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July 6th ------->Building a Knockout Long-Range Plan
July 15th ------>Dealing With Problem Board Members
July 16th ------>Managing the Micromanaging Board
July 20th ------> Chairing the Board Effectively
July 22nd ------> Board Role & Responsibilty in the Age of Sarbanes-Oxley
July 29th -------> Board Orientation 101 (2hr Special)
July 30th -------> The Board Evaluates Itself
Board Tip of the Week
Opt Out of Your State Unemployment Tax Program: As a nonprofit, you have the right to not pay State Unemployment Insurance Tax (SUI). The alternative is to pay the actual unemployment claims requested by your previous employees. Because nonprofits typically pay more than $2 in SUI tax for every $1 they get back from the state, implementing this strategy could save your nonprofit thousands of dollars a year.
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From 1984 to 1990, Dan Cain, known nationally as The Board Doctor, served as writer and editor of the Board and Administrator series of national subscription newsletters for nonprofit boards and management. In 1990, Dan founded Cain Consulting Group, Inc. to provide both onsite consulting and training materials for boards,management and staff of nonprofit and government organizations. Our consultants now travel thousands of miles every year to work directly with nonprofit boards,management and staff in all fifty states and several Canadian provinces.
Our Market: Nonprofit and government boards, management and staff across the US and Canada.
Our Business: Helping your board, management and staff do their job better.
Our Clients : All sizes of human service agencies,state/national/international associations, municipal and county governments,libraries,hospitals,mental health agencies,trade groups,cooperatives,tribal councils,schools, and many many more.
Our Vision : To be your first source of publications,training and consulting for your nonprofit or government organization.
Our Promise: We will always deliver the best,most personal service possible. When you call our toll free number, you will always speak to a real human being who really wants to talk to you. You will never have to dial through an index of thirteen numbers to speak to anyone in our company. Send us an email, and get a response within hours if not minutes. Ask for a no-obligation proposal for one of our services, it will be delivered to you within hours of your request. Order a product from our website and we'll get it in the mail the same day. Want to talk to the company president? He wants to talk to you !-----> 1-800-735-9471
Changing the world one board at a time
Consulting and Training
Cain Consulting offers a wide range of board, management and staff training; planning facilitation; grant writing; consulting services; and much more, all custom designed to meet your special needs. Whether its basics training for your individual board, breakout sessions for your national conference or a simple telephone consultation, weve done it all, and weve got the references to prove to you that we do it well. Our consultants work with hundreds of boards every year, and weve been doing it successfully since 1990.
Workshops
Our consultants lead on-site board development, planning, and special issue workshops for individual non profit and government boards , and state, national and international asociations. They've worked in all 50 states and several Canadian provinces for over twenty years. They combine expertise with hands-on experience to build workshops that teach board team members their roles, help solve special concerns, and build the board team. Every workshop includes:
* a custom-designed format specific to your organization
* a fast-paced Power Point presentation
* hands-on exercises
* plenty of time for Q & A
* powerful worksheets and supporting materials
* free follow-up support after the session
Our consultants lead on-site board development, planning, and special issue workshops for individual nonprofit and government boards , and state , national and international associations. They've worked in all 50 states and several Canadian provinces for over twenty years. They combine expertise with hands-on experience to build workshops that teach board team members their roles, help solve special concerns and build the board team. Every workshop includes :
* a fast-paced PowerPoint presentation
* hands-on exercise
Planning Retreats
Want a board team that focuses on the bottom line? Get your board to help you write a long-range plan. We'll get your team through a tested planning process and leave you with a complete long-range strategic plan. We'll get your team to dream and explore, and then write those dreams into a realistic vision for your organization. We'll help you develop your mission statement, do a thorough organizational scan, write practical long-range goals and set up a system to follow through on those goals. We'll send you a written follow-up report summarizing the results so you can get to work on your goals immediately.
Call 800-735-9471 for a no obligation proposal.
Want a board team that focuses on the bottom line? Get your board to help you write a long-range plan. We'll get your team through a tested planning process and leave you with a complete long-range strategic plan. We'll get your team to dream and explore , and then write those dreams into a realistic vision for your organization. We'll help you develop your mission statement, do a thorough organizational scan, write pratical long-range goals and set up a system to follow through on those goals. We'll send you a written follow-up report summarizing the results so you can get to work on your goals immediately.
