By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Understand that board members, although unpaid, have significant fiduciary responsibilities and governance authority
- Recognize common issues that often get nonprofits into trouble
- Know the “red flags” and other indicators of imminent board and agency problems
- Learn from examples of real-world experiences of nonprofits that got into serious problems
- Develop strategies for avoiding common board and agency pitfalls.
Follow-Up Focus: Be prepared to perform an agency risk assessment and evaluate various forms of risk prevention, protection and recovery.