In 2011-2012, the International Centre for Women’s Leadership is launching the Global Change Leaders program - an inaugural certificate course for emerging women leaders in development.
Through campus-based education, field placements, mentorships and online platforms the program will:
- Enable a new generation of women to strengthen their leadership capacities to ignite unparalleled change at the community, national and international levels.
- Build a global network of pioneering women leaders who together are able to accelerate innovation and achieve extraordinary impact.
Learning themes are grounded in real world experiences and include topics such as: transformative leadership concepts, practical leadership skills, citizen-led and asset-based development, and oral and written communications in the post-print era.
The overall Program Objective is to enable Global Change Leaders to take on more powerful and dynamic leadership roles. Specific outcomes for participants include:
- Practical understanding of leadership concepts and application within their own context
- Enriched knowledge and experience in essential leadership skills
- Expertise in organizational learning and change management
- Strengthened capacity to realize sustainable, citizen-led and asset-based development
- Effective and compelling oral and written communications, and presentation skills
- Ability to apply strategies and tools that underpin innovative social and economic initiatives
- Active participation in a global network of like-minded women leaders
Applications are now being accepted until September 1, 2011.
The certificate program involves a 20-week commitment that includes online orientation, onsite learning in Canada, an international placement, and engagement with a mentor and a global network of other women leaders.
For more information on this exciting new program, application process and scholarships,
visit: www.coady.stfx.ca/women call: 902-867-3676 or e-mail: womenlead@stfx.ca
source : www.coady.stfx.ca/women/change-leaders
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