Resources
Factsheets
- Be an Active Listener (PDF 426KB)
- Being a Member of the Board (PDF 646 KB)
- Discover the Benefits Policies and Procedures Can Bring to Your Organization (PDF 186 KB)
- Meeting Minutes: Build Your Organization's Effectiveness (PDF 578KB)
- Resolving Conflict: Build Your Organization's Effectiveness (PDF 1319 KB)
- Respectful Meetings: Build Your Organization's Effeciveness (PDF 811KB)
- Risk Management: Build Your Organization's Effectiveness (PDF 385)
- Youth and Board Governance: Build Your Organization's Effectiveness (PDF 1045KB)
Webinars
LeadershipTalk Webinar Series
Manitoba Agriculture Industry Leadership staff provide free webinars on
building the organizational capacity within the agriculture sector which
results in high performing organizations. Previously recorded webinars can
be found here.
Templates
- Agenda Template (DOC 18KB)
- Board Manual Template (DOC 26 KB)
- Constitutional Template (PDF 993KB)
- Financial Report Template (DOC 14KB)
- Meeting Minutes Template (DOC 44KB)
- Motion Form Template (DOC 23KB)
- Policy Template (DOC 13KB)
- Report Form Template (DOC 22KB)
- Strategic Planning Template (DOC 17KB)
Worksheets
- Board activity: Evaluating conflict (DOC 14KB)
- Board activity: Thinking about conflict (DOC18KB)
- Developing SMARTER goals and actions (XLS 73KB)
- Organization assessment tool (XLS 55KB)
- What is our Mission? (DOC 14KB)
- What is our Vision? (DOC 14KB)
Reference Sheets
- Making and Handling Motions (PDF 162KB)
- Meeting Minutes Checklist (PDF 155KB)
- Out of Order (PDF 127KB)
- Voting Methodologies (PDF 179KB)
Guidebooks
- Board Governance Guidebook - Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (PDF 1.1MB)
- Effective Meetings (PDF 1546KB)
- Human Resource Management for Agriculture Organizations (PDF 1039KB)
- Parliamentary Procedures (PDF 899KB)
- Running Effective Meetings Guidebook - Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (PDF 734KB)
Websites
- Alberta Agriculture and Forestry - ELearning resource
- Alberta Culture and Tourism – Board Development Progr
- Charity Central - Office in a Box
- Charity Village - ELearning resources
- Chartered Professional Accountants Canada – Not-for-profit governance
- Governinggood – Non-profit resources
- Human Resource Council for the Nonprofit Sector - HR resources
- Industry Canada - Corporations Canada
- Manitoba Companies Office
- Manitoba Federation of Non-Profit Organizations
- Newfoundland Labrador Department of Innovation, Business and Rural Development
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs – Effective Organizations Product Catalogue
- SaskCulture – Organizational resources
- Sector Source - Resources for charities and non-profits
- The Muttart Foundation - Board Development Workbooks
- Volunteer Alberta Resource Centre – Learning resource guides
- Volunteer Manitoba
