PART OF THE AWARD BADGE Lesson 1: Importance of a Board Balancing Board Member involvement in the ministry is tricky. How much is too much/too little? In this training, we learn that the Executive Director needs active input and accountability from the Board. Lesson 2: Personality & Leadership Styles Here, we focus on appreciating the strengths and weaknesses of each management style and learn to optimize the strengths of each board member. You will learn about color-coding management styles and how to manage the different leadership styles. Lesson 3: Key of Communication Establishing strong communication between everyone who interacts with the Board is key to the success of your ministry. This includes; Executive Director and Board Members, between Board Members, as well as Staff and Volunteers. This lesson talks about how to use technology for easy communication and sharing. Board Training consists of 5 lessons that will help you understand the important roles of the Board of Directors. Lesson 1 discusses the significance of a working board. Lesson 2 explores understanding and working with personality differences. Lesson 3 goes over how to facilitate strong communication between ED, Board Members, Staff and Volunteers. Lesson 4 teaches how to create structure through committees. Finally, in Lesson 5 we talk through how the Board Members can advance the mission of your center by being ambassadors to your community. These five lessons will be fundamental in developing your Board of Directors. Board Training: Supporting the Center Taught by Pam Stenzel Pam Stenzel was on the “front lines” in the early 1980’s, as Director of AlphaWomen’s Center, a counseling center for women undergoing crisis pregnancies. Her experiences taught her that before teen pregnancies and STD rates could decline, attitudes of teens toward sex had to change first. She is currently Senior Regional Clinic Coordinator for Community Pregnancy Clinics in Florida. She is founder of Enlighten Communications, a not for profit whose goal is to provide structured sexual integrity education that empowers adolescents to create a healthy perspective of at-risk behavior. She is also a founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes. Lesson 4: Board Structure Having Committees with Board Members serving as chairs can help divide responsibilities and give individuals a sharper focus. In this lesson, we talk about how board members can lead teams of staff and volunteers to accomplish their specific tasks. Lesson 5: Vision and Mission Advancing the mission of your organization is vital to your growth. Here, we discuss how Board Members should be passionate about serving the ministry and how they can be great ambassadors in the community. Onboarding with 15
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