The Next Generation Leadership Series is a series of online conversations encouraging emerging leaders to share their voice around topics pertaining to leadership development and the leadership deficit in the nonprofit sector.

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Topic #1

From Research to Action: Engaging emerging leaders in a discussion on the latest reports on the leadership deficit.

The program From Research to Action will give you the chance to converse with the authors of the reports Ready to Lead? Next Generation Leaders Speak Out; GEO’s Next Generation Leadership Guide; and NP2020: Issues and Answers from the Next Generation. Share your questions and concerns in a live online chat room.

Date: June 24, 2008 – 1:00 pm EST
Cost: Free
To Register email np2020@gvsu.edu, with “Next Gen Leadership Series” in the subject line; be sure to include your name and email address.

Click here to join the conversation on June 24.

To get to know the reports & authors prior to the panel on June 24, and to give you time to formulate your questions, listen to these short interviews with each author.

Maria Gajewski – Author, NP2020: Issues and Answers from the Next Generation

Maria is a researcher for the Community Research Institute in the Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University. Her involvement in NP2020 began over a year ago, when she and a group of individuals at the Johnson Center wanted to give emerging leaders in the nonprofit sector a voice. She was on the planning committee for the 2007 NP2020 conference and served as a facilitator during the conference. She was also a lead researcher and author of the NP2020 report.

Click here to listen to our interview with Maria.

Marla Cornelius – Author, Ready to Lead? Next Generation Leaders Speak Out

Marla is a Projects Director at CompassPoint Nonprofit Services. She is responsible for the creation and management of several research, leadership and governance projects. Most recent work includes managing a three-year initiative working with a cohort of community-based nonprofits to develop a dashboard of organizational performance metrics; co-authorship of the recently published national research report Ready to Lead? Next Generation Leaders Speak Out, and the development of CompassPoint’s new intensive training program for emerging nonprofit managers. Additionally, she develops curricula in the areas of staff management, personal development, and governance/boards of directors.

Click here to listen to our interview with Marla.

Lori Bartczak – Author, Next Generation Leadership Action Guide

Lori is manager of content development for Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, a coalition of more than 300 grantmaking organizations committed to building strong and effective nonprofit organizations. In her role, Lori plans content for GEO conferences and oversees work on GEO publications, including GEO’s recent Action Guide, Supporting Next Generation Leadership.

Click here to listen to our interview with Lori.