On Leadership: Go fast alone, Go far with Friends
Session #5: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 10:00a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Coordinator: Evan Henrich
Location: Presidio, Bldg 34, Conference Room
CONTENT:
1. A very brief overview: what is leadership in the context of social change?
2. Present Leadership components:
- Understanding your audience (community assessment)
- Organizing your audience
- Facilitating group discussions discerning action options
- Visual goal-setting and supportive collaboration
3. Discuss project possibilities and make a personal action plan
OBJECTIVES:
Participants will be able to
- Use the Sustainable Communities Leaders’ Toolkit to effectively organize community members around a specific collaborative project aimed at personal transformation
- Facilitate a group in identifying their action interests
- Plan an action project
SPEAKERS:
Kathia Laszlo Syntony Quest, Vice-President
Cleveland Justis Parks Conservancy, Director of Programming
SCHEDULE:
10am-12pm – Panel
12-12:30pm – Lunch/ Working Lunch
12:30-1:30 – Community Assessment
- 12:30-12:55pm –What is going on with Sustainability?
- 12:55-1:30pm – Willy Wonka’s Great Glass Elevator
1:30-2:15pm – Goal Setting
- 1:30-1:40pm – SMART goals
- 1:40-2pm – Backwards Planning
- 2-2:05pm – Goal Sharing
2:05-2:15pm – Break
2:15-3pm – Leadership Tools and Tactics
- 2:15-2:40 – Negotiation Training
- 2:40-3pm – Listening Skills
3-3:30pm – Wrap-up
