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Board CatalystâÂ?  Board Assessment

In today’s climate, a healthy, engaged, and responsive board is the foundation for sustainability.  And for nonprofits to thrive and grow, a new kind of board leadership is required.  Today’s board leadership needs the right talent and mind-set to execute vision and strategy, and to work generatively and collaboratively toward community-wide solutions and priorities.

The Board CatalystâÂ?  Institute believes effective board governance and strong board leadership center on mastery in these five (5) essential areas for the board:

Purpose

Education

Architecture

Results

Leadership

How it Works

First, we will work with a designated board committee to design an assessment survey that explores areas critical to successful board leadership such as strategy, board composition, board structure, board protocols and policies, regular evaluation of meetings and leadership. When finalized, we will send the assessment survey out to the entire board electronically. Once all board members have had the chance to participate, we will take survey results and prepare a detailed results summary with recommendations.

Founder & President of Aly Sterling Philanthropy:

Aly Sterling is an accomplished speaker, published author, active board member, and proud owner of Aly Sterling Philanthropy and the Board Catalyst Institute^SM in Toledo, Ohio. Her expertise includes fundraising, strategic planning, search consultation, board leadership development and corporate giving consultation for organizations of varying sizes and capacities.

Aly’s workshops and presentations have been featured most recently at meetings of the National School Foundation Association, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Indiana Philanthropy Alliance and a number of community foundations in the Midwest including The Columbus Foundation (Ohio). She has also contributed to Board Member, the official publication of BoardSource. Aly is an alumni of Leadership Toledo, a recipient of the “20 Under 40” award, a Women in Communications Crystal Award winner and a fellowship graduate of the executive leadership program at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management. Aly has earned the Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) credential and holds a master’s degree from the University of Toledo. She teaches courses in fundraising and nonprofit management at the university level. Aly currently serves on the board of trustees for St. Ursula Academy (former board chair) and Advocating Opportunity, an organization formed to stop human trafficking. She has served as president of the Northwest Ohio chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and belonged to boards for the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Leadership Toledo and David’s House.

Item Special Note

Winners present at the live event on November 9th, 2015 may pick up their items at the conclusion of the event.  If the winner is not present at the live event, they may pick up this item at the Program Administration offices of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles: 1102 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019.  If unable to do so, deliveries to winners will be made in the Los Angeles Metro area only; otherwise, the items will be shipped and the winner will be charged the shipping fee.