Call for a free no obligation quote! 1-800-735-9471
Web Seminars
Web Seminars are easy to do and cost-effective. Using internet access and your telephone, connect live to Dan Cain for a workshop on several high interest topics ---> Management and Governance, Better Board Meetings, Long-Range Planing, Executive Evaluation, and many others. The interactive Power Point Presentations over the web can even be scheduled during your regular board meetings and custon-designed for your board.
Web Seminars are easy to do and cost-effective. Using internet access and your telephone , connect live to Dan Cain for a workshop on several high intrest topics---> Management and Governance , Better Board Meetings, Long-Range Planning, Executive Evaluation, and many others. The interactive PowerPoint Presentations over the web can even be scheduled during your regular board meetings and custom-designed for your board.
Grant Writing
Billions of dollars in grants are awarded every year to good causes, and some of it could be going to your good cause. Problem is that most nonprofits cannot afford to have a grant writer on staff who understands the complicated business of writing grants and meeting all the detailed procedures usally required. We have the answer.
Billions of dollars in grants are awarded every year to good causes, and some of it could be going to your good cause. Problem is that most nonprofits cannot afford to have a grant writer on staff who understands the complicated business of writing grants and meeting all the detailed procedures usually required. We have the answer.
Services
The Board Evaluation
Kit
Essential Personnel
Policies
The Job Description
The Board Team
Planning Kit
The Employee Evaluation
The Executive Evaluation
The Board Policy Builder
Board Development DVD Series
The Board SkillBuilders DVD Series
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The Job Descriptions Kit
Board members want to do their job right, but can't if they don't know what it is. New board members need orientation about who does what, and veterans need to be reminded their job is to govern, not manage.This CD contains job descriptions for:
*executive director
*board president
*board vice president
*board secretary
*board treasurer
*board standing committees
*board ad hoc committees
The Job Descriptions CD from Cain Consulting tells your board members exactly what their job is, what your job is, and much more. When board members and executive adopt these job descriptions they become partners, not adversaries, in pursuit of the mission of the organization.
Cain Consulting experts applied years of experience working with boards to assemble these job descriptions. As a bonus, this CD includes a description of the board and executive relationship that spells out exactly how the management and governance parts of the team interact. Customize the descriptions to fit your board.
*advisory committees
*committee chairperson
*board development committee
*finance committee
*executive committee
*board member emeritus
*board/executive relationship
$59.00
Our Clients
Testimonials
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"Dan did a wonderful job. The day after we immediatly got to work on all of the recommendations, and it was amazing how we actually all worked together. We now have an annual calendar and have assingments, by this summer we will have completed our strategic plan. We are extreamly grateful. Thank You."
Maria Martinez
Independent Colleges & Universities Benefits Assn
Winter Park, FL
"It must be very satisfying to you to complete a workshop knowing that the participants leave feeling excited and enthusiastic about their responsibilites as board members and about the opportunities they see for improvement. That seemed to be the feeling of every participant i spoke with. My board members left with lists of changes they'd like to make in the way they do their jobs. I did also. We will be implementing some of these immediately."
"Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us. It was an execellent workshop."
Lynn Daugherty, Director
Jasper County Public Library
Rensselaer, IN
"Dan did an exceptional job at our workshop. He hit on many topics without pouring into details. From this training, our board will likely create their own Policy Manual & I think they will consider a self evaluation this year. Thanks again for a very perfessional training session."
Dyke Spencer
Powdersville Water District
Easley, SC
"It will be no surprise to hear that Dan did an execllent job at our board retreat. The attendees felt the time spent was very worthwhile and they gained an expanded and improved concept of their responsibilities."
Joyce Short,
Executive Director
Noel Housing Authority
Noel, MO
" You are amazing. We are already bursting with new ideas, and I am hoping to be able to use your services again--we're discussing some options right now. Thanks for coming to cold Colorado and bringing us so much valuable information. You gave us enough positive feedback on our successes, and enough of a clear and distinct road plan that we know we can implement improvements. I am your greatest fan."
Federation of Chiropractic
Licensing Boards,
Greeley, CO
" Reinforcement of their role has empowered the board to focus on the larger issues of governance, and how they can move the library forward without micromanaging. They came away from the day with clear ideas of changes to be implemented immediately, and changes for the future that will help them to be an effective team."
