land Trust Alliance course “Land Trust Boards: Preparing for Perpetuity.” Participants will take part in weekly presentations delivered via the Web and online discussions held in a private online meeting space on The Learning Center, the Land Trust Alliance online learning center.

Download the course syllabus (Word, 100KB)

Free to the first 20 Alliance members who register at learn@lta.org.

Instructor

Marc Smiley Marc is a partner with the consulting company Decisions Decisions in Portland, Oregon. Marc is the author of the Alliance’s courses Land Trust Boards: Preparing for Perpetuity and Building the Foundation for Fundraising Success (forthcoming). Marc is a frequent training and workshop leader at Rally: The National Land Conservation Conference. Marc has been an organizational development consultant for more than 20 years, working with nonprofit and public organizations nationally involved in a spectrum of issues including land and river conservation, energy conservation, affordable housing, historic preservation and human service. He serves as a Trustee with the Columbia Land Trust and a Commissioner for the national Land Trust Accreditation Commission. Marc teaches graduate and undergraduate courses as an adjunct professor for the Institute for the Management Organizations at Portland State University. Topics taught include Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations and Effective Board Governance.

All participants must have high-speed internet access and access to The Learning Center.