Calendar of Events

• Date: 01 May 2016
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/bl.30046
• Published date: 01 May 2016

4 BOARD LEADERSHIP

June 16, 2016

IPGA Pre-Conference Sessions

— Toronto, Canada

•Introduction to Policy

Governance: http://bit.ly/

PolicyGovIntro

•Transforming School Boards:

http://bit.ly/schoolboards

•A Special Advanced Pre-

Conference Workshop with

Miriam Carver designed for those

who have attended the Carver

Policy Governance Academy:

http://bit.ly/AdvPolGov

June 16–18, 2016

International Policy Governance

Association (IPGA) 2016 Annual

Conference: It’s All About Ethics!

— Toronto, Canada

Discussion and networking around:

•Establishing core values

•Using Policy Governance to make

values count

•Making difficult choices

•Conflicts of interest

•Balancing control and

empowerment

For more information, go to http://

bit.ly/IPGA2016; http://bit.ly/IPGA

ConfProg

June 16–18, 2016

International Young Governance

Professionals’ 2016 Summit

— Toronto, Canada

The International Young Gover-

nance Professionals‘ (IYGP) Summit

is an independent, global commu-

nity of young leaders dedicated to

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cultivating fresh perspectives in cor-

porate and nonprofit governance.

For more information about this

year’s summit go to http://iygp-

summit.com/

June 19–21, 2016

The 22nd Annual Stanford

Directors’ College

— Stanford Law School

This program for directors and execu-

tives of publicly traded firms addresses

a broad range of problems that confront

modern boards. http://conferences.law

.stanford.edu/directorscollege2016/

June 27–29, 2016

International Corporate

Governance Network Annual

Conference

— San Francisco, California, USA

For more information, see https://

www.icgn.org/events/icgn-san-francisco-

conference-academic-meeting

september 17–20, 2016

National Association of Corporate

Directors (NACD) 2016 Global

Board Leaders’ Summit

— Washington, DC, USA

For more information, see https://

www.nacdonline.org/Conference/

content.cfm?ItemNumber=4755

boardsourCe

Throughout the year, BoardSource

organizes a range of webinars and

training events for US nonprofit board

leaders.

For more information, see http://

bit.ly/BdSourceEvents

harvard business sChool

The HBS programs on governance

can be seen here: http://www.exed

.hbs.edu/ programs/Pages/program-

finder.aspx?HBSTopics=Governance

haines Centre

The Haines Center for Strategic

Management is a team of strategic

management consultants, whose

work is based in Systems Thinking.

http://hainescentre.com/training/

public-workshops/

holaCraCy

Holacracy is not a system for the

work of boards but does bring struc-

ture and discipline to a peer-to-peer

workplace. HolacracyOne offers a

range of events, from free introduc-

tory webinars to advanced immersive

trainings.

For more information, see http://

events.holacracy.org/

national Coalition for dialogue

& deliberation (nCdd)

NCDD also regularly provides

useful training events. For more infor-

mation, see http://ncdd.org/events/

ncdd2014

national CounCil for voluntary

organisations (nCvo)

NCVO provides a range of pro-

grams across the United Kingdom

and online. Topics relevant to boards

include understanding financials, men-

toring (for new board members) and

outcome measurement. https://www

.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events