Explore board service across nonprofit, private, and public boards. Build a foundation in governance, board responsibilities, and director expectations, while beginning to align your experience and expertise with board service.
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Understand how public, private, and nonprofit boards differ, the fiduciary responsibilities and risks directors assume, and the experience boards seek. Assess why you want to serve on a board and identify the skills that will strengthen your readiness.
Build a professional brand that makes your board value clear, credible, and memorable. Clarify how you want to be known, optimize your LinkedIn profile, and build visibility and relationships around the expertise boards value.
Connect with corporate directors and peers for practical boardroom guidance and meaningful relationship-building in 21 cities around the globe. Our City Conversations on Board Leadership pair you with experienced directors and regional peers for candid discussion, strategic networking, and the connections that shape board careers.
Join corporate directors, executives, investors, and governance leaders for candid conversations about the topics shaping board oversight, leadership, and long-term value. Mainstage discussions, director dialogues, interactive breakout sessions, and extensive networking give you the insights and connections to advance your board journey.
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Board journeys move forward through relationships. Connect directly with corporate board directors and governance leaders, engage with faculty and highly qualified executives who share your ambition, and build the relationships that shape board careers. Deepen your knowledge and advance your board journey with a community behind you.
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Board Essentials is for women beginning their board journey. If you’re building a foundation in governance, learning what directors are expected to contribute, and starting to align your experience and expertise with board service, this is where to start.
No. Board Essentials is designed for women at the beginning of the board journey, with no prior board experience required. You’ll build your understanding of governance and the director’s role to map Your Path to the Boardroom™.
Each type of board asks something different of its directors, and the right fit depends on your experience, your goals, and the commitment you’re ready to make. Board Essentials helps you understand how these boards differ in structure, responsibility, and expectations so you can decide where to focus.
Board Essentials is for women exploring board service and building a foundation in governance. Board Preparation is for senior executives ready to translate their operating experience into board value, sharpen their positioning, and elevate their visibility with corporate directors.
Your subscription comes with the Board Fundamentals workshop, which builds your foundation for board service, covering the fundamentals of governance, board strategy, and a roadmap for your board goals. You can also add Branding for Boards at a 20% subscriber discount to refine your professional brand, optimize your LinkedIn presence, and learn the networking strategies that get you noticed by governance leaders.
Board Essentials is $500 per year and delivers $745 in included content and subscriber savings.
Your subscription comes with the Board Fundamentals workshop, which builds your foundation for board service, covering the fundamentals of governance, board strategy, and a roadmap for your board goals. As a subscriber, you also receive exclusive discounts: 20% off Branding for Boards, 20% off one city event, and 10% off the Global Summit. Branding for Boards helps you build a professional brand that makes your board value clear, credible, and memorable, clarifying how you want to be known, optimizing your LinkedIn profile, and building visibility around the expertise boards value.
Once you’re subscribed you receive 20% off Branding for Boards, 20% off one City Conversation on Board Leadership, and 10% off the Global Summit.
Your discounts are applied automatically when you register from your dashboard while logged in — no codes to enter.
Yes. As your board journey advances, you can move up to Board Preparation for deeper coaching on board positioning, profile development, and greater visibility with the corporate directors and governance leaders active in board recruitment.
Explore your options and find the stage that fits where you are in your board journey. Find Your Path Please email subscriptions@5050wob.com for support.
Your Board Essentials subscription runs for one year and renews automatically each year unless you cancel. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime from your account settings. We’ll send a reminder 15 days before your renewal date.
