tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39444843103801442472024-03-14T05:28:21.519-07:00Princeton AlumniCorps Emerging Leaders' BlogEmerging Leaders Programhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04792557357976079361noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-37265554937019099802014-02-27T04:32:00.000-08:002014-02-27T04:32:56.333-08:00Reflections on Being an Emerging LeaderI have had the privilege of being able to witness some of the most interesting and inspiring speakers as part of the Emerging Leaders program. Della Britton Baeza’s journey was inspiring to me and made me excited to strive to become a leader in the nonprofit sector. Margaret Crotty showed us that it’s ok to fail, something which I’ve been deathly afraid of. To hear her say that one of the best Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951352015573710248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-4136853050506322272014-02-26T18:59:00.002-08:002014-02-26T19:11:20.406-08:00My Network: Fifteen Emerging Leaders Stronger
“Who’s in your network?” It’s a question we ask our Fellows,
the social entrepreneurs my organization funds, fairly often when we’re helping
them approach a challenge or seize an opportunity for their fledging
organizations. And I’ve noticed that when we talk about the value-add of our
Fellowship program to the 3,000 social entrepreneurs vying to be one of the 1%
named a Fellow of our Lily Mandlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05326473745115198808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-75102429587794978532014-02-19T19:13:00.002-08:002014-02-19T19:13:38.086-08:00Looking back and ahead
Tomorrow is our last session of the 8-month Emerging Leaders program, and it has really flown by. When I first heard about Emerging Leaders, I was excited for the opportunity -- which I really hadn't had since college -- to reflect on the individual and group dynamics I'm immersed in every day at work. And the program has provided space for that, as well as a lot more.
I work for a Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802359528074360340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-65380827406643892032014-02-15T12:13:00.000-08:002014-02-15T12:15:13.905-08:00It's All In Your Head
Recently, we were asked to prepare a short presentation to develop our public speaking skills. While I knew we only had to speak for 3 minutes, I imagined that brief amount of time stretching into eternity--especially because we would be videotaped for posterity.
Thankfully, we were fortunate to have some prep by a wonderful expert on public speaking who joined us that day, Jezra Kaye. She Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-49292259237473546402014-02-05T10:25:00.000-08:002014-02-05T10:25:29.219-08:00Paying it Forward
Over the last nine months, we have benefited from discussions
with leaders in the nonprofit sector. The backgrounds of the speakers varied
and topics of conversation ran the gamut—working with boards, cultivating
corporate partnerships, managing work-life balance, building presentation
skills, collaborating with teams, and many more.
But one thing that united all of our guests was their
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05272259054454634655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-67422494151564468682013-12-12T19:24:00.000-08:002013-12-12T19:24:19.572-08:00Lessons from Public Speaking
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-31921498267810040812013-12-05T06:48:00.000-08:002013-12-05T06:49:05.843-08:00Get Involved!
Inspired by the Emerging Leaders program, last month I had the opportunity to observe a board meeting for our organization. As this was my first board meeting experience, I was unsure what to expect.
Overall, the meeting was well-attended and board members were very engaged. Our Chief of Research (my direct supervisor) presented an excellent overview of our student and teacher data from Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-45490974087037933392013-11-28T06:00:00.000-08:002013-11-28T06:00:09.547-08:00Thankful.T’is the season of Thanksgiving and year-end reflection, and my Alumnicorps Emerging Leaders (EL) experience is certainly an opportunity for both. When I think about memorable moments of these past five months with my fellow EL DC cohort members and our facilitator Hilary Joel, the prevailing sentiment seems an appropriate one: gratitude. It is the simple but satisfying emotion of feeling YDubLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13670071740073944503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-6766416281803687752013-10-21T09:40:00.001-07:002013-10-21T09:40:58.374-07:00Back to the BasicsDuring the six years I have spent working in nonprofits, I have been fortunate to be exposed to a number of different areas and functions. From program to development to budgeting, the exposure has made me a stronger team member and leader.
