Concurrent Sessions - III
Sunday April 13
8:45 am - 9:45 am

1 Technology Track: Effective Use of Technology--Add Hours To Your Work Week Without Staying LateAGB
Heather M. Fehn, Executive Assistant to the President and Secretary to the Board of Trustees, The College of New Jersey

Let technology start working for you. Come learn about easy, practical ways that you can use technology to enhance your work performance and the work of your board. Topics include: uses for databases, E-mail etiquette, document imaging, electronic file storage, Treo/Blackberry communication, general uses for public vs. private websites, dynamic orientation handbooks, and much more. You will leave this session with templates to hit the ground running once you return to your office.
2 Institutional Accountability: Keeping Your President Out of the News
Mary E. Kennard, Vice President and General Counsel, and Secretary of the Board of Trustees, American University

Do's, don'ts, and don't go there-Lessons learned at American University.
3 Succession Planning
Meredith Bonham, Executive Assistant to the President, Hamilton College
Lynne Fullerton, Director of Board Relations, Oregon State University Foundation

Board leadership changes appear to be happening with greater frequency and in an increasingly competitive atmosphere. Learn how one institution has managed this process and join a discussion about how we, as board professionals, can help our boards and institutions prepare for and manage changes at the top."
4 All Shapes, Sizes, and Styles: Working Successfully with the President's Partner
Teresa Johnston Oden, Researcher, Writer, and Local Historian
Jane Nelson, Secretary to the Board of Trustees and Assistant to the President, Carleton College

There are many ways the president's spouse can contribute to the work of the institution and support the president, but little is done during the search or transition process to aid the spouse in determining the role he or she would like to play-or the role that others may expect. Learn what it is like from the author of Spousework and wife of the president of Carleton College, and find out how the board professional can make a difference.
5 Book Club: Good to Great and the Social Sectors
Ellen Hallett, Director, Office of the Board of Trustees, Rhode Island School of Design
Judy Miller, Executive Secretary to the President and Board Professional Secretary, Central Washington University

Best-selling author Jim Collins takes on the question, "What does it take to transform a non-profit organization from good to great?" and discusses the elements and principles of high performing, effective organizations. In the words of the author, "The difference between successful organizations is not between the business and the social sector, the difference is between good organizations and great ones. Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline."

AGBRead this monograph in advance and join colleagues for a discussion we hope you will find inspiring, thoughtful and relevant. (Good to Great and the Social Sectors by Jim Collins, Harper Collins, 2005, 34 pp. Available for about $10.00, or a little more in audio book format.)