NPO+ Consulting Inc.

Workshop Sessions

Focused on the Strategic Governance ® concept developed by Roméo Malenfant, Ph.D., we designed our workshop sessions for members of Board of Directors and Executive Directors, and future members who wish to join a Board.

1) Strategic Governance ® for non-profit organizations

What do you know about your organisation’s governance?

Do you believe in the following principles: ACCOUNTABILITY, SOLIDARITY, INTEGRITY, DELEGATION, and SUSTAINABILITY?

Non-profit organizations are playing an increasingly larger role in our society, and the capitalization of these organizations is made possible by volunteers, who add billions of dollars in value to the social economy.

However, are these people truly aware of their responsibilities, of their roles and of the good governance practices that can ensure the sustainability of their organizations?

What about the GOVERNANCE of these organisations? The accountability of these thousands of Board members? When they join the Board, do they really know what they are committing to? How many of them realize the scope of their responsibilities and the importance of understanding them well? Do they know the guiding principles and practices underlying good governance, and how do they interpret them? These and many more such questions are what a Board or Executive Director needs to ask….

The Institute on Governance defines governance as the institutions, processes, and traditions, which determine how power is exercised, how decisions are taken, and how citizens have their say. According to the Institute, good governance involves integrity, equality, participation, transparency, efficiency, and responsibility.

During the past few years, “governance” has been used by both private businesses and non-profit organizations of all kinds. We have coupled this term with “strategic” because we believe that a Board plays a vital strategic role in the governance of an organization; therefore, Strategic Governance ® emphasizes the primacy of the Board in the smooth operation of an organization in cooperation with the Executive Director. The success of any organization rests on the combination of a strong Board that performs its roles well and an Executive Director who accomplishes his or her mandates and adequately supports the Board in its governance.

Our workshop sessions present the steps involved in this recipe for success.

Initial Workshop Session Goals :

To define the dynamics of the Board ;

To give Executive Directors a management system that was specifically made for non-profit organizations ;

To allow members of the Board to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their organization ;

To make members of the Board aware of their moral, legal, planning, and control responsibilities ;

To explain a Board’s main roles as well as the practices, the guiding operating principles, and the working methods of an effective Board.

2) Future members of a Board of Directors of a non-profit organization
Goals :

To help participants to ask the right questions before accepting a Board position ;

To verify the knowledge of participants who are already Board members ;

To explain the responsibilities related to the position of Executive Director ;

To prepare participants to better serve their organization ;

To give managers a framework to tackle management issues.