Session recordings, and practical workshop materials will be available
Create a 1-page plan to move your board
from going in circles to flying in the same direction.
Going in circles looks like this?
If you are a governance chair, a board director, a board chair or an executive director/CEO of a nonprofit organization, you might have experienced this in one or more board meetings:
- A meeting runs two hours, and nobody can say what was decided.
- Someone makes an offhand comment, and the whole discussion goes sideways.
- The board is deep in the weeds, and the big picture never makes it onto the agenda.
- The real conversation happens after the meeting, in the parking lot or by private email.
- People cancel at the last minute, arrive unprepared, or stop answering emails.
- New directors take six months to work out what’s going on, and then their term is over.
- Good people quietly resign “for personal reasons,” and it usually isn’t personal.
If you see your board in any of these, then this workshop is for you.
Session recordings, and practical workshop materials will be available
What the Workshop will look like
Two live 90-minute sessions, two weeks apart. In between, you will do a short homework assignment that makes the second session about your board, not boards in general.
Session 1 — Tuesday, November 24 · 1:00–2:30 pm ET
Name what’s really going on
- See the six elements (Clear Vision, the Right People, Strong leadership, Culture, Training, Strategic Focus) that keep a board moving in one direction,
- Discover which governance processes and procedures support the development of each of the six elements .
- This session prepares you for the diagnostic assessment that is needed to create your one-page plan.
- Begin to explore the element you suspect is holding your board back.
- Leave with everything you need to bring your board into the next step.
You leave with: a clear picture of where your board is stuck, and a ready-to-send email inviting your board to take part.
Between sessions — November 25 to December 7
Find out your weakest link...
- Between November 25 and December 7, you will have the opportunity to identify the weakest link in your governance structure via our unique governance assessment tool.
- Your results come back grouped under the six elements, showing where your board is the strongest and where it’s weakest.
Session 2 — Tuesday, December 8 · 1:00–2:30 pm ET
Build your Flight Plan
- We will review the results and do some live coaching based on the results;
- You will identify the key action items that will need to be tackled in the next 60 to 90 days.
- Choose the one change that will make the biggest difference first.
- Time to build a one-page plan your board can start on right away.
- Prepare how you’ll present it at your next board meeting, so it gets agreed to and doesn’t become one more report that gets filed.
You leave with: your board’s results, a one-page Flight Plan, and what to say when you bring it to your board in January.
Can’t make one of the sessions live? Recordings and workshop materials are included.
Walk away with . . .
Your Instructor and Guide
Christina Becker, Vice President Becker Associates
Christina Becker, Founder, Canadian Nonprofit Academy
Christina Becker has worked in the nonprofit sector for close to 40 years as a manager, consultant, and volunteer board member. She is passionate about supporting nonprofit organizations and their boards of directors in excelling in governance.
Over her career, she has seen many organizations struggle with poor financial performance and confusion about their role. When the Annual General Meeting came around and new board members were elected, the same issue resurfaced. It took board members at least 6 months to figure out what was going on, and then their terms were over. In the meantime, they couldn’t fully participate. Board orientation and training wasn’t embedded in their organizational culture. It was challenging to get these boards to invest money to ensure board members were well equipped.
She created the Nonprofit Academy in 2013 to support organizations and developed online training and consulting curricula to help boards become clearer, more confident, and more purpose-driven by translating governance into practical habits, human dynamics, and better boardroom decisions.
She brings a unique leadership lens to creating thriving organizations. This perspective comes from her own experience as a board director, which she brought to the values and processes of the Canadian Nonprofit Academy / Nonprofit Board Academy.
Session recordings, and practical workshop materials will be available
What nonprofit leaders say about Christina Becker and the
Canadian Nonprofit Academy
In our study of 540 board leaders since 2019, the average board scored 47% in governance readiness. Nearly half had no mandatory orientation. 58% had never evaluated their own board. Over 96% of students said their ability to be an effective board member improved after the training.
Our results showed that directors have a clearer understanding of their roles and responsibilities (board member, chair, and ED/CEO) and feel “energized” and “better equipped” to support mission delivery.
Directors highlighted that they had:
✅ More confidence to speak up and keep boards on track
✅ Felt more cohesive as a team
✅ Stronger meeting practice (Robert's Rules, motions, agendas, decision-making discipline)
✅ Shared language and alignment across the whole board (“we’ll all be on the same page”)
✅ A practical onboarding/refresher tool people expect to revisit
As an organizational consultant, Christina Becker has a deep understanding of the structural underpinnings of organizational dynamics and conflict. She helped our Jungian Psychoanalytic Society navigate through a complex Ethics situation involving our Executive Committee, Training Committee, Ethics Committee and Ethics Appeals Committee. Her remarkable ability to understand the interplay of the structure of our bylaws, ethics policy and the various responsibilities and charges of each committee expertly steered our Society through the situational equivalent of class VI whitewater rapids which had the potential to wreck our group. And she did with humour and grace! Dr. Herbert Price, Past President, Inter-regional Society of Jungian Analysts
Christina Becker, the founder of the Canadian Nonprofit Academy, came to the rescue. Our organization desperately needed to revisit how we do business and how we interact with each other and with our membership. We were rapidly becoming irrelevant to our community and financially unsustainable. When Christina was called upon, she took a good look at our structure, sent out surveys to our members, collected and analyzed the responses, spent quality time with each Board and staff member. She created a space where everyone was able to express their thoughts openly and honestly. Christina challenged us all to think outside the box and was determined to ensure that CASC will become the ultimate Spiritual Care Destination to go to in Canada. Christina conducted all her meetings in the most professional fashion. Her extensive knowledge and experience, and most certainly her sense of humour, were apparent and highly appreciated in all interactions. The vision and mission became clearer for all. People started working together and thanks to Christina, we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I very strongly recommend Christina if you are serious about positive results. Our organization and I personally have the highest respect for Christina. Tony Sedfawi - Former Executive Director, Canadian Association for Spiritual Care
100% Guarantee.
Come to Session 1. We are so confident that you get the information that you need to move your board in the right direction, we will give you your money back.
If it isn’t useful for your board, tell us before Session 2, and we’ll refund you in full
Registration Deadline is Sunday, November 22, 2026