Need a more effective board? Register now for the AASLH Board Development Webinar Series.

Finding Good Board Members, Building Strong Boards
Date: May 17, 2011 (Registration Now Open)
Time/Duration: 2-3:30 pm eastern

Day-to-Day and Long-Term Board Operations to Ensure Success
Date: May 24, 2011 (Registration Now Open)
Time/Duration: 2-3:30 pm eastern

Cost: $50 per webinar member/$110 per webinar nonmember or register for both for $85 members/$155 nonmember. Price is per connection, not per person. Registration Deadline is May 13!

After completing these live webinars, you will:

· Understand the characteristics of a good board;

· Understand how boards evolve and mature into a good working board;

· Understand the characteristics of a good board member and be able to use that knowledge to select the best candidates for their organization’s board;

· Know the best ways to invite a community member to sit on their board;

· Be Able to write a job description for board members;

· Understand how to use the board committee structure to develop a good working board;

· Understand the relationship between board members and the organization’s director or CEO;

· Understand the legal, ethical, and financial responsibilities of a non-profit board member;

· Build a board training manual that equips each board member to be prepared to enter in to board discussions;

· Know how to deal with difficult board members and situations;

· Be able to provide board members with appropriate appreciation for their service to the organization.

You can also learn more about the course through this special audio message from Carolyn Brackett with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, who will be leading the webinar. To hear the Audio Postcard, turn up your speakers, and click on this link: http://audiopostcard-007.com/X.asp?7055433X4611

For more information, or to register, visit www.aaslh.org/BoardDevelopment.htm or contact Bethany Hawkins at [log in to unmask] or 615-320-3203.

Bethany Hawkins

Program Associate

American Association for State and Local History

1717 Church St.

Nashville, TN 37203

615-320-3203

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