Good Governance and Understanding Your Constitution (Interactive)

Date: 22 Sep 2026

Tuesday 22 September | 1:00–4:00 PM AEST | Online

Presented by Community Directors | $185 Member Price

This workshop has been designed to help directors understand their roles and responsibilities as a board member, and how to review and apply the organisation’s constitution.

At this training, you'll learn to:

Undertake the roles and responsibilities of a board member

  • Working within the structure of the organisation
  • Managing competing roles and responsibilities
  • Following legal requirements when carrying out board duties
  • Monitoring operations
  • Receiving and acting on community and stakeholder feedback
  • Participating in successful meetings

Review and apply the organisation’s constitution

  • Linking the purpose of the organisation to the constitution
  • Identifying legislation that can impact on provisions of the constitution
  • Formulating and updating the constitution
  • Making sure everyone in your organisation understands and uses the constitution

This 3-hour online session costs $185 (member price) and will be held Tuesday, 22 September 2026 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. This session is not recorded. Live attendance is required.

Key details
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Date: Tuesday, 22 September 2026

Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm AEST

Location: Online

Member price: $185

Non-member price: $245

This training is designed for board and committee members, senior staff, and leaders of not-for-profit and community organisations who are involved in governance, management, or strategic decision-making.

Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart, Canberra, Brisbane: 1pm to 4pm
Adelaide, Darwin: 12.30pm to 3.30pm
Perth: 11am to 2pm

This session is not recorded

(live broadcast only. No recording is available for this session)

Yes. We will share a copy of the slides will all who register for this session.

Your presenter
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Annabel Rattigan Community Directors Governance Expert Trainer

Annabel Rattigan | Trainer, governance and community leadership

BA (Hons), Certificate IV (Training & Assessment), Certificate in Intercultural Communication, Dip Gov, FICDA

Annabel brings over 20 years’ experience in facilitation, relationship management, program design, and program delivery across not-for-profits and small consulting firms, with a consistent focus on building capacity and inclusion within the sector.

Meet Annabel.

What people say...

“Really well structured, with movement between whole-group and small-group discussions—easy to interact and learn from others.”
2025 interactive training attendee
“I love the analogy of the tree for explaining outcomes and impacts. Annabel was a wonderful facilitator.”
2025 interactive training attendee
“I feel that this course covered the essential information in a way that was in-depth enough to actually use it immediately, which was great.”
2025 interactive training attendee
“Data, data, data—and the places you should go to get it. It was excellently facilitated and suited the wide range of people in the room. Annabel did a brilliant job!”
2025 interactive training attendee

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