Announcing the ICF Leadership Institute Pilot Program
Sponsored by the ICF Maryland Chapter

Program Includes Four 90-Minute Webinar Sessions
January 13, February 10, March 9, and April 13
12:00 to 1:30 PM EST

Fee: $100 includes all 4 Webinars & 4 Optional Follow-up Calls

CCEUs Awarded to Full, In-Person Participants:
1.5 in Resource Development Per Webinar Session
1.0 in Resource Development Per Optional Follow-up Call

*** Participants Must be a Member of ICF Global ***

Are you interested in becoming a leader of your local ICF chapter or possibly serving as a member of the Global ICF Board? Do you believe it would be useful to prepare for those leadership roles in a meaningful and relevant way? If you do, we invite you to participate in the upcoming ICF Leadership Institute Pilot Program sponsored by the ICF Maryland Chapter. Here are the details.

The basic requirement to participate in the Leadership Institute is that you be a member of Global ICF. We also ask that you commit to participate in all four 90-minute webinars that will be conducted on the second Wednesday of January, February, March and April 2016 from noon to 1:30 pm Eastern time, and that you agree to complete a short evaluation survey after each webinar and a more in depth survey at the end of all four webinars. The survey results will be used to determine whether and in what manner future ICF Leadership Institute should be conducted.

Each webinar will be highly interactive and will focus on leadership skills and principles that are pertinent to ICF as well as having broader applications to other leadership roles. Participants are also expected to do a modest amount of reading and other types of learning assignments prior to each webinar. The ICF Leadership Institute is not intended to compete with other, more general leadership training programs offered by ICF members or other organizations.

Two weeks after each webinar there will also be an optional one-hour facilitated follow-up call to discuss the information provided during the webinar and to enhance the learning from the webinar.

The cost of the Leadership Institute is a total of US $100 for all four webinars and the four optional follow-up calls payable at time of registration. The webinars and the follow-up calls will be recorded in case you have a significant conflict and you are not able to participate in a webinar or follow-up call. Presentation slides will also be provided for each webinar. It will not be possible to refund any portion of the registration fee.

1.5 ICF CCEUs in Resource Development (RD) will be awarded for full, in-person participation in each webinar or a total of 6 CCEUS for all four webinars, and 1.0 ICF CCEUs in RD will be awarded for full, in-person participation on each of the optional follow-up calls.

The topics of the four webinars and the presenters and dates are as follows:

• ICF Leadership and Policy: ICF specific policies and procedures, Non-profit/Association Management Experience: i.e., managing volunteers, engagement,delegation, accountability. (Presenter Magda Mook, Global ICF CEO/Executive Director– Wednesday, January 13, 2016).
• Engaging and Inspiring People: (members, the public) i.e., influencing skills, facilitation techniques, establishing clear roles. (Presenter Damian Goldvarg, MCC, Global ICF President/Chair 2013-2014 – Wednesday, February 10, 2016).
• Leadership Presence: i.e., ethics, character, values, impact, managing self for transformation; thinking strategically:  i.e., strategic planning, vision, creating outcomes. (Presenter Cheryl Vermey, PCC, Former Global ICF Board Vice President and Chair of High Performing Organization (HPO) Committee – Wednesday, March 9, 2016).
• Fostering Collaboration and Managing Conflict: i.e., cultural competence, encouraging diverse teams, shared credit, and effective communication. (Presenter Ed Modell, PCC, ICF Global President 2011 and ICF Metro DC Chapter President 2005 – Wednesday, April 13, 2016).

Please scroll down for more detailed bios of the presenters.

The optional, follow-up calls will be held from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Eastern time on Wednesday, January 27; Wednesday, February 24; Wednesday, March 23; and Wednesday, April 27.

Participation in the ICF Leadership Institute is initially being offered to qualified members of the ICF Maryland Chapter (i.e., members of the ICF Maryland Chapter who are also members of Global ICF and who hold an ICF credential) until midnight on Thursday November 19, 2015. Starting on Friday, November 20, 2015 participation will be offered to all qualified members of ICF chapters in the northeastern US and eastern Canada.

We anticipate that the cohort for this Pilot Program will be limited to the first 100 qualified members who complete the registration process. If more than 100 qualified members wish to participate, we will consider increasing the size of the cohort or creating a wait list for future Leadership Institute programs.

If you have questions about the ICF Leadership Institute, please contact Ed Modell at [email protected]. We hope you will give serious consideration to a leadership role in ICF and participation in the ICF Leadership Institute Pilot Program.

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Refund Policy
Any request for refunds must be submitted to [email protected] at least 72 hours prior to the event.