The University of Notre Dame and will host a four-part breakfast series designed to help nonprofit organizations and community volunteers recruit, educate and retain a committed and effective board of directors.
The 2018 Nonprofit Breakfast Series will take place at Mendoza on the second Tuesday of each month beginning in February, with breakfast from 7 to 8 a.m. and presentations from 8 to 9:30 a.m.
鈥淗aving a functional, engaged board requires great energy and commitment. This series has been designed to educate and arm nonprofit leaders as well as board members with the tools they need to make a positive impact,鈥� said Jessica Brookshire, associate director of public affairs at Notre Dame.
The schedule is as follows:
鈥� Feb. 13: 鈥淣onprofit Board Governance: Learning for Mission Effectiveness,鈥� featuring Thomas Harvey, former director of nonprofit professional development at Mendoza.
鈥� March 13: 鈥淢aximizing Communication with Your Board to Get More Done,鈥� featuring , associate director of experiential learning and concurrent assistant teaching professor at Mendoza.
鈥� April 10: 鈥淭he Essential Nuts and Bolts to Build a Better Nonprofit Board,鈥� featuring , director of nonprofit certificate education at Mendoza.
鈥� May 8: 鈥淧roductive Board Meeting: How to Get More Done in Half the Time,鈥� featuring John Tropman, Henry J. Meyer Collegiate Professor of Social Work emeritus at the University of Michigan.
The cost for all four sessions is $100 and includes breakfast, parking and a copy of the book 鈥淏oard Governance鈥� by Harvey and Tropman. Each session will include a Q&A with the presenter.
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Contact: Erin Blasko, assistant director of media relations, 574-631-4127, eblasko@nd.edu