Category Archives: Leadership Development

Life Under Construction with Allison Liddle

Life Under Construction with Allison Liddle

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Although we had to cancel the U.P. Nonprofit Conference, we are excited to bring you a virtual session with the would-be keynote speaker, Allison Liddle!
Meet Allison
Allison Liddle was a Great Start Collaborative Director at the Gogebic-Ontonagon ISD for five years and loved working with the amazing nonprofit leaders in the UP! She’s excited to be back with her UP friends, speaking. Since then she’s become a 3x best-selling author of Life Under Construction: Designing a Life You Love & The Art of Imperfect Action: All Success Comes From Daring to Begin, and Keep Going: How to Create a Champion Mindset, top motivational speaker, leadership trainer, podcast host, CEO/Founder of Allison Liddle Consulting, President of Prosper Wealth Management, and mother to two. Allison’s companies have won national industry awards and trained leaders in the Top 10 of the Fortune 500. Allison is passionate about helping high achievers launch to the next level in their lives personally and professionally. 
Agenda
10 a.m. – 10: 50 a.m. Allison’s Presentation
11 a.m. – 11: 30 a.m. Zoom Virtual Networking
Registration Fee – $20
Register Here

Board Development Month is coming!

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This year was our first time dedicating a month to board development. Our January 2018 series was so successful, we’re doing it again in January 2019! Based on feedback from the 2018 participants, we’ve modified this year’s topics to tackle issues boards in the U.P. are dealing with. These webinars are free and open to… Continue Reading

Sessions at the Nonprofit Conference

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Nonprofit leaders, staff, volunteers and board members in attendance at this year’s U.P. Nonprofit Conference will have the opportunity to learn how to inspire lasting impact in their communities. The 2018 U.P. Nonprofit Conference will take place Thursday, October 18, at Northern Michigan University. The conference features foursessions focusedon leadership, best practices, communication and volunteerism… Continue Reading

Supercharge September Board Trainings

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Grow & Lead: Community and Youth Development is readytohelpnonprofitorganizationssupercharge theirboard this September. Register As a follow up to Board Development Month held last January, Supercharge September will feature trainings that dive into advanced board development topics. “January Board Development Month wasahugesuccess!We had 57 organizations from across theU.P.thatattended,” saidAmy Quinn, CEO of Grow & Lead. “We… Continue Reading

Demarra Gardner named U.P. Nonprofit Conference Keynote Speaker

Demarra Gardner named U.P. Nonprofit Conference Keynote Speaker

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Demarra Gardner is principal and lead consultant of Change Agent Consulting (CAC)-a full service organizational development consulting company based in Kalamazoo that has been in operation since 2007. CAC is comprised of a dynamic team of consultants who provide organizational assessment, strategic & business planning, fund development, program development, leadership development, evaluation, coaching, start-up, and… Continue Reading

Listen up, adults. The kids have got this.

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When young people find their voice, positive things happen. Right now, students in Marquette and around the nation are joining survivors of the Parkland school shooting in organizing March for Our Lives events that will take place tomorrow. These aren’t college students, but high schoolers, middle schoolers and even elementary-aged kids. They are stepping up… Continue Reading

Board Development Month is here!

Board Development Month is here!

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Grow & Lead: Community and Youth Development is excited to present Board Development Month! Grow & Lead has seen an increase in nonprofit organizations having questions about how to be a better board of directors. “We routinely get questions from board members,” said Amy Quinn, CEO of Grow & Lead. “We developed this series of… Continue Reading

Building Staff Morale

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Building staff morale is not as complicated or difficult as it may seem. I know a lot of supervisors and managers struggle with building staff morale, but if you keep in mind just a few simple ideas, you can begin to change the culture and morale of your office. Be sincere, authentic, real. People see… Continue Reading

Youth Building Assets in Dickinson and Iron Counties

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Earlier this school year in Dickinson and Iron Counties the 18th Annual Youth Asset Celebration was held. This event was held to review the results of the Profiles of Student Life:  Attitudes and Behaviors survey from the Search Institute.  Students from six different schools from these counties, along with two from Northern Wisconsin, met to… Continue Reading

Setting Goals (and accomplishing them!)

Setting Goals (and accomplishing them!)

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The start of a new year has many of us setting goals, whether at work or in our personal lives. Pick goals that motivate you If you are setting a personal goal, start with something you really want to accomplish and are motivated to work on. Don’t start with the most dreaded item on your… Continue Reading