ALP Member Profile Featuring Christine Kennedy, Leadership Lynchburg

As a certified leadership and life purpose coach, Christine Kennedy is always on the lookout for ideas that will foster her own and the growth of others. As the director of Leadership Lynchburg and an ALP board member, she brings the same hunger for improvement to shaping her leadership program and our national community of practice. As Executive VP at the Lynchburg Regional Chamber, running Leadership Lynchburg is just part of her job, yet it has continued to perform at high levels thanks to Kennedy's get-it-done attitude and countless alumni who propel its success. With Kennedy's leadership, Leadership Lynchburg services a regional population of approximately 240,000 but operates at a level you might expect from a larger counterpart. After a successful career in banking, Kennedy shifted to the Chamber and Leadership Lynchburg shortly after graduating from the program herself eleven years ago. She was attracted not just by the positive experience she had, but by the opportunity to re-shape the program. "The Chamber created a committee for overhauling the program and I was asked to chair it. I loved the work—I was fascinated by the potential to solve problems when you are bringing smart people together. When a position opened up to complete the re-design, I went for it."

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Beyond Boundaries: Building Regional Leadership Connections

ALP along with Leadership Louisville Center and Leadership Southern Indiana have teamed up to host the next Regional Conference in Kentucky.  The conference theme "Beyond Boundaries: Building Regional Leadership Connections" will take place on October 14, 2011.  The conference team invites community leadership program professionals in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, and West Virginia--in fact anyone can attend.  There will be topics on board development, engaging graduates, social media strategies, fundraising and more.  Click here for more information or to register.  Leadership Louisville is hosting the one-day conference at the Seelbach Hilton Hotel in Louisville.  Leadership Southern Indiana is hosting the welcome reception at Buckheads in Indiana.   Join your colleagues for a great opportunity to gain valuable information for your community leadership program and network among leadership professionals. 

Leadership Connections - Monthly  "round table topic" Discussions

As many of you are kicking off with annual retreats and other events, we are also ramping up timely topics for the monthly teleconference call.  Retreats/Orientation is the topic to be discussed on Monday, August 22nd.  This round table format is an opportunity to learn and share topics on current trends and best practices.  To register, click here:  Leadership Connections.  "This is a great benefit for our members", commented Laurie Marsh, Leadership Columbus OH.  "More members should take advantage of this."  Upcoming Fall sessions will be listed at:  www.alp-leaders.net   More information and conference call times are on the ALP website. 

MEMBER NEWS

You can post events, job openings, member news, new hire or questions you would like to share with ALP members in the bi-monthly eNEWS---send your information to: info@alp-leaders.net