04 October 2017

• 9.45AM - 10.00AM
  Registration and coffee
  Registration and coffee
• 10.00AM - 10.15AM
  Introductions
  An opportunity to meet your peers
• 10.15AM - 1.00PM
  Committee roles, planning of agendas and relationships between the CEO and staff
  Brief reminder of the fundamentals of governance and the role of trustees, chair and chief executive (CEO)
  
  Role of committee chair:

  • Characteristics of a good chair
  • Dos and don’ts
  • Requirements of the role

  The Committee

  • Fundamentals of committee effectiveness
  • Common reasons why committees don’t function effectively

  Planning of agendas and preparing for committee meetings

  • Planning the work of the committee
  • Committee papers
  • What needs to be done before and after each meeting
  • Minutes of committee meetings

  Meetings by telephone conference calls

  • What needs to be done differently when you are chairing

  Relationship with CEO and staff

  • Getting the right balance between support and challenge
• 1.00PM - 2.00PM
  Lunch
  Lunch and networking break
• 2.00PM - 4.00PM
  Case study, relationships and getting behaviours right in committee meetings
  Case study- delegates work in groups to find solutions
  
  Relationship with the board of trustees

  • Clarity of delegation from the board
  • Reporting back to the board (after each meeting and annually)
  • Reflecting on the committee’s effectiveness and ensuring the committee adds value to the governance process

  Getting behaviours right in committee meetings

  • Meeting etiquette for committee meetings

• Dorothy Dalton

  Dorothy Dalton is a leading expert on governance who has written several books on the subject. She was editor of Governance: essential information for effective trustees from July 2005 to January 2016.

  With a ‘first’ in mathematics, Dorothy, a former Headteacher, was chief executive of ACEVO, the association of chief executives of voluntary organisation from 1992 to 2000. She is currently chair of trustees at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Charity. She has been a trustee of many charities including Marie Curie and has been chair of governors of the Petchey Academy in Hackney, chair of trustees of the Journey of a Lifetime Trust (JoLt) and chair of governors of Orley Farm School Trust. From 2000 to 2003 she was a non-executive director of the Inland Revenue. She was a fellow of the Leadership Trust Foundation and of International Students House. She is a life fellow of the RSA. She founded the Journey of a Lifetime Trust (JoLt), the Network of Women Chairs, and Groundbreakers: Voluntary sector women leaders. 

  Dorothy was awarded the Leonard Cheshire Lifetime Achievement Award for enabling disabled people. She was nominated for the 1995 UK Woman of Europe Award for her work in the Voluntary Sector and she is an Honorary Life Member of ACEVO.

  Dorothy has a passion for travel. During her spare time, from 1983 to 2010, Dorothy organised and led month-long challenging expeditions for disabled and disadvantaged teenagers to remote corners of the world. She continues to participates in other expeditions (many of which she organises herself)  including  crossing the Bayuda  Desert by camel, and canoeing, kayaking and white-water rafting the Zambezi between Zimbabwe and Zambia. 

  Publications written by Dorothy:
  •    Financial Governance: a gentle guide for the non-financial charity trustee
  •    Good Governance: a practical guide for trustees, chairs and CEOs 
  •    Recruiting a New Chief Executive: a guide for chairs and trustees
  •    The Board’s Responsibility for Appraising the Chief Executive
  •    Good Governance: The Chair’s Role
  •    Good Governance: The Chief Executive’s Role

  www.dorothydaltongovernance.com

Caroline Thomas

Trustee And Hon. General Secretary

Casualties Union

I now feel more confident that my charity is functioning well and have taken dozens of tips and ideas away for doing even better

Joe Curran

Resources Director

Interights

An extremely useful course with excellent materials

Malcolm Maddox

Chief Executive

Newark Care

Very practical and helpful course, presented in a nice relaxed atmosphere. Helped to confirm existing knowledge and all my questions were answered