Island Community Leadership Webinar Available

Building Leadership to Strengthen Island Community Resilience:

w/ guest Kate Tagai (Island Institute)

Thursday, February 24th, 2022 @ 12pm EDT (11am CDT, 10am MDT, 9am CDT)

The Great Lakes Islands Alliance (GLIA) is pleased to host this meeting for Great Lakes island leaders, residents, and advocates. The target audience for this event is island community members who participate in teams or committees, for example local government, non-profits, and others. In addition to our core purpose of connecting our islands to one another, GLIA strives to provide you access to leading experts from around the region, nation and world on topics important to your communities. Learn more about GLIA by visiting our website: https://glialliance.org

Presentation Description:

In the fall of 2021, the Island Institute (Rockland, Maine) launched a leadership framework based on academic research and its 35 years of on-the-ground community development history. This webinar will introduce participants to the seven competencies of the framework.

The framework serves as the foundation for everything the Island Institute does. We will cover how it can be applied to help organizations, teams, and individuals to develop skills, create meaningful leadership conversations, and influence systems change to address the complex challenges facing communities. There will be time for questions and small group breakouts to discuss how these ideas may benefit our Great Lakes island communities.

Learn more about the Island Institute by visiting their website: https://www.islandinstitute.org/

Presenter Bio:

Kate Tagai is a Senior Community Development Officer at the Island Institute in Rockland, Maine. She has spent eight years working with island and coastal leaders in Maine to build community resiliency.

If you have any questions about the webinar, please email Peter Huston at phuston “at” stewardshipnetwork.org