Our Leadership Institute is integrally linked to the Division’s Corporate Solutions. Whereas Corporate Solutions addresses the needs of the organization through the use of a variety of services, the Leadership Institute addresses the needs of developing leaders.
Building Legacies
The Building Legacies Women's Leadership Summit was created to celebrate women that are making a substantive impact in our community. This year, based on the overwhelming feedback from past participants, a decision was made to turn the single day event into a series providing four unique half-day leadership sessions.
This year's inaugural series is entitled Women Who Lead, Serve, and Inspire. Each session developed for this series captures the sheer essence of the key role that women play in shaping organizations, communities, and the next generation of amazing leaders.
Sponsors for the 2017 series include Club 25, Jim Moran Institute, Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship, Merrill Lynch, Prime Meridian Bank, and Thurman Law Firm.
Session Information
Women Who Serve (9/6/2017)
This session will focus on women who serve by giving back through their time, talent and/or treasures. Attendees will hear firsthand why service matters and how our speakers have incorporated it into their lives in such a powerful way.
Date: September 6, 2017
Location: TCC Center for Innovation, 350 South Duval Street
Time: 8 a.m. - noon
Keynote Speaker:
Pamella Butler, Aegis Business Technologies
Panel Presenters:
Tracey Cohen, Target Print & Mail
Berneice Cox, The Bacall Group
Commissioner Kristin Dozier, Leon County Board of County Commissioners
Women Who Inspire (12/6/2017)
This session will highlight leaders in our community whose body of work has touched and inspired others. The unique experiences shared by the speakers will without a doubt inspire us all to do more and give more. Additionally, this session will serve as the 2017 series capstone celebrating the strides that have been made by local women in the areas of leadership, service, and inspiration.
Date: December 6, 2017
Location: TCC Center for Innovation, 350 South Duval Street
Time: 8 a.m.- noon
Keynote Speaker:
Chancellor Madeline Pumariega, Florida Department of Education's Division of Florida Colleges
Panelists:
Whitney Harris, Florida Chamber Foundation
Audra Pittman, Council On Culture & Arts
Paula DeBoles-Johnson, Capital City Youth Development Corporation
Register for Building Legacies
Pre-registration is required. Limited seating.
$30 per session, or $75 for remaining three-part series.
Lessons Over Lunch
This Leadership Institute program is a quarterly series offered mid-day to allow participants an opportunity for professional development training over their lunch break.
The session will be facilitated with group discussion and presentation of various leadership topics, many of which were suggested by previous program participants as areas of interest for success in business today. Our facilitators have diverse leadership backgrounds from a variety of fields including education, business, and government.
Session Information
Making Creativity Part of Your Business DNA (6/7/2017)
Having the best services or products is simply not enough these days. You must also be able to garner attention for your business in a world with hundreds of online, print, TV and social media messages. This interactive session will focus on ways to expand your creativity to not only create buzz for your business but to also help establish strong, positive relationships that keep customers coming back. It will also highlight ways to build creativity in your own team that makes work rewarding.
Date: June 7, 2017
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Location: Center for Innovation
300 West Pensacola Street
Tallahassee, FL 32303
Cost: $10
Registration: Register for Lessons Over Lunch. Registration is required at least one day prior to the event to ensure adequate materials and supplies.
Facilitator: M. Michelle Bono
During her 19 years leading the City of Tallahassee's communication efforts, Michelle Bono was renowned for creative ideas including a flash mob on Gaines Street, "Survivor Kits" to residents dealing with the construction of Blair Stone Road, and even a wake for a dying Live Oak tree in front of city hall. Today, she brings that same passion for creative and measurable results to her own business, providing training, marketing, and project management services to businesses and non-profits alike. She understands customers, relationships, and media and believes creativity is not only fun but can impact your bottom line.