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The 2024 Wise Stewards Seminar is now one for the books and a great one it was. With board leaders and presidents like these, theological education in North America is in good hands.

This week, I am celebrating all the milestones achieved such as: 🗓️ Programs: submitted a 100 page grant. 📚Products: wrapped up a facilitator manual and curriculum for young adults which will be piloted next week at a retreat in Colorado. 📝People: wrapped up leadership track delivered to 110 organizations in the nation delivered across 4 cities split into 4 cohorts. How did we manage to do all this and more? ✔️ A strategy to cross-train and build others - asking myself how can I sell my job? What am I doing that I can train others to do? How can I build the capacity of others instead of holding on to things? ✔️ Investing in the team through professional development trainings and intentionally working on building a positive organizational culture. When people trust, they lean in and engage. Ask people to participate - for me it involves volunteers, staff, businesss community, board members- all hands on deck. ✔️ Supportive family. While we travelled across the nation delivering trainings, the hubby stepped up with the kids. In this picture, the family travelled with us to Cleveland and while we facilitated programs, the dads played and took the kids to the zoo. ✔️Advocates who have championed our mission and vision and promoted our programs and products. They have fanned the flame and supported our cause paving the way, providing the facilities, making key connections. You can have a dream, a vision, a strategy but it can fall flat without the people. Grateful for our team, family and the friendships who have taken up our cause, stepped up, and made things happen. Lift others up!

Join Us in Celebrating Giving Tuesday with Florida FFA Association! As Giving Tuesday swiftly approaches, it's a perfect time to spotlight the remarkable work of the Florida Future Farmers of America (FFA). This day is more than a moment of generosity; it's an opportunity to invest in our future leaders and innovators. Why Engage with Florida FFA? 1) Cultivating Future Talent: FFA's focus on leadership, personal growth, and career readiness aligns perfectly with our vision of nurturing a skilled, future-ready workforce. 2) Strengthening Community Bonds: Our engagement with FFA is a testament to our commitment to community and educational development, planting seeds today for a flourishing tomorrow. 3) Enhancing Corporate Identity: Partnering with FFA not only showcases our dedication to sustainable practices and educational excellence but also strengthens our corporate social responsibility initiatives. 4) Expanding Networks: Collaborating with FFA opens doors to connect with like-minded organizations and individuals, fostering a community of shared values and goals. A Call to Conversation This Giving Tuesday, let's ignite discussions on how we can collectively support and engage with impactful organizations like Florida FFA. It's about creating partnerships that not only contribute but also enrich our communities and empower our youth. If the mission of nurturing growth and leadership in young minds resonates with you, I invite you to start a conversation with me. Let's explore how we can collaborate to make a lasting impact. Connect and Discuss Feel free to reach out directly or leave a comment here. Let's discuss innovative ways to support these young leaders as Giving Tuesday nears. Together, we're investing in more than agriculture; we're investing in the leaders of tomorrow. #GivingTuesday #FFA #FutureLeaders #CommunityImpact #AgricultureEducation

Meet Our New Fellows: May Wang ♻️, Founder of Linens N Love. Linens N Love repurposes discarded hotel linens to provide aid to those in need, fostering sustainability and compassion in communities Learn more about all 21 founders in the Future Founders Fellowship Cohort 10 here: bit.ly/fellowshipcohort10

Great article on the amazing work of Owámniyomni Okhódayapi under the impressive leadership of our President Shelley Buck (Pte Wicota).

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is hosting a webinar titled "Insuring Historic Properties in an Increasingly Challenging Marketplace—What You Need to Know" on July 16 at 3 pm ET as part of their Preservation Leadership Forum Webinar Series. I will be on the panel, which includes Kevin Sullivan, Vice President & Client Executive, National Trust Insurance Services, LLC; and Stephanie Cherry-Farmer, MHP, Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department of Community Affairs. Click the link below to register and please reach out if you have any questions! #historicbuildingreuse #historicpreservation

Are you familiar with TAG’s Emerging Leaders Initiative? The flagship mentorship program for the Technology Association of Grantmakers has a remarkable legacy in fostering the talents of promising technology professionals who’ve developed into leaders spearheaded impactful change at foundations large and small. Learn more and apply below —

The PCLE has been created with one goal in mind – bring our leaders together to learn from other communities how they have addressed similar issues. Through this process, collectively we can better align our ideas, our resources, and our ability to take these challenges on together. From a city to a county level – from a public to a private sector connection – from the biggest to the smallest organization – together we accomplish more. https://bit.ly/3CviTUg

That word. “Impressionable.” Ooof. This one really hit me. When I think of the word “impressionable”my mind immediately thinks of a person who is young, naive, and inexperienced. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that’s not necessarily true. After thinking this through (or overthinking, depending on your point of view:) ) I would say that I am an “impressionable person”. This is not necessarily because I am young (well relatively a suppose), naive, or inexperienced. When I dissect what I think it really means to be “impressionable”, especially in the context in which Deshauna Barber is using it, it means to be easily convinced one way or another, to not stand your ground under scrutiny or pressure, and particularly to to be susceptible to doubt, intrinsic and extrinsic. And the more I thought about that the more a picture of a typical people pleaser came to form in my mind. Someone who is preoccupied with keeping harmony, to make sure that everyone around them is happy and comfortable, to remain “liked”. And that definitely describes me. It’s something I’ve been working on for a quite some time personally and professionally. So I’ve known that I have a tendency to be a people pleaser, much like most women if not all women who have been conditioned by our society, but I’ve never thought of myself as “impressionable”, but there it is. And it just made me think, “This is why…” This is why visibility and representation matter so much. This is why having role models and mentors is so important. Otherwise half the world population might get the wrong impression, future generations of women might get the wrong impression. And while being “impressionable” might have a negative connotation, there is the flip side of that. It means you can also be convinced that incredible things are quite possible, that we are capable of the extraordinary. We just have to be giving people the right impression.