Plainfield Public Library,
Plainfield, IL
" Dan did a fantastic job. His experience really shows. Board members give us a lot of their precious time for planning, so a competent and experienced facilitator like Dan can mean a lot. I am confident that each of them will say it was time well spent."
Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities
Ankeny, IA
"The training session was outstanding as usual very informative and definitely set the direction for new board members. Please feel free to use Dig Safely New York as a reference for Dan's services. Thanks Again."
Stephen Wright
Dig Safely New York
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Cain Consulting Group Inc.
P.O. Box 272
Hawarden, IA 51023
Phone: 800-735-9471
Fax: 712-551-2979
E-mail: mail_cain-consulting.com
Website: www.cain-consulting.com
The Board Team Hand Book
Board members tell us, "The best guide to doing the job right I've ever seen!"
The Board Team Handbook is not full of "fluff and philosophy". It's full of "tried and true" information to help your board function better as a team and get a handle on delegation and control. It's written by a board member with more than twenty years experience in the trenches. Our Handbook is comprehensive and easy to read, full of graphic exercises, and quizzes to get the message across. Every member of your board needs one! It contains eighteen chapters and 60 pages packed full of practical, timely information.
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The Board Team Planning Kit
This 74-page self-guided workbook will help you:
* prepare for the planning retreat and select the planning team
* conduct focus groups to gather data for planning
* get the board fired up to do planning
* set up the retreat
* select a facilitator
* write the mission statement, vision and values statement
* identify key issues
* develop action-oriented goals
* develop strategies
* follow-up to ensure the plan is carried out
In The Board Team Planning Kit you'll also get a one-hour board seminar on DVD featuring Dan Cain explaining why your organization needs to plan, how to prepare for a retreat, and how to carry out the entire the planning process.
Plus this kit includes:
*worksheets for the planning team
*checklists
*and a model news release
$159.00
The Employee Evaluation Kit
The Employee Evaluation Kit will save you hours of work developing your own employee evaluation system. Personalize the evaluation questions and forms on the CD.
The Employee Evaluation Kit also contains practical forms and checklists, such as:
** model job descriptions
** reference check forms
** information release forms
** board and personnel policies for evaluating staff
** model employment policies
** exit interview questionnaire
$123.00
The Executive Evaluation Kit
One of the best methods of communication between board and executive is a good performance evaluation of the executive.
Without a formal performance evaluation...
*the executive can only guess what the board expects
*the board has no opportunity to tell the executive its concerns
*the board is not fulfilling employer responsibility
*the board team passes up an opportunity to improve service and programs
Fully 80% of the boards we work with, do not do a formal evaluation of the executive annually. Why not? They simply don't know where to begin.
This kit offers your board all the ingredients neccesary to complete a comprehensive evaluation of executive performance--from the planning process to final analysis. It provides everything your team needs to put together a complete, meaningful evaluation. Your board will get a clear picture of executive performance that can be used to set executive compensation, provide the executive with guidelines for future performance, and get the whole board team on the same track, moving in the same direction.
$98.00
If your board is operating without a written set of board policies, you could be setting yourself up for serious trouble. Without a written board policy manual, crisis decisions become the rule rather then the exception. The Board Policy Builder will help you develop the policy manual you need.
This kit comes with printed model policies in a loose leaf notebook and on CD. Modify the model policies to make them specific and appropriate to your organization. When your board approves the policies--you've got a policy manual.
The Board Evaluation Kit
How can you dertermine if your board is operating as it should? The Board Evaluation Kit will help your board team identify what it does well and what needs improvement. The evaluation instrument, guide and analysis forms make it easy to learn where your board's strenghts and weaknesses lie. You'll learn how well your board:
* prepares to do its job
* makes policy
* monitors and evaluates
* maintains board/executive relations
* plans for your organization's future
* conducts meetings
You'll find practical suggestions and ideas for improving weak areas and turning your board into a top-notch team.
Essential Personnel Policies
Don't gamble your organization's future on outdated or nonexistent personnel policies. In Essential Personnel Policies you'll get:
* actual model personnel policies in easily
understood language
* insights and tips on why you need the
policies, how to use them, and where to be
cautious
* ready-to-use forms that supervisors and staff will
use daily
* a CD to customize every policy to fit your
organization perfectly
