Introduction to being a Board Member Course
Arts & Business Scotland
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This essential course for the new board member/trustee is taking place online, with each course run over two sessions.
Tuesday 31 January, 16:00 - 19:00
Wednesday 1 February, 16:00 -19:00
Do you have new trustees who have joined you in recent months, or perhaps you have taken on a trustee role for the first time yourself? Covering everything you need to get you launched on your board career – and still useful if you would like a refresher – over the two sessions the course will include:
Duties of charitable trustees/board members
The different roles and responsibilities of board members and staff
Meeting management and decision making
Advocacy and fundraising
Your role in strategic planning
Understanding the finances
Each session will be delivered with a blend of slide presentation, practical exercises done in smaller groups, and whole group feedback and discussion.
A reading list (all material available online) will be provided in advance of each session to provide participants with background information to support the relevant topic. Copies of any exercises will also be sent in advance so that participants can read them in advance and have them available printed or on-screen.
There will be 12 places on this course.
About the Trainer
Catriona Reynolds is Head of Governance and Engagement at Arts & Business Scotland and has been organising and delivering governance training and support for the cultural sector for over 13 years. She is an experienced board member in the charitable sector herself; formerly a Director of The Merchants House of Glasgow, the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society and Chair of Kelvin Choir (a local community choir she helped to set up in 2009), she is currently Chair of The Royal Society for the Support of Women of Scotland, and a Director of Bloody Scotland (Scotland’s International Crime Writing Festival).
- Date
- 16:00, 31 January to 1 February 2023
- Contact
- Arts & Business Scotland
- Theme
- Culture & leisure
- Cost
- £100 + VAT for Members, £140 + VAT/ £180 + VAT for Non-Members
- Attendance type
- Online only
- Online venue
- https://www.aandbscotland.org.uk/events/2023/01/31/introduction-to-being-a-board-member-course-8/
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