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Kappa Omicron Nu is interested in enhancing the orientation
of succeeding generations of board members using the policy
mode. Because we are concerned about carrying the culture
forward and making certain that our incoming board members
are thoroughly familiar with the theory and applications of
that theory within our organizations, we have decided to embark
on a formal orientation program.
The course outlined here will be sponsored by the Kappa Omicron
Nu (KON) Leadership Academy. We have subcontracted with the
Managing Education Resource Group, LLC and Susan Stratton,
CAE, M.Ed., to facilitate the discussion and activities of
the orientation process.
It is our intent to seek a marketing partnership with the
Michigan Society of Association Executives and other ASAE
affiliates to assist in promoting this customized orientation
process to other non-profits. Each organization is expected
to financially support the educational process for its board
members.
We plan to promote this course simply to those who have already
made the commitment to Policy GovernanceSM and
must bring new Board members up to speed.
Please let us know what you think.
Who Are the Players?
About Kappa Omicron Nu.
Kappa Omicron Nu (KON) is a national honor society of leaders
in the profession of family and consumer sciences. Its mission:
Empowered Leaders, requires action, engagement, and participation
at all levels of the organization in the development of an
active learning environment. KON embarked on Policy GovernanceSM
in 1993 after two board members attended workshops facilitated
by John Carver.
About Kappa Omicron Nu Leadership
Academy—a 501(c)(3) organization.
This organization is a collaborative venture with several
leadership organizations. The mission is a cadre of competent
leaders. Other collaborators in the Leadership Academy include:
Association of College Honor Societies, Family and Consumer
Sciences (FCS) Emerging Administrators, FCS Administrative
Leadership Council, National Coalition for Black Development
in Home Economics, and the Society for Nutrition Education.
About the Managing Education Resource
Group, L.L.C. (MERG).
MERG is an educational consulting firm, specializing in distance
learning. Based in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, MERG began
as a collaborative effort between the American Institute for
Paralegal Studies, John Shaheen, Executive Vice President,
and Susan S. Stratton, CAE, MEd, in 1996. MERG is designed
to be a consortium effort, offering opportunity to not-for-profit
organizations to create quality professional education in
a distance learning environment. Association orientation programs,
as well as management and leadership development programming
are a main thrust. Other similar programs under development
by MERG is On-line Board Orientation was available in January
1999, and sponsored by the Michigan Society of Association
Executives (MSAE).
About Susan S. Stratton, CAE, MEd.
Stratton is the proprietor of Leading Edge Mentoring, a consulting
firm dedicated to managing and monitoring accountability in
leadership and management in the national arena. Stratton serves as a facilitator,
teacher, and coach to for-profit and not-for-profit organization
executives and Boards. Her master’s
degree in Individualized Instruction is in perfect alignment
with her specialized leadership work in the distance learning
environment
Policy Governance
Handbook
Governance is about values, strategic leadership, and creating
a new world--not long-range planning, but long-range visioning.
It is obsessive consideration of ends.
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