An essential workshop for volunteers, committee and staff of not-for-profits seeking to build skills and knowledge in best practice governance, improve operation and lead their community group with high impact, confidence and compliance.
Date & Costs
Date – 12 August, 2025 | 8.30am arrival for a 9am – 4pm workshop.
Venue – The Hilton Garden Inn, Toll Place, Albany WA
Cost – with the support of the CBH Group, this training is provided free of charge to community not-for-profit groups as part of their Community Investment program.
Catering and course workshop materials are included.
Content
A practical and interactive workshop for current and aspiring not-for-profit Board members, inclusive of templates.
Understanding Governance
- Introduction to governance and the Associations Act WA
Roles and Responsibilities of the Board
- Duties and responsibilities of Board members
- Managing employees and volunteers of your not for profit
- Reviewing performance of the Board
Navigating Key Documents
- Understanding and developing documents necessary for a high standard of governance
Running an Effective Meeting
- Understanding the role of the Chair
- Setting an agenda, writing minutes
- Making meetings effective
Understanding not-for-profit finances and risk
- Identify risk and implement mitigation strategies
- Interpret financials and reports
Program
Approximately six hours of content in the training.
Session 1 | 9am – 10.30am (1hr 30 min)
Break 10.30am -10.45am (15 min)
Session 2 | 10.45 – 12.15 pm (1hr 30 min)
Lunch 12.15pm – 1pm (45 min)
Session 3 | 1.00pm – 2.30pm (1hr 30 min)
Break 2.30- 2.45pm (15min)
Session 4 | 2.45-4.00pm (1hr 15min)
Benefits of the workshop
The benefits of doing governance training are immediate
- Understand your legal exposure as a volunteer on a committee
- Learn minimum best practice plans, processes and policies your group should have
- Identify actionable items your group needs to address to be more functional
- Learn how to support your group to have a greater impact in your community
- Guide your committee on how to be more cohesive and make community service fun
Format & Features of the Workshop
Delivery – in person.
Interactive Q&A format – The sessions will be interactive with the instructor fielding questions as they arise. You will benefit from these interactions as regional not-for-profit groups experience similar challenges.
30 Places
There is space for 30 delegates and it will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
In addition to agriculture grower group delegates, the workshops are attended by a diverse group of volunteers such as sporting clubs, community event groups etc. This provides a rich opportunity to share experiences, challenges and insights with other volunteers involved with not for profit groups around WA and perhaps pick up innovative ways to tackle common issues.
20 seats are specifically set aside for agricultural industry participants and up to 10 seats will be available for general community group participants such as regional schools or sporting club volunteers wishing to extend their governance skills.
Registrations
The workshop is full with a waitlist. To be added to the waitlist, email admin@gga.org.au with your contact details, stating that you wish to join the 1-Day Governance workshop waitlist.
Workshop Instructor
Caroline Robinson
GAICD, B.Comm, Dip Ed, Cert IV Human Resources
Caroline is an enthusiastic advocate for rural communities and the leaders and organisations within them.
With a passion for assisting not-for-profits, government, and member-based institutions through governance and strategy, Caroline combines extensive experience with a broad-thinking, strategic approach to produce creative, people-centred solutions. Connecting the people, services and information rural organisations need to help them expand and thrive in their community.
Background
Caroline is the founder and former CEO of the Wheatbelt Business Network, the region’s largest business association. She currently holds an EO position on the North Eastern Wheatbelt Regional Organisation of Councils and has also held board positions on state government boards, rural not-for-profits, sports clubs and the Regional Chambers of Commerce and Industry WA. In 2011 Caroline was awarded the Agrifutures National and WA Rural Woman of the Year, as well as the Shire of Narembeen Citizen of the Year in 2018.
Enquiries
Direct any enquiries to GGA Administration
E: admin@gga.org.au
Workshop Sponsor Evaluation
As part of the CBH Group’s governance processes for monitoring and evaluation of activities delivered with the support of their Community Investment Fund, participants will be asked to complete an evaluation on the conclusion of the workshop and will be emailed at future intervals as a way of measuring impact.
It is a condition of registration that participants engage in a feedback evaluation process. Link will be provided at the workshop.
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