Regional governance success series
Description
The Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport is delivering the Regional governance success series, facilitated by Caroline Robinson from 150Square.
This series offers 6 online sessions to help regional association and club committee members strengthen governance and leadership skills.
Each session focuses on practical knowledge you can apply straight away. Sessions include tools, resources and a case study to show how the concepts work in real situations. You will also have time to ask questions and take part in group problem solving.
What you will learn
Across the series, we cover key areas to help you build strong and sustainable organisations:
governance foundations and compliance
financial management and budgeting
running effective meetings
planning and risk management
workforce and volunteer sustainability
future trends and emerging tools
Each session includes a practical case study to help you apply what you learn in a real-world context.
Details
There are 6 opportunities available through this program you can attend. Sessions are presented non-sequentially, so you can join the ones that suit your needs.
Choose one session or attend all 6. It is up to you.
Details on each topic can be found in the agenda section below.
Foundations of governance | Thursday 15 October, 5 pm to 6 pm |
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No one wants to be a Treasurer | Monday 17 August, 5 pm to 6 pm |
Running effective meetings | Monday 21 September, 5 pm to 6 pm |
Forward planning | Monday 19 October, 5 pm to 6 pm |
Where are all the people? | Monday 2 November, 5 pm to 6 pm |
The future of rural not for profits | Monday 23 November, 5 pm to 6 pm |
Who Should Attend
These webinars is suitable for all experience levels. Whether you are new to committee work or want to build your skills, these sessions will help you.
It is designed for people involved in regional sport and recreation, including:
regional sport and recreation club committee members
regional sport and recreation associations
Agenda
- 5:00 am - 6:00 am
Foundations of governance
Build a strong understanding of governance and how it supports your organisation. We explain key concepts in plain English, including roles and responsibilities, constitutions, by-laws and compliance requirements. You will also learn the difference between associations and clubs, and what this means in practice.
Lineup
Caroline Robinson, Director, 150Square
With a passion for assisting not-for-profits through governance and strategy, Caroline combines extensive experience with a broad-thinking, strategic approach to produce people-centred solutions. Connecting the people, services and information rural organisations need to help them expand and thrive in their community. Caroline leads the not for profit service and also provides support to small rural local governments. Caroline currently holds an EO position on the North Eastern Wheatbelt Regional Organisation of Councils and has also held board positions on state government, rural not-for-profits, sports clubs and the Regional Chambers of Commerce and Industry WA. In 2011 Caroline was awarded the Agrifutures National and WA Rural Woman of the Year, as well as the Shire of Narembeen Citizen of the Year in 2018. Caroline is currently the Chair of the Ravensthorpe Hopetoun Future Fund, resides on the WA Country Health Service Board, is the Company Secretary of the SEGRA Foundation and President of the Eastern Districts Hockey Association.
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