My name is Monica Curls, and I am a member of the Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri. We are developing a leadership development seminar for next year (March 2018) that is focused on helping engaged community members from all sectors (for-profit, non-profit, civic and community citizens) to develop the leadership skills necessary to successfully participate in Collective Impact work. I see a lot of resources about how to engage in Collective Impact, but I have not seen as much about what skills those participants need to have in order to be successful contributors to these efforts.
Can anyone recommend resources or guidance as it relates to those Collective Impact leadership skills, and also who might be engaging presenters who could speak to those skills?
There is an upcoming event called The Art of Participatory Leadership, which is taking place at Lewis and Clark College, February 11-13th, 2015. You can learn more about the event here: http://www.aohpdx.com.
The Art of Hosting and Collective Impact are aligned in that there is a focus on bringing new frameworks on how we can work collaboratively together.
The Art of Participatory Leadership and the Art of Hosting training is about how to create effective meetings and practices for working better together amidst times of rapid change and high complexity. Many people are awakening to different ways of being in leadership together, moving beyond the typical traps of adversarial agendas and into processes of co-learning and participatory leadership that lead to wise action and change.
Many practitioners and leaders are seeking processes, tools and engagement strategies that bring out the best in our communities and foster deeper collaboration. That’s what the Art of Participatory Leadership is all about and why I am really excited about being part of bringing this to our area.
The Art of Hosting is an international movement that is working to develop participatory leadership skills and practices.
Right now, we are connecting with like-minded individuals to raise awareness and get the word out about this event.
Could you help us get the word out about this event?
1) Share information about the event with your networks and co-workers who you think would be interested in attending.
The Rider-Pool Foundation, located in Allentown, Pa. is launching a groundbreaking Fellowship program to train seven local not-for-profit leaders in principles and application of Collective Impact towards the development of a tangible community action-learning project.
We are seeking national experts within topic areas of:
- Collective Impact principles, components and applications - Leadership skills for cross-system collaboration - Effective communication and messaging strategies to break down ‘silo’s’ - Consensus Building - Community Based Participatory Research - Multi-system program design, development and implementation - Project evaluation and metrics
Applications must be submitted by Friday August 8, 2014.
