For Board Professionals
Take advantage of the resources available to board professionals as members of AGB; there are people, services, meetings and publications there to support you. You can get help planning a retreat, revamping new trustee orientation, drafting a conflict of interest disclosure form, and everything in between.
Board Professionals Network
AGB members often need information right away about a broad range of policies and practices and want to hear from other board professionals, especially at institutions like their own. The Board Professionals Network on Ning.com allows you to reach out to your network of peers and get answers fast. It is restricted to board professionals to focus the discussion on issues of greatest interest and to allow for candid exchanges. Subscribers typically use the network to: post questions; ask for sample documents, such as handbooks, policies, committee charges, and job descriptions; and get advice on event planning, such as trustee orientation and presidential inaugurations.
This is a free member service and over 250 board professionals subscribe. Contact the moderator for more information about how to join and use the service.
Workshop for Board Professionals: April 1-3, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA!
The Workshop for Board Professionals is the premiere professional development conference for those who serve as the professional staff of college and university governing and foundation boards. Coordinated by a representative Program Committee of peers, the workshop covers national education issues, best practices in governance, innovative uses of technology, practical tips, and shared knowledge and expertise through networking opportunities.
Visit the 2010 Workshop for Board Professionals page to view the handouts from last year's workshop.
News for Board Professionals
This newsletter is developed and written by peers, published electronically three times a year, and sent to all AGB member board professionals. Each newsletter includes information about activities of the Board Professionals Leadership Group, a calendar of upcoming events, profiles of board professionals, tips for work, and feature articles on issues ranging from presidential compensation to the economy to board websites.
An archive of past issues is available.
Please click here to access the current newsletter for Summer 2010.
2010 Survey of Board Professionals
This survey, developed by AGB’s Board Professionals Leadership Group, explored the typical responsibilities of college, university, and foundation employees who support governing boards (board professionals), their demographic characteristics, and their professional development needs. AGB sent the survey to 1,233 AGB-member board professionals in April 2010, and it was completed by 406 (a response rate of 32.9 percent). The respondents reflect AGB’s membership: 64.9 percent independent colleges and universities, 30.9 percent public institutions, and 4.5 percent institutionally-related foundations. The survey instrument and a summary of results from all respondents are available for review. Additional survey reports are available to AGB-member board professionals on the Network for Board Professionals at agbbps.ning.com.
Board Professionals Leadership Group
The AGB Board Professionals Leadership Group (BPLG) is a volunteer organization that facilitates and encourages educational and professional services and opportunities for board professionals from AGB member institutions. The BPLG provides leadership for the annual Workshop for Board Professionals; periodically assesses the professional development needs of board professionals; and advises and works with AGB to address those needs through research, education, communication, and other programming.
Membership in the BPLG is reserved for and representative of board professionals whose institutions are AGB members. Click here for a list of current BPLG officers and the BPLG Guidelines.
