Important Steps to Help Get Your Board Members “BoardREADY”

Congratulations on purchasing the CSAE BoardREADY Card Deck. This powerful resourcewillimprove the performance of your Board of Directors and significantly assist your organization in its governance initiatives.

The following stepswill helpyou introduce the tool to your Board members and ensure they use it effectively.Please follow these 5 necessary steps:

  1. Ask your Chair to visit and watch the video on using the Card Deck.
  1. Book a meeting with your Board Chair and identify three challenges currently facing your organization. Discuss issues and link them to the appropriate Card(s).
  1. Communicate with your Board aboutthe organization's challenges and how to use the Card Deck at your next meeting.
  1. Distribute the Card Decks to each of your Board members.Provide the to the video and ask them to review the digital content before the meeting.
  1. Brief your Board when you meet and use the Cards relevant to your issues to help inform their discussion.

The followingdocument should be distributed to each of your Board members with their individual CSAE BoardREADY Card Deck to effectively apply the resource before and during meetings.

Important Steps to Help Get You “BoardREADY”

Congratulations on receiving yourCSAE BoardREADY Card Deck. This innovative resource will improve your performance as a Board member and significantly assist your organization in its governance initiatives.

The following 5 steps will help familiarize you with this tool and ensure its effective use before and during Board meetings:

  1. Visit to watch the video and explore other content on the Card Deck.
  1. Identify three challenges facing your organization and link them to the appropriate cards.Read each card's questions and digital content via the card's URL.You can also access the digital content by usinga mobile device to scan any card’s QR code.
  1. Contact your Chair and Chief Staff Officer about the opportunities facing your organization. Discuss how you would like to use the Card Deck at the next meeting.
  1. Refer to the Cards during the meeting, as required.
  1. Ask Board members to first think on, learn about, and then discuss an issue before acting.

For additional information on how to use the CSAE BoardREADY Card Deck and how it can improve your contribution as a Board member, please visit .