Connect with other Leadership America alumnae

We are up to 60 alumnae members on our Linkedin Leadership America group! It is a great way to stay in touch and network with other alumnae from across the United States. Find us by searching out group at www.linkedin.com.

The National Women Leaders Summit Series Online Survey is up and live. There is no better way to help us map out the new programming for Leadership America's 2009 class than by taking a few minutes to fill out this survey and send it to your fellow female coworkers and friends. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=PgkvJpo9bC6rD8OToCwGZg_3d_3d

Key competencies of the next President of the USA

One question we posed to the room full of women execs and aspiring women execs was, what are the key competencies critical to the success of the next President of the U.S.? As an open-ended questions, the following were the top competencies that women found important: Integrity, the ability to influence, collaboration, global awareness, the courage to lead and a clear vision for the future.

What are some key competencies you find important?

ONLINE SURVEY OPEN

Thanks to many of you, the National Women Leaders Summit Series were a resounding success! We heard from women from all over the United States, from many diverse ethical and professional backgrounds.

See what some of these women had to say! Visit our News & Resources page.

To continue in our endeavor to build new and influential programming for the 21st century executive women, we are launching our Online Survey component. This is a chance for the women who were unable to join one of the summits, to share their knowledge and opinions on what is needed for the next Leadership America class’s success.

Your opinion is important to us. Please take the time and complete this survey by clicking on the link below, and forward this to ALL your fellow women leaders and aspiring leaders to make sure we hear everyone’s voice.

REMINDER: The information gathered in this survey will remain anonymous and will be used to develop Leadership America’s programming. It will also be shared with the the six other collaborating organizations. Results will be announced in early 2009.Thank you for your time, we and the future classes of Leadership America thank you in advance.

CLICK HERE TO BEGIN SURVEY.

D.C. summit participants take a "Minute at the Microphone"

Why should I attend a national women leaders summit?

1) Learn how to best leverage your experience to earn a promotion or make a successful career transition in corporate, non-profit, education, or government.

2) Ask alumnae of Leadership America, the National African-American Women's Leadership Institute, the National Hispana Leadership Institute, the Center for Asian-Pacific American Women, Leadership California, Leadership Texas, and Leadership Illinois about whether or not you or someone you know should apply, and find out what they gained from their experiences.

3) Share your great ideas with hundreds of the nation's most dynamic women leaders.

4) Provide invaluable input on what mentors and mentees need most to develop the next generation of women leaders.

5) Gain invaluable contacts in-the-know about "The Next Big Thing" in their industry.

Admission to the events at Omni Hotels THIS Thursday, Sept. 18 in San Francisco and Friday, Sept. 19 in Los Angeles is free but reservations are required.

Portraits of D.C. summit participants

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Check out beautiful images of the September 11th leadership summit by Barrett Doherty.

Images from Chicago

In the early morning hours of an overcast Monday, about three dozen women between the ages of 23 and 88 gathered at the Omni Hotel in Chicago for the first of five National Women's Leadership Summits sponsored by State Farm and presented by Leadership America, the National African-American Women Leadership Institute (NAAWLI), the Center for Asian Pacific American Women (CAPAW), and Leadership Illinois. Their idea: to reflect on the past two decades of women's professional development training programs, and to define "the Next Big Thing" women will need to lead in the 21st century.



About one-third of participants were alumnae of Leadership Illinois, and a handful were prospective members who hadn't participated in any of the sponsoring organizations' training sessions. Ideas ranged from the engagement of online social media to the construction of senior women's co-housing. Data gathered will be combined with information from sessions in San Francisco (September 18), Los Angeles (September 19), and Dallas (October 11). Space is limited and registration is required. Link here to register.

If you cannot attend, join the Leadership America Alumnae group on LinkedIn, get live text message updates via Twitter and view photos via Flickr.

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HELLO ALL!!! This will be a platform for use to bring up topics and write about anything topical in women's leadership. We talk about the summit series and get people reved by prompting thoughts and asking for responses. This acts almost like a journal that the whole world can read.

I will be updating this blog every two weeks or so to bring up something new and interesting about the women's leadership that molds into advertising the series and getting people to take the online survey.

Thanks for reading and happy blogging all you bloggers!

-Haley