• Susan Daniels OBE

  Chief executive , National Deaf Children's Society

  Susan Daniels has been Chief Executive of the National Deaf Children's Society since 1992, and has seen the charity grow from an income of £1 million in 1992 to over £25 million in 2023. Prior to this, Susan was Head of Education, Employment and Training and then Head of Policy and Research at the Royal National Institute for Deaf People, (now Action on Hearing Loss). In 2006, she was awarded an OBE for services to deaf children and their families.

  Susan was a Commissioner of the Disability Rights Commission from 2003 until its merger with the Commission for Equality and Human Rights at the end of September 2007 and until November 2010 she was Chair of the UK Council on Deafness. 

  Currently Susan is Chair of the NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme Quality Assurance Advisory Group and Chair of Groundbreakers, an informal networking group for women leaders in the voluntary sector from organisations of all sizes.

PART A (Please note: We will start promptly so please join early to check all the IT is OK and you are connected.  All other times are approximate for guidance purposes only)

9:55am	Log in to ensure prompt start at 10am
10.00am     10.15am	Introductions Brief reminder of the fundamentals of governance   Refreshing the board – identifying  new trustees What is your role in identifying potential trustees? What is good board practice? Once elected/appointed, ensuring new trustees receive appropriate induction and support
11.00am	Break
11.10am	Re-join Board behaviours and dealing with people problems Trustees can behave badly too Spotting the signs of a deteriorating relationship between the CEO and the board Closed/private meetings/sessions of the board
12. 15pm	Lunch
12.45pm	Dealing with risk strategically and systematically Much of governance is about identifying and managing strategic risk without getting risk averse What role should you as trustee play in dealing strategically and systematically with risk
2pm	End

 

PART B - You will be provided with a case study to read before joining

 

9.55am	Log in to ensure prompt start at 10am
10.00am	Case study
11.00am	Break
11.10am	Re-join Developing a learning organisation – Why reviewing performance is important for every trustee and the board: Reviewing the CEO’s performance; Reviewing the chair’s performance Reviewing the effectiveness of the board Reviewing the effectiveness of each board committee Reviewing the performance of each trustee. Open session – a chance to raise any other trustee issues
12. 30pm	End

 

Liz Gould

Trustee

JWA

Every trustee should attend one of these courses if they are to do their job properly

Joe Curran

Resources Director

Interights

An extremely useful course with excellent materials

Caroline Thomas

Trustee And Hon. General Secretary

Casualties Union

I now feel more confident that my charity is functioning well and have taken dozens of tips and ideas away for doing even better

 

(prices exc VAT)

Governance & Leadership subscriber - £195
Standard charity rate - £235
Non-charity Governance & Leadership subscriber- £300
Non-charity delegate- £400

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