Past Presentations
2013 Session Materials
May 14 & 15th - Kay Sohl, Dashboards for Nonprofit Boards
April 23 & 24 - Jan McGowan. Becoming a More Effective & Efficient Board
Effective Boards Meeting Agenda
March 1 - Washington Nonprofits Governance Symposium
Governance as Innovation & Teamwork
2012 Session Materials
November 27 & 28th - Michael Mettler of Achieva Marketing Group and Jock Edwards, A Peer-to-Peer, Q & A Conversation on Social Media
Guide to Social Media Optimization
October 16 & 17- Michael Mettler of Achieva Marketing Group and Susan Newton of Development Strategies Plus
Sept 18 & 19 - Kay Sohl of Kay Sohl Consulting, Power Up Your Budget Process
June 12 & 13 - Bruce Toews, Associate Professor of Finance at Walla Walla University, Internal Controls: What are they? Why are they important?
Sample Document Retention Policy
May 15 & 16 - Jan McGowan of Nonprofit Consulting, Planning For Mission Focused Fundraising.
April 17 & 18 - Lawson Knight of Blue Mountain Community Foundation, The Board and Development.
March 23rd Sherwood Trust workshop at Whitman Collge featuring Susan Misra, Senior Consultant with TCC Group.
2011 Session Materials
November 15 & 16~Evaluations: Board Members & Executive Directors-A Key to Building Effective Organizations
Susan Newton of Development Strategies Plus
Annual Evaluation of the Executive Director
Sample Ed Letter to BOD of Accomplishments
Sample Director Evaluation Form
Board Self Assessment Results Sample
October 18 & 19~Tne Not-For-Profit Dilemma: Addressing tough issues while maintaining relationships
Carol Bowser of Conflict Management
September 20 & 21~Collaboration
Kay Sohl of Kay Sohl Consulting
June 14 & 15~Understanding Nonprofit Financial Statements.
Presented by Bruce Toews, CPA/MBA, Associate Professor of Accounting/Finance at Walla Walla University School of Business.
March 25, 2011~Whitman College Annual Workshop
April 5 & 6~Fundraising: An Introduction to Best Practices.
Sonya Campion, CFRE, presenter.
- Presentation (PPT)
- AFP Code of Ethics (pdf)
- AFP Donor Bill of Rights (pdf)
- Ten Most Important Things You Can Know About Fundraising-Kim Klein (pdf)
- Key Attitudes to Successful Capital Campaigns-Stuart Grover (pdf)
- Create a Philanthropic Culture (pdf)
- Annual Case-5 Things Your Donors Need to Know (pdf)
- Development Plan Dashboards (pdf)
May 3 & 4, 2011~Governance: Fine Tuning the Board of Directors.
Jan McGowan of Nonprofit Consulting.
- Board Evaluation (pdf)
- Responsibilities Flow Chart (pdf)
- Board Profile Grid (pdf)
- Ten Commandments of Meetings (pdf)
- 2010 Session Materials
Below are materials from the 2010 sessions. You can also find a copy of the Survey we sent out in March 2010 with the compiled results. We thank everyone that participated in the survey.
- Learning Center Survey Results (pdf)
A summary of the results of 53 surveys received from Executive Directors/CEOs, Board members, staff and volunteers. Along with feedback from the monthly sessions, this information will be used to drive future content and topics.
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