excerpt taken from Bella Celnik’s Blog

In October 2009, at a Leadership Learning Community (LLC) Bay Area Circle, Miho Kim and Celia Davis of the DataCenter shared their learning about the “Shared Leadership” model adopted by the Center in 2006.  The two hour meeting was very well-attended, raising many questions, which as a result of the time constraints went unanswered.  The high level of interest and participation in the topic appears to reflect the degree to which many in the nonprofit sector are beginning to explore different models and ways of working together.  Miho Kim generously agreed to a follow up conversation with me to flesh out some of the questions raised at the convening (this piece is a synthesis of our interview and the Bay Area circle convening).  Read the entire article here.

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Shared Leadership Series

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The motto “be the change you want to see in the world” has manifested in DataCenter’s Shared Leadership Model since 2006.  With a Design Team comprised of representatives from Bay Area social justice organizations, we convened a monthly three part-series of dialog with more than thirty other organizations to document our diverse experiences – both successes and challenges – exploring alternatives to a top-down leadership structure as a social justice movement.  We listened to each other and exchanged tools and resources, as well as wisdom.  The knowledge capture using participatory methodologies imparted insights appreciated by grantmakers, capacity-builders, and organizers alike.  Check out the powerpoint summary of this experience, recently presented at the brownbag hosted by Learning Leadership Community – the funder of the series – available on our websites!

For more information and resources, visit the Leadership Learning Community Bay Area Learning Circle wiki at: http://leadershiplearning.pbworks.com/BayArea_10212009

Download powerpoint summary pdf format

rinigrandmotherA Three-Part Series of Facilitated Peer Learning Sessions that raise critical questions about, and (re)affirmations of, reflecting our social justice values internally in our organizations.

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