BOARD MEMBER TRAINING
Presenter: Kristin Larsen, Executive Director, Arts & Business Council of Chicago
Topics include:
- Structures of arts and cultural organizations and their boards
- Life cycle of nonprofit organizations, from the founding board to the working board and the governing board—board governance, staffing and structure, income generation, and programming models
- Expectations of board contributions of time, talent, and treasure
- Relationship between the board and staff, and challenges posed by staffing and board transitions
This training also features an arts administrator leadership panel and an On BOARD alumni panel.
Price: $150
Advance registration is required as space is limited. We will not accept walk-up registrations. For questions about this training, please contact Noemi Garcia at ngarcia@artsbiz-chicago.org.
Meet the Boards is a networking session for On BOARD candidates and arts organization boards to meet and learn about each other. Attendees discuss the mission and history of the organization, current and upcoming initiatives, and how new board members can contribute to the organization.
Interested organizations must fill out an arts client On BOARD application – the deadline for which is August 23, 2019.
Meet the Boards is by invitation only.
BOARD MEMBER TRAINING
Speaker: Megan Angle, CPA & Manager, Porte Brown LLC
Learning objectives include:
- Financial oversight; policy creation and compliance; and safeguarding of assets
- Policies: conflict of interest, whistleblower, document retention & destruction, executive compensation, etc.
- Achieving financial accountability
- What occurs during an audit and when you need one
- Managing cash flow
- Taxes including payroll, UBIT, and changes to GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles)
- Maintaining nonprofit status through tax compliance – filing with the IRS and other government entities
Price: $150
Advance registration is required as space is limited. We will not accept walk-up registrations.
For questions, please contact Noemi Garcia at ngarcia@artsbiz-chicago.org.
BOARD MEMBER TRAINING
Learning objectives include:
- Laws governing nonprofit boards of directors
- The role of the director: responsibilities & restrictions
- Bylaws
- Understanding the importance of Directors & Officers insurance
- Duty of Care, Duty of Loyalty, and Duty of Obedience
- Conflict of interest
- Executive leadership responsibilities
- Committees and non-governing boards – associate, auxiliary, advisory
Price: $150
For questions about this training, please contact Noemi Garcia at ngarcia@artsbiz-chicago.org.
BOARD MEMBER TRAINING
Speaker: Charles Katzenmeyer, VP Institutional Advancement, The Field Museum
Learning objectives include:
- Funding landscape for nonprofit organizations and sector-wide trends in giving
- The role board members play in securing funds
- Identifying prospects and creating an “ask”
- Creating a donor cultivation strategy
Price: $150
Advance registration is required as space is limited. We will not accept walk-up registrations.
For questions about this training, please contact Noemi Garcia at ngarcia@artsbiz-chicago.org.