Well-run AGMs
Well-run AGMs
We’ve all been to AGMs and left feeling frustrated. They’re a “must-do” event on our annual calendar, but many wish they didn’t have to attend. Why is that?
The main issue is that the purpose of an AGM isn’t well understood. Its importance for a well-run organisation is often overlooked, leading to poor planning.
This workshop will help participants appreciate and plan for an event that members will actually want to attend while benefiting the organisation.
Learning Objectives
- AGMs are a requirement so understanding their importance and planning for them to be successful is critical for the health of an organisation.
- How to plan for an AGM that members will want to come to.
- The legal context of AGMs, including:
- What goes wrong
- How to ensure that it is seen as a central part of an organisation’s annual work programme.
- Timelines leading to the day
- An agenda to cover what is legally required and what would be good to add and exclude.
- Running the meeting to the benefit of all present.
- You can book places for yourself and/or colleagues by clicking the button to the left.
- This event will take place on Zoom.
- Closed Captions can be enabled by participants.
- Please email ames@wheel.ie if you have any special requirements.
Meet Your Facilitator
Senan Turnbull is a governance and organisational development specialist working across the Community, Voluntary and Charity sectors. He has a lifetime of experience as a volunteer and as a board/committee member of organisations from local to national level.
Over the past twelve years he has undertaken training, mentoring, facilitation and advisory roles with a wide range of not-for-profit organisations on both a consultancy and pro-bono basis. He specialises in advising on constitutions and associated policies and procedural documents to guide the operations and structures of not-for-profits. He delivers training on best practice in being compliant with the Governance Codes from the Charities Regulator and Sport Ireland and he supports organisations to achieve and retain compliance.
Feedback from Previous Participants
"The session was an excellent overview of best practice in governance, with ample opportunity for questions." - B. Grehan, Women in Technology and Science (WITS) Ireland
"Just getting started was really helpful, it seems so overwhelming, but [the trainer] was so helpful." P. Rigney, Alpha Ireland
