Skill Up - Full Day Governance Masterclass

Skill Up - Governance Masterclass

Monday 5 May, 9am to 4pm

Naracoorte RSL and District Bowling Club

95 Ormerod Street, Naracoorte

Back by popular demand!

FREE TO ATTEND REGISTRATION ESSENTIAL BY THURSDAY 1 MAY

An essential masterclass for people thinking of joining, or currently serving/working for an organisation with a board or a committee.

Topics:

The Masterclass will help you to maximise your effectiveness in working for, or being a member of a Board or a committee, through exploring:

• the legal environment and governance structures 
• duties of board / committee members
• roles and responsibilities of the Board
• how effective boards operate
• characteristics of effective board / committee members
• role of the Chair, Board and Committee members and management - how and why they differ
• good board calendars agendas, papers, minutes
• asking questions and making decisions
• thinking styles, positioning and biases

Download the flyer. 

Presenter: Kate Thiele, Principal Klarity 

Kate Thiele is an award-winning business leader with expertise in strategy, governance, and innovation. As the Founder and Principal of Klarity, Kate is a strategic advisor, executive mentor and facilitator with a demonstrated track record of delivering at national and international level. Kate’s wealth of experience enables her to draw on a range of strategies to support people to achieve their business goals with Klarity.

Kate advises and mentors boards, CEOs and executives across the not-for-profit, corporate and public sectors. Her board experience encompasses higher education, disability, the arts, technology, start-ups and conservation, and her executive career spans the manufacturing, retail, health, disability, aged care, and not-for-profit sectors. This includes a Top 50 company and three of Australia’s most recognisable not-for-profits.

In 2015, whilst CEO of Guide Dogs SA/NT, Kate was honoured with both the Telstra National and State ‘Businesswoman of the Year: For Purpose and Social Enterprise’ Awards, and had the privilege of being recognised as the South Australian Business Woman of the Year. In the same year, she became the first South Australian to receive a Harvard Club of Australia Fellowship to attend Harvard University, where she nurtured her strategic and not-for-profit management skills under the expert guidance of some of the world’s leading business professors.

Kate is currently President of Skylight Mental Health, Chair of the Adelaide Crows Foundation, Director of the Flinders Foundation and Deputy Chair of the UniSA MBA Advisory Board. She also holds a national role as the Executive Director of Meals on Wheels Australia.

Please bring the following:

• Pen and notebook - so you don't miss any critical information

Skill Up - Helping community organisations govern

The Governance Masterclass provides local board and committee members with an opportunity to upskill in non-profit and incorporated association governance of community organisations.

Four short online webinars presented by Natasha Rees between May 2024 and March 2025 were designed to strengthen individual leadership capacity and capability to support community and drought resilience. The topics covered came out of the original Governance Masterclass held in March 2024.

The topics for this full day Skill Up Governance Masterclass have been determined by feedback from the four online workshops. 

In addition to the full day Governance Masterclass, two half day workshops following the Masterclass will cover how to get a board position and the what makes a high performing board. 

This project is supported by FRRR, through funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.

It is recommended the Two Half Day Workshops also be attended to maximise learnings. 

Skill Up - Governance Half Day Workshops

'How to secure a position on a Board' (Workshop 1)

and

'Practices of High Performing Boards' (Workshop 2)

Tuesday 6 May,

9am to 12pm and 1pm - 4pm

Naracoorte RSL and District Bowling Club

95 Ormerod Street, Naracoorte

FREE TO ATTEND: REGISTRATION ESSENTIAL