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Board Assessment

Help Opening the World gain an understanding of how their board is performing and how it could improve in areas like governance practices, stewardship, revenue generation, and executive management.
Opening the World
San Rafael, CA, USA
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San Rafael, CA, USA

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Posted September 20th

Board Assessment

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What we need
  • 1-2 page summary of takeaways and trends from interviewing key individuals (no more than 8 interviews total)
  • Identification of the board’s strengths and recommendations for areas of improvement for board members collectively and individually
What we have in place
  • We currently have an advisory council with passion for the mission, experience with the population of at-risk young adults, and some other skill sets for leadership.
How this will help
This project will save us $8,773 , allowing us to help multi-cultural, at-risk young adults in Marin County to heal from trauma, serve their community, volunteer globally, and develop as leaders.

Helping us establish clear structure for board organization and aims for their leadership will help us more effectively support our multi-cultural, at-risk young adult population.

Project plan

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Prep: Provide Current Materials
  • Volunteer Manager provides Professional with past reviews or board performance evaluations, if any
  • Volunteer Manager communicates an overview of board’s governance practices, stewardship, membership, revenue generation, and executive management
  • Volunteer Manager outlines 1-2 specific areas of focus for the evaluation
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Milestone 1: Research
  • Professional connects with Volunteer Manager for a brainstorming/overview session to better understand current situation and desired outcomes
  • Professional and Volunteer Manager mutually agree on key individuals to interview or survey (no more than 8 total, including Executive Director, Board Chair, select board members, and key staff)
  • Professional drafts survey and/or interview questions for the list created above
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Milestone 2: Interviews and Evaluation
  • Professional conducts surveys and/or interviews with mutually agreed upon list from above
  • Professional reviews any relevant materials regarding the board’s performance (e.g. bylaws, previous board reviews or assessments, previous or current strategic plans)
  • Professional synthesizes findings from surveys and/or interviews into a 1-2 page outline
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Milestone 3: Delivery of Board Assessment
  • Professional drafts a 1-3 page document outlining the overview and suggested areas of improvement based on their findings
  • Volunteer Manager reviews document
  • Professional delivers a finalized document and/or presentation to the Volunteer Manager, outlining their key findings and recommendations, including suggested areas of improvement
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Opening the World
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Our mission

Mission Statement: OTW strives to further understand ourselves and cultures through voluntary service, community building, vocational exploration, travel and personal growth. *please note - we continue to work on this statement

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