Director Training

Objective:

To provide directors and senior staff of marketing boards and buyer/processor associations with resources and seminars aimed at skills development and strong governance.

Ongoing Workshops:

1. Board Governance
   • A governance refresher for your board of directors and senior staff
   • Length can be tailored to your schedule. The full, interactive workshop requires three hours.
   • There is no cost to your board for this workshop.
   • Call Graham Howe at (519) 826-3404 for further details.
     
     
2. "On-Demand" Orientation Training for Board Members
   • Workshops have been scheduled for June 19 and November 9, 2007 in Guelph.
   • This 6-hour training session is available "on-demand" and free-of-charge.
   • Content includes board governance and effectiveness as well as marketing regulations and authorities.
   • With involvement from your board, this workshop can be expanded to include board-specific policies, procedures and strategies.
   • This course is an effective orientation for newly elected board memebers.
   • Call Graham Howe at (519) 826-3404 for further details.

Periodic Workshops:

• Specialized workshops are developed and delivered to respond to the training and education needs of the Commission's partners in regulated marketing.
• Past examples include:
  • "Getting to Concensus" - a board decision making workshop
  • "Financial Responsibility" - a financial reporting workshop
  • "Governanace Best Practices" - an advanced governance workshop for boards of directors
  • "Effective Communications" - a skills workshop to improve media relations and your role as a spokesperson for the board.

Resources:

Factsheets
The Commission has several factsheets posted on this site. (See Related Links at the bottom of this page)

Videos
Our video library contains a six video series entitled, "The New Director's Series." Each video in the series tackles a different issue facing directors.

A complete series is available from each marketing board office. Titles in the series include:

1. "What Is It Going To Be Like?" by John Core, Chair, DFO
   
   
2. "Responsibility & Liability" by solicitor, Rob Wilson
   
   
3. "Effective Board/Staff Relations" by Jim Rainforth, former Secretary/Manager of the Ontario Tender Fruit Producers' Marketing Board and the Ontario Fresh Grape Growers' Marketing Board
   
   
4. "Understanding Ontario's Marketing System" by Commission Secretary, Gloria Marco Borys
   
   
5. "Power, Authority & Responsibility in Ontario's Regulated Marketing System" by former Commission Chair, John McMurchy Q.C.
   
   
6. "Roles & Responsibilities of Marketing Board Directors": a collection of opinions from directors and other stakeholders

Related Links

• Factsheets

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