Board Development & Training
SERVICES / BOARD DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING
"You don't know what you don't know."
Board members have legal, ethical, and fiduciary responsibility for the organizations they serve, yet few board members fully understand their roles in financial oversight, fundraising, strategy, governance, executive management and evaluation, or building a competent board. ​Lavin Strategies helps demystify board governance through interactive group training​ sessions, tailored coaching and advising, and implementation support.
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What We Offer:​
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Customized group training, offered in-person or virtually
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An understanding and alignment of roles for board members, officers, executives, and committees
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​Coaching for board chairs and executives
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Tools and processes for effective board governance:
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Board recruitment, onboarding, and assessment
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Policy and Bylaw review, revision, and development
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Meeting material templates: agendas, minutes, reports, and dashboards​
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Our Trainings
The following trainings may be customized and offered as interactive workshops or presentations, held in-person or virtually.
Mission Ready: Nonprofit 101
Not every charitable idea needs its own nonprofit. This workshop helps prospective founders better understand the operating, financial, and legal structures that distinguish the nonprofit sector and ask the right questions to determine whether starting a nonprofit is right for them.
Board Governance Essentials
This training equips new and aspiring board members, founders, and nonprofit leaders with a clear understanding of how effective governance works—and why it matters. Participants learn the foundational roles, responsibilities, and structures that ensure a nonprofit is legally compliant, mission-focused, and strategically guided.
Leading With Purpose: The Role of the Board Chair
This training positions new and incoming board chairs for strong leadership. Training topics include the unique role of the board chair, leading effective board meetings, building a strong chair-executive relationship, driving board accountability and engagement, shaping strategy and governance discipline, and succession planning.
Interested in a topic not listed above? No problem! Let Lavin Strategies design a workshop for your board or leadership team.
Training you can trust.
Emily received her Certificate of Nonprofit Board Consulting from BoardSource and is one of only a handful of BoardSource-trained consultants in Texas. Emily utilizes frameworks, materials, and resources that represent leading practices in board governance and strategic planning. She is a NeighborWorks America Faculty member in the Management and Leadership track. As a seasoned grant writer, Emily also regularly trains on grant writing and management.
