Your role as Board Chair is facilitator! With Brian Deming

On this episode, we are speaking with Brian Deming, two time Board Chair for United Way Suncoast (separated by 10 years) and seasoned technology entrepreneur, executive and investor.

Brian provides us with some great information from his experience of being a board chair in both the for-profit and nonprofit industries, some of the differences in a for-profit merger and nonprofit merger, how he got involved in nonprofit boards, and much more.

If you want to learn about some differences between the for-profit industry and nonprofit, how to run a productive board meeting and how to be an effective board chair, this episode is for you.

Thank you Brian for joining us for this episode of I 501(c) You!

Key takeaways:

1. As a board chair, be a facilitator. Get the most out of your board and help the CEO get the most out of their staff.
2. When running a board meeting, be on time, start on time, end on time, know when its time to stop discussing and start deciding.
3. Use a consent agenda!

Timestamps:

01:45 - Why did you join a nonprofit board?

03:35 - How do you decide which nonprofit to be involved in?

06:10 - How did you evolve to become a board member of United Way Suncoast?

08:25 - Can you talk about the progression of growing from a volunteer to a board member?

10:50 - What is the biggest difference between a nonprofit and for-profit merger?

12:57 - How do you approach your role of board chair?

15:57 - How often do you interact with board members? and operational aspects of being a board chair

18:40 - How do you ensure a comfort level with the staff, knowing that you primarily work with the CEO?

21:03 - How do you run a productive board meeting?

23:15 - How do you prepare for the board meetings?

25:50 - Benefits of the consent agenda

29:00 - What makes an effective Board Chair?

30:20 - Nonprofit board vs for-profit board

34:08 - Leading a for-profit vs a nonprofit

37:30 - Advice for people interested in becoming a board chair

 

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