NSC is pleased to bring National Thought Leaders directly to your office desktop!  Or, wherever is convenient for you to participate in the 2011 Webinar Series.

Offered in partnership with

Cost is $35.00/webinar.  Gather your co-workers and view the webinar together at the office for one affordable webinar access registration fee.

Webinars are held from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT (except where noted).

You will receive an email from ReadyTalk, our webinar service provider, with instructions on how to log on to begin. 

Questions: Contact Carmen Garcia, carmen@nonprofitservices.org.

Please note: No refund for cancellations five days prior to event.  Events may be rescheduled or consolidated due to low registration.

Board Governance  |  Register

with Judy Millesen, PhD and David Renz, PhD

This interactive approach to board governance training is designed to give board members and executive directors the opportunity to connect with and ask questions of nationally recognized experts.  The first session will start with a disussion of roles and responsibilities for board members and how those responsibilities have continued to evolve in recent years.  Direct input from participants will then be used to customize the next two sessions, building on previous session for a progressive and truly interactive series.

About the presenters:

Judy Millesen, PhD is an associate professor at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs at Ohio University, where she is the director of the University’s MPA programs. She is also the founder of the Regional Nonprofit Alliance, an organization dedicated to strengthening nonprofit organizations in rural Appalachia by providing online resources, affordable workshops, and hands-on help. Millesen teaches classes on public administration, nonprofit management, and nonprofit fundraising. Her research makes a strong link between theory and practice and focuses on nonprofit administration and capacity building in the sector with a special interest in board governance.

She has produced research reports on the strategic decision making behavior of community foundation boards, nonprofit capacity-building in the Pittsburgh region, the evaluation practices of nonprofits in New York and Ohio, board motivation in Maine, and most recently work on philanthropy and community economic development in central Wisconsin. Her work has appeared in such journals as Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Nonprofit Quarterly, Public Integrity, and Voluntas. Millesen is a member of ASPA, the Academy of Management, and ARNOVA. Nationally, she serves on the board of directors for ARNOVA and the board of editorial advisors for BoardSource. Locally she serves on the board of directors for the Athens Foundation. Millesen received her MPA from the University of Hartford and her Ph.D. in public administration from the University at Albany (SUNY).

David Renz, PhD is the Beth K. Smith/Missouri Chair in Nonprofit Leadership and the director of the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership, an education, research, and outreach center of the Department of Public Affairs in the Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). During his career, Renz also has served as a senior government executive, including five years as executive director of the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities and six years as assistant commissioner for the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. Renz received his PhD in organization theory and administration and master of arts in industrial relations, both from the University of Minnesota.

Renz is a nationally recognized leader and award-winning educator. He also has provided leadership for several national capacity-building initiatives, including the founding of The Nonprofit Academic Centers Council and The Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers.

Renz has written and co-authored more than 110 articles, reports, and chapters for scholarly and practice-oriented publications; and he has led the design of several path-breaking national conferences on nonprofit governance and effectiveness. His publications have appeared in Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Public Administration Review, The Nonprofit Quarterly, Strategic Governance, and Public Productivity and Management Review.

NSC is pleased to bring National Thought Leaders directly to your office desktop!  Or, wherever is convenient for you to participate in the 2011 Webinar Series.

Offered in partnership with

Cost is $35.00/webinar.  Gather your co-workers and view the webinar together at the office for one affordable webinar access registration fee.

Webinars are held from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT (except where noted).

You will receive an email from ReadyTalk, our webinar service provider, with instructions on how to log on to begin. 

Questions: Contact Carmen Garcia, carmen@nonprofitservices.org.

Please note: No refund for cancellations five days prior to event.  Events may be rescheduled or consolidated due to low registration.

Board Governance  |  Register

with Judy Millesen, PhD and David Renz, PhD

This interactive approach to board governance training is designed to give board members and executive directors the opportunity to connect with and ask questions of nationally recognized experts.  The first session will start with a disussion of roles and responsibilities for board members and how those responsibilities have continued to evolve in recent years.  Direct input from participants will then be used to customize the next two sessions, building on previous session for a progressive and truly interactive series.

About the presenters:

Judy Millesen, PhD is an associate professor at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs at Ohio University, where she is the director of the University’s MPA programs. She is also the founder of the Regional Nonprofit Alliance, an organization dedicated to strengthening nonprofit organizations in rural Appalachia by providing online resources, affordable workshops, and hands-on help. Millesen teaches classes on public administration, nonprofit management, and nonprofit fundraising. Her research makes a strong link between theory and practice and focuses on nonprofit administration and capacity building in the sector with a special interest in board governance.

She has produced research reports on the strategic decision making behavior of community foundation boards, nonprofit capacity-building in the Pittsburgh region, the evaluation practices of nonprofits in New York and Ohio, board motivation in Maine, and most recently work on philanthropy and community economic development in central Wisconsin. Her work has appeared in such journals as Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Nonprofit Quarterly, Public Integrity, and Voluntas. Millesen is a member of ASPA, the Academy of Management, and ARNOVA. Nationally, she serves on the board of directors for ARNOVA and the board of editorial advisors for BoardSource. Locally she serves on the board of directors for the Athens Foundation. Millesen received her MPA from the University of Hartford and her Ph.D. in public administration from the University at Albany (SUNY).

David Renz, PhD is the Beth K. Smith/Missouri Chair in Nonprofit Leadership and the director of the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership, an education, research, and outreach center of the Department of Public Affairs in the Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). During his career, Renz also has served as a senior government executive, including five years as executive director of the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities and six years as assistant commissioner for the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. Renz received his PhD in organization theory and administration and master of arts in industrial relations, both from the University of Minnesota.

Renz is a nationally recognized leader and award-winning educator. He also has provided leadership for several national capacity-building initiatives, including the founding of The Nonprofit Academic Centers Council and The Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers.

Renz has written and co-authored more than 110 articles, reports, and chapters for scholarly and practice-oriented publications; and he has led the design of several path-breaking national conferences on nonprofit governance and effectiveness. His publications have appeared in Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Public Administration Review, The Nonprofit Quarterly, Strategic Governance, and Public Productivity and Management Review.