This session is part of Getting on Board’s Trustee Learning Programme, providing free and high-quality training to support people to become and serve as effective trustees.
As trustees, we need to get more comfortable with debate and disagreement in the boardroom.
An important element of good governance is being able to challenge assumptions, question prevailing norms, and encourage open discourse, thereby fostering a culture of critical thinking and continuous improvement within the organisation.
The Charity Governance Code says: “In an effective team, board members feel it is safe to suggest, question and challenge ideas and address, rather than avoid, difficult topics.”
Join our panel to engage with their thoughts on:
- How to encourage debate, while keeping discussion respectful
- Useful decision-making techniques
- Ensuring that you have a range of relevant viewpoints in the room
- Making sure that the loudest voices don’t wield the most power
- Ensuring that you put your clients or service users at the heart of every decision
About the session
- The session is free to attend with an option to make a donation of your choice in checkout.
- The session will take place on Zoom. The joining link will be sent in the Eventbrite confirmation email. You will also receive email reminders from Eventbrite 2 days, 2 hours and 10 minutes before the session starts. These reminders will also include the joining link.
- The session will be recorded and be later uploaded to our YouTube channel. We’re so pleased as to how popular our sessions have been, many have sold out. Please only book a ticket if you intend to join the session live. We’d totally recommend subscribing to our YouTube channel so you can be kept up to date with all the new uploads.
- If the session uses slides, we will send these to all who have booked a ticket following the session. Our panel sessions don’t use slides. If you having the slides prior to the session will make it more accessible for you, please email info@gettingonboard.org and we will gladly send them to you.
- As an attendee, you can enable closed captions during the session. For panels, we ‘spotlight’ panelists so the view stays consistently on those speaking. If you have booked a ticket, please contact info@gettingonboard.org if there are other adjustments we can make to the session to make it accessible to you.
- Getting on Board’s sessions are specifically for trustees of charities registered in England and Wales, although many of the principles of effective, inclusive trusteeship are broadly the same wherever trustees are based. Trustees of charities in Scotland and Northern Ireland are welcome to attend our sessions but should check local differences and will find excellent support from OSCR, SCVO, Inspiring Scotland, Charity Commission Northern Ireland and NICVA (Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action).
