Webinar: Developing your annual board work plan

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   23 Apr 2026 · 46 min

   Webinar: to pay or not to pay your directors

   Should not-for-profit boards pay their directors? It’s a question we are hearing more than ever. With rising living costs, is volunteering becoming a privilege only some can afford? Could paying directors improve diversity, inclusion, and the skills around the table, or would it change the culture of volunteering altogether? Why come along? In this 45-minute webinar, we’ll explore the key questions boards are grappling with: Fees, honorariums, or simple reimbursement?How cost-of-living...

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   19 Apr 2026 · 44 min

   Webinar: You new board director journey - Where do you start

   The journey to the Boardroom is a strategic roadmap, not a game of chance; by starting on the right foot and mastering the specific steps Boards expect, you can navigate your path further and faster. Stop guessing your way to the Boardroom. Learn the essential steps to start your Director journey on the right foot and move further, faster toward your first appointment. The path to your first board role often feels like a maze that you’re trying to navigate in the dark, but it doesn't have to ...

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   9 Apr 2026 · 48 min

   Webinar: The importance of the board consent agenda

   Board meetings shouldn’t feel rushed, reactive, or unfinished. Yet too often, valuable time is consumed by routine reporting, minor updates, and items that don’t require full discussion. The result? Strategic conversations get squeezed, decisions feel hurried, and meetings run over time. The consent agenda is a simple but powerful governance tool that changes that dynamic. By grouping routine or non-controversial items into a single approval motion, boards can: ✔️ Protect time for meaning...

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   19 Mar 2026 · 46 min

   Webinar: Making the case - Persuading your board to tackle AI

   Most directors know AI matters. The challenge? Convincing your Chair and peers to prioritise it now, not “someday.” That’s what this session delivers. Every director knows AI is coming—but few know how to push it onto the agenda. Boards dismiss it as premature, irrelevant, or a management issue. This webinar equips you with a persuasion toolkit: five compelling arguments, tested rebuttals to objections, and a practical next step. In half an hour, you’ll leave ready to frame AI as a gove...

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   12 Mar 2026 · 47 min

   Webinar: Managing conflict in the boardroom

   Are you navigating tensions, differing perspectives and competing priorities around your board table? This webinar will help you distinguish healthy challenge from harmful conflict, and create the conditions for robust, respectful debate that strengthens governance. You will gain practical tools for managing unproductive behaviours, addressing personal tensions and encouraging the kind of challenge that improves decision-making. Whether you’re a chair, director or executive, this session wi...

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   26 Feb 2026 · 47 min

   Webinar: Creating effective board meeting minutes

   Learn from three of Australasia's top governance professionals and why the preparation of board minutes is a vital component of directors’ responsibilities and what good minutes contain. Includes: Bonus minute taking guide, and minutes template for attendees. Are you taking the preparation of your minutes seriously and do you know why you should? Inquiries into organisational misdeeds and collapses invariably point to the shortcoming in board meeting minutes that might otherwise have e...

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   19 Feb 2026 · 58 min

   Webinar: The pathway to reregistration for incorporated societies

   Time is running out to re-register by April 2026 under the new Incorporated Societies Act 2022. Join us for this practical webinar. We will guide you on the new compliance obligations your society must meet, including updates to governance structures, officer duties, constitutional requirements, and how this may impact operational activities. Whether you're part of a sports club, cultural group, community organisation or any other member based association, the webinar will help you understan...

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   12 Feb 2026 · 46 min

   Webinar: How to continually refresh your annual board strategy

   Learn how to run a half-day strategy review that is focused and strategic with some of Australasia's leading experts in business strategic planning and governance. No plan survives contact with reality The best strategy is one where there is a fearless discussion with directors and senior executives about what's not working and what we have missed. Join us for insights on to how to use each Board meeting as a mini review of the strategic plan and strengthen the strategic focus of...

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   8 Feb 2026 · 44 min

   Webinar: Setting your strategic vision and board agenda

   Learn how to develop and structure a strategic vision and board agenda that keeps the board focused on the important matters during the meeting. Focus only on those strategic items that matter Do your meetings tend to get unfocused or off-track, or are they a sound use of time, focusing on strategic items that move your organisation forward? Provide your directors with clarity on what they should do with each paper, and reduce the amount of time wasted on ineffectual discussions. Resour...

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    29 Jan 2026 · 45 min

    Webinar: How to be a great board chair

    In this focused webinar, Giselle is joined by internationally recognised governance specialists Steven Bowman, and Julie Garland McLellan for a grounded and insightful conversation about exceptional chairing. Together, they’ll unpack the behaviours, processes, and roles of highly effective chairs – drawing on decades of board experience across sectors. You’ll hear what great chairs do differently, how they create the conditions for productive meetings, and why the role is so central to...