Best Practices in Junior and Associate Boards

Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 9 a.m. - Noon

Hosted at North Park University, Chicago, IL

Half-Day Workshop: $90

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About this Session:

As a generation of young professionals grows more passionate about social impact and community involvement, the associate board becomes a mechanism for harnessing enthusiasm and powerful resources for any organization. Creating a meaningful associate board experience is crucial to attracting and retaining the most talented and devoted members. This can also be a source for cultivating and recruiting your next governing board members. This session will describe trends among local nonprofits utilizing associate boards, as well as best practices related to maintaining a successful, engaged board.

Who Should Participate: Staff seeking to develop or revamp an associate board

About the Presenters: Lauren King is a co-founder of All A-Board Alliance. She has worked in the nonprofit sector for over eight years and is currently the research administrator at Children’s Research Triangle. Previously, she taught diversity and community engagement to graduate students at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, where she earned her master’s degree in forensic psychology. She earned her bachelor’s in psychology and criminal justice from Bradley University. Lauren served on the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN) Chicago Executive Board for three years and was a graduate of the 2012 class of the Executive Service Corps/YNPN Chicago Leadership Institute. She was also the co-founder for the Children’s Research Triangle Associate Board, served on the steering committee for the launch year of the Chicago chapter of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy and is a co-founding executive board member for All A-Board Alliance.

Warren Yates is a co-founder of All A-Board Alliance. In this capacity, Warren works with data to develop insights that All A-Board can share with its members and the general public. He believes that with more information, associate boards (and their parent nonprofit organizations) can provide a better experience for everyone they touch. Warren was formerly a member of the associate board of 826CHI. Prior to that, he worked at 826CHI in volunteer recruitment, management, and retention, as well as events and outreach. In his day-to-day career, Warren works as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in Chicago.