BLTA meets across four days leveraging an immersive intensive multi-day approach. All sessions are mandatory to ensure a cohesive and comprehensive learning experience.

Kickoff Session

• Objective: Ground the cohort in the program’s structure and objectives, and in principles for effective service-centered nonprofit board leadership.

• Focus: Highlights the importance of board leadership as a critical factor in the success of nonprofit organizations.

Day 1 – Fundamentals of Board Membership

• Objective: Build a solid foundation in the essentials of board membership.

• Focus: Covers core board leadership principles and processes, and explores the relationship between nonprofit leadership and board service.

Day 2 – Aligning Purpose and Values

• Objective: Strengthen the alignment of board activities with the organization’s mission and values.

• Focus: Connects the importance of aligning purpose and values to organizational development and progress. Emphasizes the need to adapt learning and advocacy strategies to effectively support organizational objectives.

Day 3 – Group Dynamics and Ethical Service

• Objective: Enhance collaborative and ethical board service.

• Focus: Examines group dynamics and the roles board members play in addressing common challenges and opportunities related to effective and ethical board service.

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Program Outcomes

• Gain a thorough understanding of the roles, responsibilities and duties of nonprofit board members to effectively support and enhance an organization’s mission and impact.

• Create a compelling personal board profile that showcases your unique qualifications and dedication to nonprofit and civic service.

• Connect the responsibilities of nonprofit board service with practical leadership skills to drive organizational success.

Curricular Components

• Board governance, roles, and responsibilities

• Strategic planning and oversight

• Financial management

• Board leadership and team dynamics

• Legal and regulatory compliance

• Advocacy, community engagement, and fundraising techniques

• Board development and succession planning

• Inquiry-based decision making

• Network building
  

Coro values the representation of diverse perspectives, identities, experiences, and world views; as such, BLTA cohorts reflect the rich diversity of the region. 

Ideal BLTA candidates…

• live or work in the Greater Los Angeles area or Inland Empire

• want to broaden their civic leadership and community impact 

• are exploring opportunities to serve the local nonprofit community

• are eager to learn board service fundamentals

• enjoy learning in an immersive cohort-based environment

• can attend all BLTA sessions

Multi-Perspective

Be ready to engage productively with different perspectives and in personal reflection.

Learn by Doing

Coro sees leadership as a practice. Participants should be prepared to engage in hands-on experiential learning. As the sessions are interactive and linked, it’s essential for participants to steer clear of external distractions. This means refraining from arriving late or leaving early, using phones, checking emails, or engaging in other activities during the program sessions.

Vulnerability and Psychological Safety

Coro views vulnerability as a critical leadership attribute essential for unleashing learning, building authentic and meaningful connection, and for holding spaces that are psychologically safe as a precursor to adaptive, innovative collaboration. Participants should be ready to contribute to building a psychological safe cohort environment.

Builds Community Connection

• Provides tools for advancing community advocacy and mission-oriented change

• Boosts leadership confidence

• Develops a Personal Board Profile to highlight your commitment to service and impact

• Facilitates access to nonprofit board decision makers

Develops Skills

• Gain an understanding of board governance best practices

• Explore tangible leadership frameworks, applicable for both nonprofit board service and broader professional impact

• Hone inquiry-based decision-making to think and act adaptively

Enhances Knowledge

• Explore challenges nonprofit boards face and approaches to navigating them in a collaborative environment

• Examine the vast array of community and board service opportunities within the Greater Los Angeles area or the Inland Empire

• Connect with and learn from nonprofit leadership experts

Grows Networks

• Network with nonprofit leaders and organizations looking to grow their boards

• Join the global Coro alumni community, a cross-sector and cross-discipline community of over 15,000 leaders

• Build meaningful relationships with other service-minded regional professionals 

Program Cost

Thanks to generous support from the Coro community, Coro is able to offer BLTA to participants for a significantly reduced program tuition of $2,950 (subsidized and discounted from $6,500). The tuition covers about 30 hours of expert facilitated learning, materials, and instruction, all meals during program sessions, and nonprofit organization networking opportunities. 

Participants may incur additional incidental expenses due to their participation, such as transportation, parking, and additional meals outside of those provided by Coro.

Tuition Assistance

Coro recommends applicants engage their employer about potential support as part of their organization’s community engagement/social responsibility initiatives. If financial limitations prevent candidates from considering BLTA, please contact Carson Bruno, Vice President of Growth, at carson@corola.org to inquire about limited potential discounts on tuition fees.

Coro’s diverse alumni community – totaling over 15,000 – spans sectors, perspectives, and geographies. At Coro, the learning doesn’t stop when your program ends. Coro alumni status gives you access to:

• The Resources – Coro alumni have access to alumni-only continuing education sessions to refresh, revisit, and reinvigorate their learning alongside other Coro alums, and an alumni-only digital jobs, events, and volunteering board (Coro Classifieds). In addition, BLTA alumni will have access to Coro’s BLTA Join a Board portal. 

• The Exposure – Coro brings together a cross-sector network of decision-makers to share perspectives and resources in a shared commitment to the future of our region. Many of these events are exclusive to Coro alumni. Joining the Coro network ensures that partners stay connected with key decision makers.

• The Credentials – Coro has partnered with Credly by Pearson™ to issue and maintain digital badges, in addition to your Coro certificate of completion. As authenticated, certified, and individually-awarded badges, you’ll be able to showcase your unique capacity-building in real-time with your network.

• The Network – Coro alums are a dynamic group, eager to engage with each other in meaningful and collaborative ways. Coro alums have access to two alumni-only digital networking platforms: Coro Commons powered by AlumniFire and a Coro alumni LinkedIn group. In addition, BLTA alumni will have special access to a 15% tuition discount* for future Coro program participation in Executive Leadership Network, Lead LA or Women in Leadership in order to further expand their networks, skills, and knowledge.

  * application and selection required; discount valid for two years following BLTA participation.