NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (https://www.nami.org/), is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. It is a non-profit association of more than 210,000 members in more than 500 affiliate groups in all 50 states. NAMI-SFV (San Fernando Valley) is one of the affiliates, established in 1975.

The NAMI-SFV board is engaged in leadership development. This section contains links to the materials, for reference, as the board works with them.

✦ Basic Responsibilities of NAMI Boards of Managers

✦ Effective Not-for-Profit Boards

✦ Meetings and Agendas

✦ Effective Listening

✦ Feedback

✦ Ladder of Inference Model

✦ Assertiveness

✦ Framing

✦ Effective Communication

✦ Critical and Strategic Thinking

✦ Strategic Management Process