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• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/bl.30038
• Date: 01 January 2016
• Published date: 01 January 2016

JAN.–FEB. 2016 7

Good Reads/Views

“The Dawn of System Leader-

ship,” by Peter Senge, Hal Hamil-

ton, and John Kania, Stanford Social

Innovation Review, Winter 2015.

Available at http://www.ssireview

.org/pdf/Winter_2015_The_Dawn_

of_System_Leadership.pdf.

Internet Trends 2015

A fascinating slide deck provided

to the Code Conference in May of

this year by Mary Meeker of KPCB.

Available at http://www.kpcb

.com/internet-trends.

The End of the Beginning

A great speech from Bob

Monks—a strong voice on behalf

of ownership—to this year’s ICGN

(International Corporate Gover-

nance Network [ICGN]) conference

in London.

Available at http://www.ragm

.com/libraryFiles/144.pdf.

Using Technology

for Community Building

A useful webinar for creating

ownership connections hosted by

Grassroots Grantmakers and lead

by Steven Clift.

Available at http://blog.e-

democracy.org/posts/845.

Putting the Public Back into

Governance: The Challenges

of Citizen Participation and

Its Future

A fascinating overview from

Archon Fung of Harvard University

that offers a framework for under-

standing possibilities for public

participation based on and analysis

of the values and challenges of

democratic governance.

Available at http://archonfung

.net/docs/articles/2015/Fung

.PAR2015.pdf.

NEWS

Events

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APRIL 13, 2016

An Introduction to Policy

Governance

— Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

A workshop with Jannice Moore

designed especially for new board mem-

bers or executives of organizations that

are already using Policy Governance to

help familiarize themselves with the gov-

ernance process used by their boards.

For more information contact

marian@governancecoach.com.

APRIL 14, 2016

Advanced Policy Governance

Application—The Power of

Monitoring and Future-Focused

Board Agendas

— Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

A workshop with Jannice Moore

designed for board members, board

chairs, CEOs, and administrative

staff who want an in-depth look and

advanced application of Policy Gover-

nance to help them achieve mastery of

Policy Governance with particular atten-

tion to monitoring and future-focused

board agendas

For more information contact

marian@governancecoach.com.

APRIL 25–26, 2016

Policy Governance: Behind the

Scenes of a Successful Board:

Policy Governance and

Administration

— Calgary, Alberta, Canada

For executive assistants, board sec-

retaries, board assistants, and other

administrative staff who wish to success-

fully enhance their board’s activities.

For more information contact

marian@governancecoach.com.

MAY 11–13, 2016

Annual Private Company

Governance Summit

— Washington, DC, USA

Session topics include:

•The Board’s Role in a Crisis

•Dealing with Conflicts of Interest on

Private Company Boards

•How to Interview Director

Candidates

•Cybersecurity and the Private Board

•Preparing for the Board Meeting

•Private Company Capitalization,

Liquidity, and Shareholder Return

For more information see http://www

.privatecompanydirector.com/PCGS16.

JUNE 16–18, 2016

International Policy Governance

Association (IPGA) 2016 Annual

Conference: It’s All About Ethics!

— Toronto, Canada

For more information e-mail

ceo@policygovernanceassociation.org.

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.

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

Thinking of publishing in Board

Leadership? Contact managing

editor Caroline Oliver for criteria

at coliver@goodtogovern.com