Board Retreat – December 6, 2009

Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School

Working Agenda

Prep -

1. Identify three potential donors you can solicit for the school
2. Identify three potential families you can introduce to the school
   

Time	Topic	Leader
9 - 9:05	Welcome and Opening Remarks	Sharon and Susan
9:05 - 9:10	Objectives and Ground Rules	Nate
9:10 - 9:20	Warm Up	Nate
9:20 - 9:25	Compass Point Model for Effective Boards	Nate
9:25 - 9:30	Critical Components of an Effective Board Discussion Summary	Nate
9:30 - 9:40	Summary of Board PEJE Self Assessment	Nate
9:40 - 9:55	Recommended Roles and Responsibilities for Overall Board Discussion and Modification	Nate
9:55 - 10:00	Summary of Recent BBC Board Survey on Fundraising	Nate
10:00 - 10:15	Recommended Responsibilities of Individual Board Members Discussion and Modification	Nate
10:15 - 11:00	Whose Job is It? Discussion and Consensus Framework	Nate
11:00 - 11:35	Organizational Communication Discussion	Group
11:35 - 12:00	Criteria for Board Recruitment Review of Criteria Ranking/prioritizing	Nate and Group
12:00 - 12:15	Break to get Lunch	Group
12:15 - 1:00	Elements of a Strategic Fundraising Plan	Nate
1:00 - 2:00	Board Work - discussion of subvention	Board

There are three documents to read in preparation.

Mission Driven Governance

Dynamic Boards - McKinsey

Capitalizing on Boards