Confessions of an Executive Director Series

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When you became an Executive Director, was there a manual detailing all of your responsibilities? Did somebody leave you a playbook or the recipe for success? Probably not.

What’s the solution? Spend some time with Kari Anderson, Principal at Incite! Consulting. As a former executive director, she has tips and tools that will help you thrive as a leader. In three two-hour sessions, you’ll dive into roles and responsibilities that executive directors juggle in order to ensure organizational success. Importantly, you will leave each session with a framework to organize and prioritize where and how to spend your time!

Zoom:
Thursday, January 14, 2021 – 9 AM – 11 AM
Session One: Executive Skills & Staff Development
Key session training items and takeaways:
• How to structure your day in order to maximize your time
• What types of meetings need to be on your calendar each week
• Why it’s important to say no, and, how to say it
• The best way to onboard staff and/or volunteers
• What does “coaching up or coaching out” really mean?
• Handling staff burnout

Thursday, February 25, 2021 – 9 AM – 11 AM
Session Two: Board Relations & Fundraising
Key session training items and takeaways:
• Building an outstanding board of directors
• Why is a board development committee critical to your success?
• How to deal with an over-zealous board
• What to do when you hate to fundraise
• Setting your development director/board fundraising committee up for success
• Maximizing your signature event revenue

Thursday, March 18, 2021 – 9 AM – 11 AM
Session Three: Public Relations & Succession Planning
Key session training items and takeaways:
• The importance of storytelling
• How to speak in public (yes, you have to speak in public!)
• Friday afternoon thank-yous
• Effective succession planning
• Promoting from within vs. hiring from the outside
• How to avoid “Founders Syndrome”