How to Run Effective Board Meetings: Agendas, Structure & Productive Discussions

Описание: Are your board meetings productive — or just another item on the calendar?

In this essential session from the Better Boards. Better Communities. Signature Program, governance expert Ken Haycock explores how to plan and facilitate meetings that are purposeful, engaging, and outcome-driven. From consent agendas to constructive conflict, Ken offers proven strategies to make every meeting matter.

You’ll learn how to:
-Decide when a meeting is actually necessary — and when it’s not
-Design agendas that drive decisions, not discussion for its own sake
-Use consent agendas to streamline routine business
-Clarify the roles of the chair, CEO, and secretary during meetings
-Create ground rules and norms that encourage participation and respect
-Manage conflict productively while avoiding “the culture of niceness”
-Record minutes that capture action and accountability
-Use process observers and feedback loops to improve meeting quality
-Keep meetings on time and on purpose with the “Three S’s”: Start on time. Stay on topic. Stop on time.

Every meeting should answer one question:

“How will the quality of life in our community have been improved as a result of our meeting here today?”

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