What to Include on Your Board Meeting Agenda
A well-written agenda for a board meeting is the underlying document for every boardroom session. It will help you to determine how involved your board members will be during the meeting, outline everything you’re planning to discuss and help you get started in preparing notes that make it clear what you’ve decided to do.
It is ideal that your board’s meeting agenda will contain a specific section for reporting. Here, department chairpersons and the heads of committees can update the board on important information. Based on the needs of your company, this may include reports from the executive director as well as finance director, nominating committee, and any other important committees or departments.
Your next item should be “new business”. This is the time when you and your colleagues discuss new ideas that have come up during your previous meeting and how best to advance. This is a great opportunity for discussion and debate, so make sure to give plenty of time to it. Most of the time, your board decides to change or table, or even send an agenda item for another committee to take care of.
It’s common to include special announcements and messages of congratulations in the new business section. This is an opportunity to show your appreciation for the board and their Document Management Tools contribution.