Board Fundamentals Workshop & Social Capital and the Sector Roundtable

The Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion of Jack­son Hole is excit­ed to part­ner with the Wyoming Non­prof­it Net­work for a learn­ing and net­work­ing dou­ble-head­er on Wednes­day, May 7. Please join us for the Board Fun­da­men­tals Work­shop in the morn­ing, 8:30am-12:30pm and the Social Cap­i­tal and the Sec­tor Round­table in the after­noon, 1:30 – 3:30pm. Whether you are a non­prof­it pro­fes­sion­al, board mem­ber, or com­mu­ni­ty leader inter­est­ed in learn­ing more about the non­prof­it sec­tor, these oppor­tu­ni­ties are for you!

Sched­ule:

• Board Fun­da­men­tals Work­shop — 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Lunch Break — 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• Social Cap­i­tal and the Sec­tor Round­table — 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Reg­is­tra­tion cov­ers par­tic­i­pa­tion in the Board Fun­da­men­tals work­shop and the Social Cap­i­tal and Sec­tor Round­table. How­ev­er, atten­dees also have the option to attend either the Board Fun­da­men­tals Work­shop or the Social Cap­i­tal and the Sec­tor Round­table sep­a­rate­ly as indi­vid­ual learn­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties. Lunch is not includ­ed in the registration.

Click Here to Reg­is­ter through the Wyoming Non­prof­it Network

Reg­is­tra­tion Fees:

• $40.00 for WNN Members
• $50.00 for Not-Yet WNN Members

Addi­tion­al Infor­ma­tion About the Day:

Board Fun­da­men­tals Work­shop – This four-hour work­shop equips atten­dees with prac­ti­cal knowl­edge of the essen­tial func­tions of a Board of Direc­tors. In addi­tion to under­stand­ing a board mem­ber’s respon­si­bil­i­ties, atten­dees will gain valu­able insights into build­ing effec­tive rela­tion­ships with­in the orga­ni­za­tion and be giv­en the tools need­ed to con­duct an ini­tial review of a Board of Direc­tors. Atten­dees will receive a 20-page hand­out with work­shop con­tent and links to resources.

Top­ics dis­cussed in the work­shop include: 

• The roles and respon­si­bil­i­ties of board members
• The legal oblig­a­tions of board mem­bers and poli­cies that can sup­port these obligations
• Devel­op­ing a con­struc­tive part­ner­ship between the board chair and exec­u­tive leadership 
• Sup­port to eval­u­ate the com­po­si­tion of an orga­ni­za­tion’s Board of Directors 

Social Cap­i­tal and the Sec­tor Round­table – Social sci­en­tist Robert Put­nam defines social cap­i­tal as ​“fea­tures of social orga­ni­za­tion, such as net­works, norms, and social trust that facil­i­tate coor­di­na­tion and coop­er­a­tion for mutu­al ben­e­fit.” Inspired by Put­nam’s research, can non­prof­its har­ness the pow­er of net­works and trust to build stronger con­nec­tions, increase com­mu­ni­ty involve­ment, and dri­ve sus­tained impact?

In this two-hour round­table, par­tic­i­pants will con­sid­er the idea of social cap­i­tal and dis­cuss how the pow­er of social capac­i­ty could bet­ter the ways in which non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tions engage board mem­bers, donors, vol­un­teers, those direct­ly impact­ed by the mis­sion, and the broad­er community.

Presenter/​Facilitators:

Tess Mit­tel­stadt, Direc­tor of Learn­ing and Devel­op­ment for the Wyoming Non­prof­it Network

Tess holds a master’s in pub­lic admin­is­tra­tion, with a focus on non­prof­its, from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wyoming, and has served as exec­u­tive direc­tor, direc­tor of devel­op­ment, and board mem­ber in the non­prof­it sec­tor. As the Wyoming Non­prof­it Network’s Direc­tor of Learn­ing and Devel­op­ment, Tess is com­mit­ted to sup­port­ing orga­ni­za­tions across the state to reach their full potential.