Boot Camp for Board Members: Stronger Boards for Today's Nonprofits

Develop your organization’s leadership by learning what is needed to ensure a strong future. Take hold of your board role, understand what you are legally responsible for, and strengthen your ability to provide direction.

Presented by experienced nonprofit leaders, each session will include a unique combination of case studies, lectures and peer learning opportunities to provide you with best practices and proven strategies.

Morning Sessions

• 8AM to 10AM Board Development with Marcy Peikos, Leadership Greater McHenry County. Marcy will identify roles and responsibilities for board members as well as tools for recruiting and creating a strong board of directors.
• 10:05AM to 11:50AM Understanding Financial Reporting with John Altman, CPA, Columbia College. If reading financial statements and reports is like a foreign language to you, this workshop will help you learn how to "make sense" of it. This session will include an overview of the most essential reports you should be preparing, how to read and interpret them, and how and when to get additional assistance and guidance

Lunch 11:50 to 12:30

Afternoon Sessions

•  12:30 to 2:15PM Fundraising Assessment and Strategies with Lisa Ruby, partner at Ruby & Associates. This course is will teach you how to critically assess your particular event.  Learn how to how to determine if the event met its goals. This session will also cover the process needed to discontinue an event and the key factors needed to manage that change.
• 2:20PM to 4PM Legal and Regulatory Responsibilities of a Nonprofit with Shelly Casella – Dercole, CPA, Partner at Eder,Casella & Company : This workshop will help you understand and "sort out" the legal and regulatory requirements of being a nonprofit. How do you become a 501c3 organization and what other regulatory requirements should you know?  Find out what you need, where to file, how often you need to review and update your information, and where you can get help