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Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme

Board Governance Workshop for a Youth Development Nonprofit

CauseMic facilitated a board workshop that identified four prioritized goals and built actionable 60-day plans for each.

The Challenge

Founded in 1954, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme (BGCOP) provides a safe, positive place for youth during non-school hours through its main location and over 20 satellite facilities.

BGCOP helps its young patrons reach their fullest potential by focusing on “the arts, education, character and leadership development, health and recreation.”

A successful $5M fundraising campaign along with an unrestricted $3.2M donation from MacKenzie Scott gave BGCOP the funds they needed to improve their programmatic work and their board’s way of working.

To make the most of these transformational gifts, BGCOP needed a strategic plan to get things moving. But due to lean team capacity brought on by Covid-19, that plan hadn’t been developed.

three boys in a classroom with pencils

BGCOP brought on CauseMic to address one important overarching question:

  • How can we become a higher-functioning board, connect more with one another, and advance our programming with a unified strategy?

Our Solutions

We helped BGCOP turn their strategic-planning gap into a focused board workshop with clear priorities and next steps.

  • We met with the CEO to understand BGCOP’s challenges and determine the best path to a stronger-functioning board of directors.
  • Our team conducted a half-day “How Might We” workshop, enabling board members to align on their core challenges and goals.
  • We outlined a tactical roadmap so BGCOP could move critical work forward while the board addressed the lack of a formal strategic plan.

The Results

Goal Alignment

By addressing their challenges, board members were able to identify four primary goals to focus their efforts:

  • Engage parents to guide their efforts
  • Improve onboarding of new members
  • Build on individual board member strengths
  • Establish key performance indicators to drive measurable success

60-day Action Plan 

  • Action plans were created for each of BGCOP’s core goals, along with a prioritized backlog of needed initiatives with assigned task owners.

You did a great job facilitating our board advance!

CauseMic did a fantastic job facilitating. I loved their energy, exercises, and overall approach.

We all enjoyed the retreat immensely. I’ve heard nothing but great things from our board.