Trustee training pack - online tools for trustees, chairs and CEOs
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What's included?
- three full online training courses: 'The board appraisal toolkit', 'Make your board more effective' and 'Strategy made easy' (in total, 18 online video courses and more than one hour and 40 minutes of training)
- downloadable toolkits and checklists
- discussion forums moderated by the trainers
How can this training pack help?
The three-course trustee training pack will help you:
- identify where your board is struggling
- find practical solutions to nine classic problem areas for boards
- improve the nature of board leadership in your organisation
- achieve more focused and effective board meetings
- contribute to a strategic plan that can be integrated into your organisation's day-to-day work.
Watch our free preview videos
- Board appraisal tool kit (two videos totalling 7mins 42s)
- Make your board effective (video is 2mins 11s)
- Strategy made easy (video is 2mins 50s)
1. The board appraisal tool kit
Is your board of trustees having problems? Are you struggling to identify, understand or resolve them? If so, this self-assessment tool is for you. It will help you diagnose the problems of your board and give you training to tackle them without any outside help.
Watch the video below to find out how the toolkit works.
- Read a transcript of this introductory video (Word, 29.5kb).
- This video is 3mins and 45s.
Click the 'Add to basket' button at the top of the page to access the whole tool kit as well as the other two courses in this training pack.
2. Make your board effective
Do board meetings seem never-ending and unfocused? Improve the effectiveness of your board by understanding the roles of the chair, trustees and CEO as well as the purpose and principles of good governance. Plus, learn practical tips on making board meetings work.
- Read a transcript of this introductory video to part one (Word, 33kb).
- This teaser video is 2mins 11s (full course is more than 40 minutes long).
To watch the entire four-part course on making your board effective, as well as the other two courses in this training pack, click on the 'Add to basket' button at the top of the page.
3. Strategy made easy: simple steps to producing your strategic plan
Do you have a strategic plan that's gathering dust on a shelf? Are you about to write a new one or maybe your very first? Learn how to turn your plans into actions that will maximise your impact and will help you not just survive but grow.
- Read a transcript of the introductory video to part one (Word, 26kb)
- This teaser video is 2mins 17s (full course is 30 minutes long).
To watch the entire four-part course on strategy as well as the other two courses in this training pack click on the 'Add to basket' button at the top of the page.
Further resources
Upon purchase of this training pack you will be able to download:
- the self-assessment grid that helps you identify where you and your board are struggling
- tips and tricks for trustees
- a policies, processes and development opportunities checklist
- the trustee responsibility quiz
- strategic analysis tools.
Discussion forums
If you have any questions about the information in this training pack go to our discussion forums and ask your trainers.
- 'Board appraisal tool kit' discussion forum
- 'Make your board effective' discussion forum
- 'Strategy made simple' discussion forum
About the trainers
Ros Oakley
Ros is Chair of Charities Evaluation Services. She is also an associate of the governance practice at Cass Business School's Centre for Charity Effectiveness, and a visiting fellow at London South Bank University. Ros Oakley has wide ranging experience working in and with the voluntary sector with experience in public policy, governance, strategy and fundraising. She has a particular interest in effectiveness and sustainability.
Ruth Lesirge
Ruth is a senior visiting fellow at Cass Business School’s Centre for Charity Effectiveness, where she heads the governance practice consultancy. An experienced voluntary sector leader and trustee, she has served as the chief executive of both a UK frontline eldercare and residential services organisation and a national policy and research foundation. She has over 35 years' experience of working with public and third sector organisations, including Help the Hospices, Citizens Advice, Macmillan Cancer Care, Victim Support, British Red Cross.
Caroline Copeman
Caroline Copeman is a principal consultant with the Centre for Charity Effectiveness at Cass Business School. For the past 15 years she has been working on strategy and organisation development projects in the nonprofit sector. Caroline has also written and contributed to a number of workbooks and guides on nonprofit strategy.
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