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Board of Directors Retreat Amerind Foundation. January 11, 2014 ● Facilitator: Clyde W. Kunz, CFRE. What are our Values?. Read entire list of (374!) “values” statements Identify (by underlining ) the five you consider to best represent your personal values
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Board of Directors RetreatAmerind Foundation January 11, 2014 ● Facilitator: Clyde W. Kunz, CFRE
What are our Values? Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC Read entire list of (374!) “values” statements Identify (by underlining) the five you consider to best represent your personal values Go through the list again, identifying (by circling) the five you consider to best represent the values of Amerind
Our Mission Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC Established in 1937, the Amerind Foundation and Museum seeks to foster and promote knowledge and understanding of the Native Peoples of the Americas through research, education, and conservation.
For Consideration Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC Are my personal values aligned with the Amerind values we have identified? Are our identified values “in sync” with the Amerind Mission? How can we better incorporate the Amerind values in communications to our constituents?
Mission and Vision Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC Mission Statement: a concise summary of what the organization does Vision Statement: an idea of how the world will be different if the organization is completely successful at fulfilling its Mission.
Individual Exercise Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC My life circumstances changed in such a way that I was suddenly required to move to a remote village in the Nepal for several years, where I had no telephone, email, or “snail mail” contact with anyone in the U.S. Upon my return to the U.S. in the fall of 2020 I visited the Amerind Foundation, and was extremely impressed to learn that……
The Role of the Board Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC Governance, not Management Decision-making by Consensus, not Decision by Hierarchy Attitude of Stewardship, not Ownership
10 Responsibilities of NPO Boards Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC To appoint or remove the organization’s Director, including setting appropriate conditions of employment, compensation, and a process to support and assess job performance
Responsibilities of NPO Boards Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC • To annually adopt a balanced budget and to assume fiduciary responsibility for the organization • To partner with the CEO in strategic long-range planning
Responsibilities of NPO Boards Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC • To lend pro-bono professional expertise and other volunteer support as required in order to fulfill the organization’s mission • To serve actively as political and community advocates for the organization
Responsibilities of NPO Boards Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC • To approve, periodically review, and accept responsibility for, all organizational policies
Policies to Consider Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC • Financial / Audit / Investment • Fundraising • Marketing / Public Relations • Board Governance • Staffing / Volunteers • Program-related • Information Systems • Property / Maintenance
Responsibilities of NPO Boards Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC • To approve, periodically review, and accept responsibility for, all organizational policies • To perpetuate Board membership by recruiting and training new members and developing future leadership • To periodically undertake assessments of the performance of the board itself
Responsibilities of NPO Boards Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC • To institute and contribute financially toward a development program • To participate actively in the organization’s fund development program
For Consideration Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC • Does each Amerind Board member have a job description? • If so, is each of the 9 “Responsibilities of Board Members” included in that job description? (If not, could they be used as a model for creating one?)
Planning for Our Future Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC The world (and the nonprofit environment) is changing rapidly! In which direction(s) do we go?
5 External “Change Drivers” Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC Political Environmental
5 External “Change Drivers” Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC Economic Technological Social
Working in Groups….. Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC Select a spokesperson, then think about the “change driver” you have been assigned Using “brain-storming” make a list of all the possible directions that change driver might take society in the next 5-10 years Discuss your list and determine which 1 or 2 of the possible directions are most likely, and how they might affect the Amerind Foundation
Group Discussion Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC Do you agree with each groups’ assessments? If not, how else might the effects of the “change drivers” play out? How does the Amerind prepare for those effects?
How Will Change Impact…. Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC Recruitment & training of new Board members Recruitment & retention of staff Programs / Research / Scholarship Advocacy Fundraising and/or earned income Marketing / public relations / public awareness Finances & budgeting Facilities / Collections
Snapshot Analysis Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC Simple numeric analysis (using 1-10 scale) of various Amerind activities and/or programs Work in 4 groups Discuss each line item for the columns your group has been assigned. Using a numeric scale of 1-10, come to a consensus as to what numeric score each should receive.
For Consideration Clyde Kunz & Associates LLC • What might this exercise indicate about the “weight” of various programs? • Which of Amerind’s efforts should receive the most attention? • How does identifying those areas of focus impact the hiring of a new Director?
Thank You! Clyde W. Kunz, CFRE ● (520) 977-4019●Kunz@Cox.net www.ClydeKunz.com