The Clerk's Elbow is a pseudonym
12/11/2021
https://clerkselbowsite.wordpress.com/2021/11/12/pump-up-the-volume/
Pump up the Volume Here The Elbow tackles noise pollution. Well no, not really – she wants to talk to you about talking and offers some suggestions on how to get more people talking in meetings. Not at once obviously…
30/07/2021
The Clerk's Elbow is pleased to announce the first NASCC conference on 3rd September www.nascc.co.uk AND, drum roll please, the launch of a new group of ex NLGs called independentgovernor.com who are on Twitter as ...do get in touch!
NASCC Clerks Chronicle Vol 3 | NASCC NASCC CLERKS CHRONICLE VOL.3 July 2021 OUR LATEST NEWSLETTER IS OUT NOW End of Term News Round up. Professionally terminating governor appointments due to lack of attendance. Support for your professional development. Clerks Annual Appraisal. Our first conference – September 2021, and more. In an ...
04/06/2021
A blog for Volunteer Week...
10 Things I Love About You In honour of Volunteer Week, which is drawing to a close the way things do; although it fell in Half Term for most of us so you may have missed it. (Let’s not try and see conspiracy everywhere Elbo…
08/05/2021
I'm running some free reflective sessions for governors. Do let me know if you'd like to join in....
01/04/2021
We're all going on a marble hunt...more than a passing reference to governance; fear not...
Never Hysterical but Often Historical The Elbow actually said those words out loud during a phone call one afternoon last week to a nice man called Simon. They were talking about supporting new chairs of governors as they take their fi…
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I am doing some research into board agendas, nothing complicated. Please do fill it in if you have a spare 10 minutes or so. Many thanks
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22/11/2020
https://clerkselbowsite.wordpress.com/2020/11/22/a-nasty-case-of-the-anti-nolans/
Nolan. Let's go back and remind ourselves why these were agreed in the first place
A Nasty Case of the Anti-Nolans Today, The Elbow wants to talk out loud. She says she isn’t an expert in the field about which she is just about to write but knows from lurking about on social media that many of you are more expe…
07/11/2020
https://www.workflowmax.com/blog/50-inspirational-leadership-quotes-from-women
50 Inspirational Leadership Quotes From Women Get inspired with these 50 quotes about leadership by some of the world's greatest leaders in politics, business, academia & arts (who happen to be women!)
The Elbow got serious!
This is a e-book to help new governors and clerks. It may offer a new perspective if you are an old hand. Templates, hyperlinks and that all important acronym list! Bargain!
https://newleafgovernance.godaddysites.com/our-publications
16/05/2020
A blog on some of the things that matter at the moment. Which way is up? is a question lots of us are asking daily...
https://clerkselbowsite.wordpress.com/2020/05/15/which-way-is-up/
Which Way Is Up? The Elbow is like many of us, most of us in fact, is trying to work out which way is up. She has been trying like many of us, indeed most of us, to find a new way up because the old one is a bit up…
19/04/2020
https://www.governorspace.co.uk/resources/thought-leadership/article?id=56
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27/02/2020
Some thoughts on the metrics of governance..you may have already read this via twitter of course!
https://clerkselbowsite.wordpress.com/2020/02/27/governance-metrics/
Governance Metrics This is not a blog post about data data in case you were wondering. Here The Elbow looks at the metrics of governance (these can be imperial for those of you who like The Elbow are of certain age a…
26/02/2020
In case you missed it the full report is here www.nascc.co.uk
Thanks for reading and do please get in touch
If my website appears in German, my apologies! It's a blip of some sort
21/02/2020
08/02/2020
https://clerkselbowsite.wordpress.com/2020/02/08/mandate-or-not-mandate/
It's important that we think about our roles as chair and clerk...
Mandate or not Mandate That is The Question. Here The Elbow explores the use of the word mandate as she’s used this word herself several times recently and wonders out loud why this particular word has gained promi…
21/01/2020
Tackling the use of the word just ...
https://clerkselbowsite.wordpress.com/2020/01/21/just-the-obscure/
Just the Obscure Here The Elbow tackles the word just; as in ‘don’t ask me, I’m just the clerk’…well, hopefully no one would actually say that but you get the gist. Just is a word whic…
30/11/2019
This is The Clerk's Elbow at her most serious!
https://wp.me/p7XlJF-1bZ
A Bright and Shiny Thing As Christmas approaches The Elbow is untwizzling the Christmas lights, ironing the tinsel (with a flat iron because she’s just done a health and safety course and knows ‘leccy is danger…
The Elbow is thrilled to have been mentioned in Schools Week...she's taking the day off in response!
29/10/2019
A blog about conflicts of interest. My editor said it was somewhat understated. This is true it is but you can all read between the lines!
https://clerkselbowsite.wordpress.com/2019/10/29/a-full-and-frank-disclosure/
A Full and Frank Disclosure The time has come the walrus said to talk of many things; of ships and shops and ceiling wax and cabbages and conflicts…the shops bit is for those of you on half term holiday. Ho hum. The Elb…
This is The Elbow's page. There are few rules.
1) Play nicely.
2) Talk about clerking and governance.
3) Respect one another.
4)There won't be homework but there may be stuff to think about.
If you aren't a clerk, trustee, governor, headteacher etc and you aren't thinking seriously about being any of the above then there are probably more interesting pages than this one on which to whittle away your fast diminishing free time.
Thank you for reading - over to you.