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Board Buzz – 30 Minutes, New Tools, Once a Month, Free
Board governance shouldn’t be a mystery.
Need real tools for better board meetings, clearer roles, or smarter strategy—but don’t have hours to spare? Join Board Buzz, a free monthly webinar series for nonprofit leaders and board members.
Each 30-minute session dives into one practical governance topic—like agendas, policies, or financials—and gives you something you can use right away. We keep it short and useful: 20 minutes of learning, 10 minutes of Q&A. Professionally facilitated and always free.
Come for one or join the whole series. Either way, you’ll walk away with something you can apply at your next board meeting.
May 27, 2025 at 12 PM Eastern
The Power of the Agenda.
Your agenda can do more than keep time—it can shape culture. This session shows how to design board agendas that support meaningful conversation, strategic focus, and shared leadership. Learn how to use this often-overlooked tool to reinforce purpose and shift how your board works together.
UPCOMING WEBINARS
June 24, 2025 at 12 PM Eastern
The Board Governance Year
Too many boards operate on a reactive schedule. In this session, we’ll walk through a sample annual calendar and discuss how to align your board’s rhythm with your organization’s real needs. You’ll leave with tools to create a predictable cadence that reduces stress and increases focus.
Too many boards operate on a reactive schedule. In this session, we’ll walk through a sample annual calendar and discuss how to align your board’s rhythm with your organization’s real needs. You’ll leave with tools to create a predictable cadence that reduces stress and increases focus.
July 29, 2025 at 12 PM Eastern
Policies with Purpose
Policies should reflect your values—not just manage risk. This session explores how to create and maintain board-level policies that support clarity, accountability, and mission alignment. We’ll unpack the differences between policies, bylaws, and operational procedures, and offer practical tools to help your board write policies that actually guide practice.
Policies should reflect your values—not just manage risk. This session explores how to create and maintain board-level policies that support clarity, accountability, and mission alignment. We’ll unpack the differences between policies, bylaws, and operational procedures, and offer practical tools to help your board write policies that actually guide practice.
August 26, 2025 at 12 PM Eastern
Financials That Tell a Story
Financial reports should be a window into your mission, not a mystery. This session helps board members make meaning of the numbers, ask better questions, and fulfill their fiduciary role with confidence. We’ll talk treasurer roles, storytelling, and how to present financials in a way that engages.
Financial reports should be a window into your mission, not a mystery. This session helps board members make meaning of the numbers, ask better questions, and fulfill their fiduciary role with confidence. We’ll talk treasurer roles, storytelling, and how to present financials in a way that engages.
September 23, 2025 at 12 PM Eastern
Strategic All Year Long
The strategic plan shouldn’t sit on a shelf. This session explores how your board can stay focused on strategy between retreats and use the plan to guide decisions, evaluate progress, and stay aligned. We’ll also discuss how boards can have their own strategic priorities beyond the plan itself.
The strategic plan shouldn’t sit on a shelf. This session explores how your board can stay focused on strategy between retreats and use the plan to guide decisions, evaluate progress, and stay aligned. We’ll also discuss how boards can have their own strategic priorities beyond the plan itself.
October 28, 2025 at 12 PM Eastern
Onboarding, Not Orientation
A one-time orientation isn’t enough to keep board members truly on board. This session shares how to design an intentional onboarding experience that extends across a board member’s full term. Learn how to build clarity, connection, and commitment—so board members stay informed, engaged, and aligned from start to finish.
A one-time orientation isn’t enough to keep board members truly on board. This session shares how to design an intentional onboarding experience that extends across a board member’s full term. Learn how to build clarity, connection, and commitment—so board members stay informed, engaged, and aligned from start to finish.
Archived List Of Podcast Episodes
Host – Beth Ellen Holimon
About Beth Ellen Holimon
Advisor to Nonprofit Leaders | Podcast Host | Board Governance | Strategic Planning | Coach and Consultant for Nonprofit Leaders
Beth Ellen Holimon is a consultant and executive coach who has spent most of her 25 year career in the executive director chair and knows the joys and tribulations of the nonprofit leader. With her expertise as a Certified Governance Consultant at BoardSource, a specialist in Human Systems Dynamics, a CFRE, and a trained executive coach, Beth Ellen will help you in creating adaptive planning systems, help you realize values-based governance, and coach for leadership outcomes. She is a beekeeper who loves gardening and birds.