Inspiring Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence

The Walla Walla Leaders Network is launching a learning/discussion group based on the course "Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence," taught be Richard Boyatzis at Case Western Reserve University. This is a 6-week, online course offered at no cost by Coursera.org. The discussion group (of people taking this course) will start May 7, 2013 from 7-9pm at the Glover Alston Center, Whitman College. It's open to community (and is also free). 

You can learn more about the course at: https://www.coursera.org/course/lead-ei

New Article Worth Reading!!

Check out the article  "Bright Spots - Leadership in the Pacific Northwest".  The article is based on a six-month exploration by the Helicon Collaborative and describes the five characterisitics, Bright Spot Principles, shared by cultural organizations that are successfully adapting to changing conditions.

Books Available at WWCC Library

The library at Walla Walla Community College has acquired the following books:

• Donor-Centered Fundraising by Penelope Burke
• Governance as Leadership; Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards by Richard Chalt et. al.
• Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations by Michael Allison and Jude Kaye
• Boards on Fire! Inspiring Leaders to Raise Money Joyfully by Susan Howlett
• Community: The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block
• Be Quiet and Be Heard: The Paradox of Persuasion by Susan and Peter Glaser

These books are housed at the WWCC library. They can be picked up at the Walla Walla campus or requested online and picked up at any of the WALNET Libraries. A WALNET library card is needed to check the materials out of the library. Seach for the above titles and their availabilty at  http://www.wwcc.edu/lib or call 509.527.4294.

A Book Worth Reading on Fundraising!!

Boards on Fire: Inspiring Leaders to Raise Money Joyfully is a new book published by Susan Howlett, a national consultant to nonprofit organizations. For more information go to  www.susanhowlett.com/htm/board_on_fire.html. 

Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder (1998). On the surface, this is a story of recovering gold from the 1857 shipwreck of the steamship Central America off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Underneath, this may be the most instructional book ever written on the art of fundraising.

Remember the Glasers!

Re-visit the wisdom of Drs. Susan and Peter Glaser, PhD Communications, through an intergrated, 3-part video learning system titled "Mastery of Leadership Communication".

The DVD set includes:

• Breakthrough Conflict
• Hardwiring Teamwork
• Persuasion and Influence

These DVD's will enable nonprofit organizations to teach their staff the Glaser's communication models, which have been featured at several Sherwood Trust workshops at Whitman College.

The DVD's are available for no cost and can be checked out by contacting Walla Walla Council Camp Fire office (525-3180) at 414 S. Park Street.