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 "I like her being able to keep us focused on what we need to know to grow and that it is OK to have differences and disagreements."  
--Emergency Nurse's Association Board Director  

Board Training & Retreats

The degree to which a Board of Directors is effective is felt throughout the organization and its community. Whether it is a corporate, non-profit or association Board makes no difference. If there are factions, conflicts or just lack of good communication, getting the business of the Board done becomes second priority. Bring in Janelle Brittain or one of DPI's other Board facilitators to:
  • Improve the collaboration on the Board
  • Increase each Member's understanding of the other people on the Board
  • Explore what each person brings to the Board
  • Shift communications to be more open and to seek understanding
  • Create customized Communication Agreements to be used at and between Board Meetings
  • Introduce additional processes to use for decision making
  • Provide techniques to prevent Toxic Board Meetings
  • Work with the Board to make sure the balance of tactical to strategic work is the most effective for the organization's goals
  • Explore areas of distrust, and work with the board to increase trust
  • Establish appropriate Board Assessment tools
  • Provide resolution techniques to use when there are conflicts
"I like the fact that courageous conversations were stressed."
--ENA Board Director

Strategic Planning Retreats

Strategic Planning Retreats provide the once a year opportunity to craft the future of the organization. Unfortunately, they often end up being a theoretical discussion, get off track, have personality clashes or feel unproductive. Make sure your next retreat is productive, by bringing in Janelle Brittain to facilitate the process. She will work with you to design your meeting to produce real results. Then she will ably manage the process during the retreat to assure you advance to your goals of the meeting.
"We were able to discuss and apply the strategies to real situations within our organization."
--ENA Board Director

Building Board Cohesion Quickly

(for Non-profits and Associations)
Association and Non-Profit Boards do not have much time together to make decisions that will potentially affect thousands of other people and the future of the organization. Often there are new Board members each year which changes the team's dynamics. At the beginning of each year, the Board must quickly build a working environment that supports trust, open communications/discussions and collaborative decision-making. Janelle builds her programs around the four critical areas which best capture the Board volunteers commitment and cohesion:
  1. How to Run Great Board Meetings that Produce Commitment and Results
  2. Improving Communications on a Board
  3. Analyze: How Much of a Strategic or Tactical Board Do We Need to Be?
  4. Building or Revising a Strategic Plan
If the Association Board does not communicate and collaborate well, the Association's goals will not be met and the year will be filled with anguish for both staff and Board. Learn how to establish a collaborative environment right away, then how to maintain it throughout the year.

How to Run Great Committee Meetings that Produce Commitment and Results

(for Non-profits and Associations)
Have you heard any of these complaints?
"I'm not looking forward to this committee meeting. I just know he/she is going to dominate the meeting."
"Why do these meetings have to take so long? They go on and on with no decisions being made."
"Why aren't people coming to our meetings anymore?"
Motivating volunteers to altruistically give of their time, energy and expertise to help an organization requires tapping into both heart and mind. The heart provides the enthusiasm needed to ignite everyone's motivation. Plus, we must be organized, disciplined and focused in order to appeal to the mind.
After having served on many boards and committees, Janelle Brittain has experienced well run, invigorating meetings as well as frustrating, de-motivating ones. She designed this "how to" training program to create meetings that best capture the volunteers commitment. The focus is on meetings that:
  • Are marketed well in advance
  • Are well run and include both business and laughter
  • Have action focused follow-up.

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