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LLC 2009 Milestones

Submitted by Natalia Castaneda on Wed, 12/16/2009 - 14:12

2009 has been an incredible year for all of us who believe deeply in leadership and our ability to work together to create social equity. read more »

LLC Coverage: Leadership for a New Era

Submitted by Natalia Castaneda on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 15:50

Source: David La Piana's Blog

Date: 12/01/09

Author: David La Piana

Intro: David summarizes key points from the Leadership and Race synthesis produced by the Leadership for a New Era collaborative initiative. Check out the blog post here. read more »

GEO 2010 National Conference: LLC and Key Partners To Host a Session on Collective Leadership

Submitted by Natalia Castaneda on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:57

The session, titled ‘Collective Leadership: Nurturing Vibrant Organizations and Catalyzing Community Change’, discusses practical case studies on collective leadership. The session is scheduled for April 14, 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM. read more »

LLC Coverage: Networks for social impact: making the case

Submitted by Natalia Castaneda on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 11:43

Source: Working Wikily

Date: 10/30/09

Author: Diana Scearce

Intro: Diana Scearce speaks about assessing the impact of networks for social impact. In her blog posts, she mentions Net Gains, and Bruce Hoppe and Claire Reinelt’s “Social Network Analysis and the Evaluation of Leadership Networks” papers as recommended reading. Check out the entire blog post on the Working Wikily blog. read more »

LLC Coverage: Leadership for a New Era Featured on Leadership as a Field of Study

Submitted by Natalia Castaneda on Thu, 09/03/2009 - 12:35

Leadership Learning Community: Leadership for a New Era

Source: Leadership as a Field of Study Blog

The Leadership Learning Community (LLC) recently started a new initiative: Leadership for a New Era: a collaborative project that invites members of the leadership development community to work together to shift the focus of leadership – away from the focus on the individual to more inclusive approaches that recognize leadership within groups and communities. read more »

LLC Coverage: Leadership for a New Era Featured on Integral Leadership Review

Submitted by Natalia Castaneda on Wed, 08/19/2009 - 10:51

Shifting the Leadership Development Paradigm: Leadership for a New Era

The Leadership Learning Community, a national organization of practitioners, funders, and researchers focused on leadership development, social justice, and social change, is launching Leadership for a New Era (LNE). LNE is a collaborative learning initiative committed to shifting leadership development thinking and practice from a primary focus on developing the skills and capacities of individual leaders to succeed within current institutional arrangements to a focus on expanding and unleashing leadership capacity within and across communities. read more »

Leadership for a New Era Introductory Webinar

Submitted by Natalia Castaneda on Wed, 08/12/2009 - 13:19

LNE is a collaborative learning initiative developed by the Leadership Learning Community (LLC), a nonprofit organization focused on connecting organizations and individuals in the leadership development field with a commitment to social equity. Through LNE we are establishing partnerships to influence our current leadership development thinking and practice, and to promote a shift from a model of leadership focused on individual skills and attributes to a model of leadership that is inclusive, rooted in community, networked, and action-oriented. For additional information please visit the LNE website.
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LLC: Marketing Communications Internship

Submitted by Natalia Castaneda on Tue, 08/11/2009 - 14:54

Summary:

The Leadership Learning Community is looking for a Marketing Communications intern. The position will help support the development and implementation of a marketing strategy for increasing LLC’s brand and position in the field, including a social media strategy for engaging new audiences. read more »

Bay Area Learning Circle on Emergent Learning Mapping

Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 11:39

Bay Area Circle: Emergent Learning Mapping

Last week, we got together in Oakland with a group of leadership development practitioners and thought-leaders to explore the action learning methodology Emergent Learning Mapping. The goal was to offer an experiential opportunity for the group and learn the basic structure of the methodology. To get the conversation started, we posed the question “What does it take to learn through discomfort and conflict?” and used that as our main question as we moved through the different steps of the exercise.
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Follow us on Twitter!

Submitted by Natalia Castaneda on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 09:04

For the latest news and innovative thinking on leadership development for social justice, follow @LeadershipEra

Join our Meetup Group!

Submitted by Natalia Castaneda on Mon, 07/13/2009 - 13:29

Now you can register for our peer learning events through our Meetup group. Simply create your account, join the Leadership Learning Community group and RSVP for our innovative events. The next event, a learning circle on Emergent Learning Maps, is coming up on August 5, 2009 in the Bay Area.

We look forward to seeing you there! read more »

New Leadership for a New Era website!

Submitted by Natalia Castaneda on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 12:10

The new site allows users to read, edit and add content, as well as engage in meaningful conversations with other users around the topics of Leadership and Race, Leadership and Networks, Collective Leadership and Leadership Across Difference. Users can also share a wide variety of resources, including links, documents and other tools. We invite you to join the website and become a part of this great collective initiative. read more »

The Leadership Learning Community Supports The IntraHealth’s Vistaar Project

Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 13:35

In late 2006, IntraHealth International began a USAID-funded project in India, called the Vistaar Project, aimed at assisting the Government to improve maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition. read more »

LLC Welcomes 3 New Board Members

Submitted by Natalia Castaneda on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 10:21

We are pleased to announce the expansion of our board of directors. After an open and transparent selection process, in which LLC members served on a nominations committee and the entire community was invited to nominate candidates, three highly qualified candidates were selected: Grady McGonagill, Cecilia Roddy and LaDon James. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our selection committee: Diane McCarthy Johnson, Jim Krile, Sonia Ospina, Ashok Regmi and Pauline Vela, and to introduce our new board members.
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New Addition To Our Team

Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/15/2009 - 13:27

We are excited to be expanding our leadership team with the addition of Natalia Castaneda, our new Marketing Director. We feel extremely lucky to have found Natalia among a stiff field of competitors. Natalia brings marketing expertise to the team, including direct experience in the areas of public relations, social media, and online content management. We welcome her aboard and look forward to working with her to improve the field of leadership development. read more »