Leadership Education

This ongoing Speaking Series is focused on educating young professionals as they grow in their leadership roles within the corporate and nonprofit sector of the Twin Cities metro area philanthropic community. During these speaking events, you will hear from relevant and engaging speakers that have experienced leadership roles within the Twin Cities corporate and nonprofit sector. Whether applying for a non-profit board position or applying for your next job, the lessons you will learn at these events are indispensable.

We typically hold these events a few times throughout the year in downtown Minneapolis over the lunch hour. To receive email updates on when the next Leadership Education Speaking Event is being held, make sure you sign up with LEAD on the homepage! These events are a great opportunity to hear an educational speaker while connecting with LEAD members over lunch.

January 26, 2016 | Leadership Landscape

December 12, 2016 | Social Responsibility in Healthcare

The program will connect young professionals possessing a desire to engage with non-profits and community groups with experienced community and non-profit leaders and professionals. The aim is to create sustainable leadership for area non-profit and community organizations by engaging motivated young professionals that have a quality and varied skill sets to contribute to non-profit organizations. The program is related directly to LEAD’s mission of engaging young professionals in philanthropy.

While young professionals don’t always have the financial flexibility to provide significant monetary contributions to non-profit and community organizations, those young professionals have valuable skills that could provide just as much of a benefit. Through this program, LEAD hopes to continue its mission of helping young professionals bring those valuable skills to community and non-profit organizations.

• 1 year commitment (though we encourage mentors/mentees to continue their relationship), with quarterly meetings

• The mentor and mentee are free to establish a relationship that works for them and are afforded a high degree of flexibility.

• LEAD expects that measurable goals will be set at the first meeting, and those goals will be used as a guide and evaluated throughout the program.

• Mentor and mentee should participate together in at least one non-profit engagement activity. While this requirement is also flexible, LEAD encourages the mentor to choose an engagement opportunity with a non-profit they are currently involved with.

• Mentee specific requirements:

  • Quarterly reports from mentees:

  • Attend program kick-off event

  • Attend at least two LEAD events throughout the year