As thankful as I am for that exposure, I also recognize that dipping my toes into different areas and learning on the fly still leaves me with gaps in Kim Krasnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05874372893894605971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-13305221031219263912013-10-20T12:59:00.000-07:002013-10-20T12:59:07.820-07:00The Personality PuzzleAs a cohort over the past several months, we've uncovered and peeled back so many layers of information, that I'm not sure where to begin. The Emerging Leaders Program has made me truly self reflect both professionally and personally not only as a nonprofit manager, but as a leader. With limited experience in the management world, this program has truly opened my eyes into the inner Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375954896273366437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-65674448278810719812013-10-18T09:57:00.000-07:002013-10-18T09:57:01.149-07:00Give Yourself Room to GrowEach
month since June this year, my fellow Emerging Leaders and I have spent one
full day away from our respective work spaces to focus on our own professional
growth. As our facilitator (the wonderful Yael Sivi) starts off each session by
having each person share a personal update, we shift our thinking from our
daily work routine to reflecting on about how we approach our work as leaders. AfterReina U.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06802943592095480536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-26616842877161129122013-10-16T17:26:00.003-07:002013-10-16T17:26:56.413-07:00A Lesson To Live ByLeadership can be a very lonely world, particularly when functioning in a small, yet competitive, non-profit. While not ideal, this simple view of leadership was just a reality that I was slowly beginning to accept.
That is, until our first Emerging Leaders session back in June. I remember being nervous and excited for the first session, mainly because I had no idea what to expect from the Susie Cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14828207881628177746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-26741888650961629922013-10-07T08:58:00.000-07:002013-10-07T10:47:49.847-07:00No One Can Be Wise On An Empty Stomach!
Pizza & some of the most driven and innovative individuals the Tri-state has to offer is all it took for me to accept a lunch invitation from this years New York Emerging Leaders cohort to visit with the group as a program alum.
It is crazy to think that just a few months ago I sat in this exact room, eating pizza and preparing to embark on what would be a professional awakening. From Chimere Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572008681166705967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-49008622794972197002013-10-06T15:28:00.002-07:002013-10-06T15:31:47.541-07:00Acting like a leader
Strange to say, I don't think the most useful insights and lessons I've taken from the last few months in the Emerging Leaders Program have come from readings about monkeys and EQ, Meyer-Briggs assessments and 360 degree evaluations, or career counseling with experienced mentors. I think all these tools have confirmed for me a lot of things I already suspected innately; at most, they've Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907891547409744522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-42238451500841797922013-09-30T19:44:00.000-07:002013-09-30T19:44:02.007-07:00Some Timely Professional Development
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I feel that I am at a crossroads in my
career. I have performed well enough and have fulfilled the duties of my
position, but I want to do more than just meet expectations. I want to add
value and help my organization, and eventually the nonprofit field, grow and
improve. It is all too common for me to feel as if I am constantly putting out
fires and focused on “getting things done;” I rarely caitlin motherwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07560677236069144619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-75601927914769781152013-08-27T18:23:00.000-07:002013-08-27T18:23:51.226-07:00Leadership Musings
Leadership has been on my mind a lot lately.
It’s not everyday that I have a free moment to reflect on this issue. This past
weekend, I had the privilege of leading a retreat for my organization’s Youth
Advisory Board (YAB) at the Fairview Lake YMCA in New Jersey. The YAB is an
engaged group of young people, ages 18-23, who have been involved in the foster
care system and who want to give back Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-11972005578204164032013-08-13T06:41:00.001-07:002013-08-13T06:43:25.300-07:00Reflections on Beginning the Emerging Leaders Program
From
the moment I heard about the Emerging Leaders Program, I was hopeful that it
would equip me with the tools to become a more effective leader in the public
sector. The first session of the program featured
Margaret Crotty as the guest speaker. Margaret
is the Executive Director of Partnership with Children, the Program Leader for
Emerging Leaders, and a board member of Princeton Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182157720649603405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-76828142768051027312013-07-24T13:47:00.002-07:002013-07-24T13:48:27.156-07:00The Language from Sessions 1 & 2
“I do a lot, I get it done fast, I get it done well. I stop
at nothing. And yet there is a gap between what I accomplish and what I need. I
have gotten very good at doing. But I am now in a place where need a chance to
pause and develop more—I need language to connect the dots between what I can
see, hear, feel and what I want to have dialogue about. When it comes to
leadership development, I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04822902624211609999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944484310380144247.post-18591731107566183232013-07-15T09:17:00.000-07:002013-07-17T09:55:57.853-07:00Summer Interns - The Excitement and the Challenges.<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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The past seven months have truly been a journey, and
powerfully transitional. If you have read any of the other posts on this blog,
perhaps that goes without saying. Emerging Leaders isn’t any old professional development
experience – beyond participating in a program that assists me in developing core
competencies and furthering my managerial skills, I exit each session feeling
inspired Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0