Centre for Charity Effectiveness Ruth Lesirge Head of Governance Practice

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Centre for Charity EffectivenessRuth
LesirgeHead of Governance Practice
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Thinking of serving as a trustee..

• Why do this and what do you bring?
• Planning the search
• The right mind set
• Ruth Lesirge Cass CCE 2009

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Thinking of serving as a trustee..

• Why do you want to serve as a trustee?
• Why would you be useful to a Board?
• Ruth Lesirge Cass CCE 2009

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Planning the search..

• Think about
• Sub-sector
• Scale
• Size
• Location
• Role
• Ruth Lesirge Cass CCE 2009

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The Right Mindset

• Be clear about what youre offering
• Have modest aspirations
• Be prepared to serve an apprenticeship
• Work out with Chair how to become useful to the
  Board
• Keep learning

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Whats in a Board?

• Food for thought
• Boards do not come fully formed and perfect
• Trustees need to learn to work together
• Boards are sometimes no more than a motley
  assortment of skilled and experienced people.
• So what?
• Ruth Lesirge Cass CCE 2009

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Boards being of value

• The best Boards have worked at it
• A new trustee should affect all Board members
• You need to work out how to bring value to the
  role
• Ruth Lesirge Cass CCE 2009