Photos with the Premiers

It week was a good week for 21inc. Our partners (Scotiabank, Emera, Knightsbridge Robertson Surrette) were able to join us as we promoted the Emerging Leaders Summit with two Atlantic Premiers. Here are some photos:

Strengthening NB's Nonprofit Sector

Two weeks ago nonprofit leaders from across NB came to Renaissance College for two days to explore how to better lead their organizations. It was called Community Perspectives/Perspectives communautaire. Here's the press release.

The innovation needed to solve challenges like poverty, economic development, and sustainability means we often don’t know where the ideas or inspiration will come from. In co-organizing the event with the Community Non-Profit Organizations Secretariat and Renaissance College, we wanted to create the conditions for idea generation and creativity.

Sessions occurred in both official languages and thoughtful practitioners engaged participants in topics such as partnerships, social innovation, social marketing, and community inclusion networks.

Following the event, one of the participants sent organizers this gratifying email:

I would like to thank all of you and the countless other participants that made the past few days so enjoyable – I have some new and strengthened partnerships – I knew I was in the right place when I knew half the people, and didn’t yet know the other half – The facility was great – the space was safe – everybody offered something of value to the conversation and responsibility was shared.

I don’t know exactly what will come next, however I am sure that it will be awesome!

Here’s to trailblazing!

Well said.

Here are some photos:

It’s a big week for 21inc. Today we’re opening nominations for our new program, the Emerging Leaders Summit.

(It’s actually been live on the website for a week since it “leaked” a week and a half ago. We started getting calls for more information or not being able to find the nomination page. As a result we put it up and already have a bunch of nominations!)

We’ve been working on this program since last fall and are really excited about the positive impact it will make. The Summit supports and develops Atlantic Canada’s most promising leaders and entrepreneurs, age 20 – 35.

From a pool of nominations, 50 young people from across Atlantic Canada will be selected to join some of the region’s most respected leaders as faculty and mentors at the Emerging Leaders Summit in St. Andrews, NB, this November 22-24. The focus is on skill development, facilitating the movement from “leading –self” to “leading others.” Nominations are open now!

Candidates are selected, in part, on how they can apply the experience to an actual leadership challenge. Programming is designed to enhance abilities to motivate self and others, build teams, strategize, design structures (that support the strategy), and measure success. Critical skills no matter what is being led. Participants then engage with leading doers and thinkers at the 21inc Ideas Festival, immediately following from November 24-26.

The Summit is supported by leading companies and organizations from across Atlantic Canada. Our private sector partners include Emera, Knightsbridge Robertson Surrette, Evolving Solutions, and Couleur. Our public sector partners include the Governments of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI, and Nova Scotia Business Inc. We will be confirming more in the next few weeks, stay tuned.

In discussions on the Summit, some people have asked how it relates to the 21 Leaders program. It’s a good question. They’re entirely different programs but similar in a few ways. They’re both leadership experiences (leadership is what 21inc does, after all). We’re taking lessons learned from the 21 Leaders program – creating that platform for leaders and entrepreneurs to develop tangible skills, knowledge, confidence and relationships – and applying it over an intense and stimulating 3 days (5 days with the Ideas Festival) to create a powerful leadership experience.

We’re also using it to try out a couple things that we may want to extend to the 21 Leaders program. For example, making the selection, in part, about how participants can use this learning. In what way will they apply this experience to leadership challenges in their professional careers or in the community?

Obviously the Atlantic element is critical. We’re a small, rural region without many opportunities to create connections and learn from leading doers and thinkers. Malcolm Gladwell comes to Toronto once every couple months for a talk at Rotman. Atlantic Canada isn’t exactly on the circuit. We need to create forums and spaces to learn, to develop the necessary abilities, to share, and find ways to improve on the things we do. The 21inc Emerging Leaders Summit seeks to do just this.

Nominate someone now (or get someone to nominate you)!