The Association Societies Alliance and the New England Society of Association Executives have partnered to present a webinar on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.  This webinar is free of charge to all ISAE members ($25.00 for non-members) and will be held at the IL Assn of Fire Protection Districts office.  Please feel free to bring your lunch with you.  To register, click the "Register for Event Now" button found above.  Please register by Friday, February 12, 2010.  Thank you!

Topic:  Growing and Optimizing Your Board to Advance Your Association's Goal and Mission

How do you grow your organization and leverage your Board of Directors to advance its goals and mission?  Join us to review how to leverage the power of your Directors and their special talents and relationships for the benefit of your association.  Among the topics we will discuss are:

• Optimizing Board Makeup
• Recruiting New Board Members
• Criteria Potential Directors Use in Evaluating Board Opportunities
• Building Positive Relationships with New and Current Board Members
• Board Succession Planning
• Characteristics Winning Boards Share

Larry Stybel is co-founder and Vice President of Board Options, Inc.  Its mission is to provide assistance to Nominating & Governance Committees in all aspects of talent management at Board levels.  This includes retained search, board self-evaluation, and CEO succession planning.  Google ranks boardoptions.com #1 on the Internet for Board Talent.  Larry is also Executive in Residence at the Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University in Boston.  He is an active Board of Directors member, having served on the Board of Directors of Lincolnshire International, the National Association of Corporate Directors New England Chapter, The National Human Resource Association, and Compensation and Benefits Management Journal.  He is on the Board of a venture backed technology company and is a Fellow at the Center for Innovation & Collaboration Leadership.  Larry is a contributor to HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW ON MANAGING YOUR CAREER IN TURBULENT TIMES.  (Boston: Harvard Business Press, 2009).  Larry also writes a blog on career management for HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW.  He received his doctorate from Harvard University.  His clients have included the Boston Bar Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Cyber Security Industry Alliance, Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, Massachusetts Hospital Association, and the National Association of Independent Schools.  Larry is frequently interviewed in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL about leadership, career management, and governance.