The University of Iowa

Board Responsibilities

Event Category 

*Help your Organization Thrive with Good Governance Practices

Effective governance practices – characterized by participation, accountability, planning, and responsiveness – help draw talented individuals to your board and staff and ensure that your organization is better prepared to meet challenges and thrive.

Join the speakers below for this...

Date 
Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 1:00pm
Location 
1602 L St. NW
Suite 900
Washington D.C., DC 20036
Event Category 

*On Board: The Basics of Being an Effective Board Member

Note: This session will be held at the C3 Center, 1910 Intersoll Avenue, Des Moines.

Serving as a board member is an incredible opportunity to lead within the nonprofit sector and put your passion for a charitable cause into practice. Along with an affinity...

Date 
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - 3:00pm
Location 
1915 Grand Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50309
Event Category 

*Equip Your Board to be Effective, Fluent Brand Ambassadors

Your board contributes their time, treasure, and expertise to support your mission and vision—and they are charged to be ambassadors for your organization. But they may not have the knowledge and comfort to tell your story to prospective donors and partners who may not know who you are, what you...

Date 
Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - 12:00pm
Location 
4200 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 480
Arlington, VA 22203
Event Category 

*On Board: The Basics of Being an Effective Board Member

Serving as a board member is an incredible opportunity to lead within the nonprofit sector and put your passion for a charitable cause into practice. Along with an affinity for the mission, effective board members must possess a clear understanding of roles and...

Date 
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 - 8:30am
Location 
1915 Grand Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50309
Event Category 

*Organizational Strategy: Observations and Unpopular Opinions

The Larned A. Waterman Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center works with hundreds of unique Iowa nonprofits each year, including many on organizational strategy. This has positioned the organization to make some key observations, as well as develop some opinions that sometimes run contrary to mainstream...

Date 
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 - 3:00pm
Location 
3117 Green Hill Circle
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
Event Category 

*On Board: The Basics of Being an Effective Board Member

Serving as a board member is an incredible opportunity to lead within the nonprofit sector and put your passion for a charitable cause into practice. Along with an affinity for the mission, effective board members must possess a clear understanding of roles and responsibilities to keep your...

Date 
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 8:00am
Location 
C3 Center
1910 Ingersoll Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50309
Event Category 

*Build a Powerhouse Board

Your board has tremendous potential power. It can move your mission forward with focus and intention if it is set up for success. Too often boards don’t tap into their full power because their members don’t know what the job is, aren’t prepared to do the job, or aren’t effectively supported....

Date 
Wednesday, January 4, 2023 - 12:00pm
Location 
4104 Carlton Drive
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
Event Category 

*On Board: The Basics of Being an Effective Board Member

This two-hour, in-person session will be held at Central Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO) Training Room, 2600 Grand Avenue in Des Moines.

Serving as a board member is an incredible opportunity to lead within the nonprofit sector and put your passion for a charitable cause into practice....

Date 
Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - 9:00am
Location 
1915 Grand Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50309
Event Category 

*Changing the Subject: Boards as Social Movement Spaces

The Latin root word for governance is gubernare, which means to guide or pilot a ship. Governance is typically demonstrated by a collective group of people tasked with guiding an organization in alignment with its mission, vision, and values. Social movements are also a type of group action...

Date 
Thursday, July 28, 2022 - 1:00pm
Location 
88 Broad Street
1st Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Event Category 

Data-Informed Decision Making for Nonprofit Board Members (Virtual)

During this session, we will explore these questions and provide practical guidance and tools to help nonprofit board members (and the staff who support them) strengthen a key governance function: decision-making. We will help you assess the “data culture” of your board and organization and...

Date 
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 - 10:00am
Location 
2314 University Ave. West
#20
St. Paul, MN 55114