Creating a Welcoming and Inclusive Board Environment

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Discussion Leader: Alanna Hein, Hein Consulting Group
Date: May 12, 2009
Time: 5:00 - 5:30 pm pizza and networking
5:30 - 7:00 pm presentation		 Sponsored by:
Bank of the Cascades

Cost: $25.00
NAO Nonprofit Members: $22.50 Join the Nonprofit Association of Oregon (NAO). View the NAO member list.

Event Description

Learn to:

  • Connect greater board diversity to greater organizational diversity
  • Identify what cultural practices within your board may be exclusive
  • Strengthen the board's skills in functioning in an inclusive manner
  • Envision celebrating board and organizational diversity
  • Understand steps you can take, right away, to be more welcoming

Diverse boards are an important asset to nonprofit organizations because of the wider pool of strategies, thinking, experience, contacts and resources greater diversity can bring to support the organization's success. Creating a welcoming and inclusive environment is central to taping into those resources; this benefits the whole organization as well as all board members. It is critical to build a welcoming and inclusive culture within the Board before you begin to diversify. This session of the Nonprofit Board Network will provide an overview to board welcoming and inclusion and will suggest specific steps and strategies for building an open and inclusive environment within your board.

Alanna Hein, Hein Consulting Group, has a long established consulting, training and executive coaching practice which focuses on: building high performing teams, valuing diversity, organizational development, planning for and managing change, conflict resolution, and applying emotional intelligence. Her consulting and training clients have included: private non-profit organizations and foundations, all levels of government agencies, universities, and corporations of all sizes.  Alanna taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in the business and management department for many years at Marylhurst University. Her training and consulting are recognized as exceptionally effective, and her jokes are almost always funny.

Network Description

Help your board really make a difference for your nonprofit! TACS’ new Nonprofit Board Network (NBN) offers board members a monthly networking opportunity to build skills, strengthen leadership and increase board effectiveness.

Join other board leaders to learn from each other and top experts in governance, board structure, strategic planning, and fundraising. NBN meets over pizza and beer in the heart of the Pearl District. Relax, share experiences, and learn!

Location

Ecotrust Conference Center
721 NW 9th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209
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