Cost in description below Based on both our BootCamp for Boards and BoardSource’s Board Building Cycle, OKCNP's new Board Series highlights the central best practices of building and maintaining a healthy board of directors for any nonprofit. The Board Series is designed to lead participants through the process of board recruitment, engagement, and renewal in 3 separate, 1.5 hour sessions. The Series will be offered once a week for three weeks, with each session led by board governance experts.

The Board Series is designed to lead participants through the process of board recruitment, engagement, and renewal in 3 separate, 1.5 hour sessions. The Series will be offered once a week for three weeks, with each session led by board governance experts. The sessions can be bundled and taken as a whole (over the three-week period) or individually (through single sessions), allowing your organization flexibility in its approach to board training. You choose if your leaders and directors will take the whole Series or instead focus on specific areas of need and development. 

Session 1: Recruitment

In the first session of the Series, we focus on the steps to recruit a diverse, talented board. We cover creating and using a board matrix to identify gaps on the board, ways to cultivate a pool of strong candidates, and methods for vetting, preparing, and nominating new members.

• Resources: Board Matrix, board member job description sample, 

Session 2: Engagement

In the second session of the Series, we explore ways to genuinely engage and involve board members in governance rooted in the mission. We detail a holistic orientation process, concrete ways to involve new and seasoned board members, and topics for continuing education and development.

• Resources: board handbook sample, training topic examples

Session 3: Renewal

In the final session of the Series, we champion the importance of embracing new ideas and energy. We offer two kinds of assessments to support evaluation processes and also ways to rotate (and even remove) board members. Last but not least, we discuss methods to celebrate success along the way. 

• Resources: individual board member assessment, whole board assessment, sample bylaws/term limits

About The Instructor: Lauri Monetti

Lauri Monetti joined The Center in June 2022 as the Senior Director of Consulting. She has a passion for making a difference and strongly believes in the impact connections and networking have in making our communities stronger. 

Lauri brings decades of experience in nonprofit, government and higher education. Most recently, she served as the Director of Alumni Relations for the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO). Lauri has expertise in communications, fundraising, training, public speaking and board governance, having served organizations such WovenLife, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, City Arts Center (a.k.a. Oklahoma Contemporary) and the American Red Cross. She also previously served as an adjunct professor at UCO and as the assistant director and interim director for UCO Career Services.

Lauri is a graduate of Oklahoma City University where she holds a B.S. in Music Business and of the University of Central Oklahoma where she received a M.Ed. in Adult Education.

Lauri is a native of Oklahoma City. Currently, she resides in Edmond with her husband, Scott, and their two children, Daniel and Giana, along with rescue dogs Mama, Mo and Netti, as well as an aquarium full of fish. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, spending time with her family and exploring the east coast where her husband is originally from.