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
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
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.
What people say...
“Really well structured, with movement between whole-group and small-group discussions—easy to interact and learn from others.”
“I love the analogy of the tree for explaining outcomes and impacts. Annabel was a wonderful facilitator.”
“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.”
“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!”
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