Board KickStarter Breakfast - July 2016

Speakers Henriette Rothschild, Kate Palmer and Jenny Holliday.

Take away messages:

• If you are keen on a board role, put yourself forward - let people who can help know that you are interested.

• To get a board role, there needs to be vacancies, your skills need to match what they need and you need to love what the organisation is all about.

• Know that there is a commitment - of time, energy, skills and more - in taking on a board role.

• During recruitment for a role, ask lots of questions about the organisation, and, in particular, get to know the culture.

• Rather than thinking about "when's my moment to contribute/speak in a meeting" think about what you are doing when you're not speaking.

• As a Board member you are part of a team - it takes all different kinds of commitment, skills and styles.

• It's not just about what's in it for you; what can you give?

• Be well prepared; speak your mind and be prepared to change your mind.

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Feedback

• Great conversation around the table

• Inspiring speakers

• Lovely friendly tone

• Speakers were terrific – such warmth and enthusiasm in the room.

• Getting ideas, thoughts from the speakers on how to move forward

• Speakers – quality, diversity and passion.

• Essential breakfast for bringing out the ways for potential board members to “put up their hand” and be part of it!

• Focussed interaction

• Great time management – both for mingling/developing connections and to the speakers. Also very inspiring contributors!

• Speakers were great

• I will try to put my hand up where appropriate!

• Great to have time to talk after every speaker

• All so new and interesting

• The three speakers – good common themes but also different perspectives

• Short, sharp presentations

• Good mix of people

• Nice mix of speakers – high energy

• Excellent speakers

• Very good insights and food for thought

• Short and sharp presentations

• All three speakers were very insightful and all had great knowledge and experience to call on

• Excellent speakers and good to have 5 minute breaks between presentation to discuss messages

• Interesting, diverse speakers

• Complimentary speakers – common themes but different, real life speakers

• Interesting speakers/topic – good to leverage knowledge and experience of speakers