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ICL Programs & Workshops July - December 2013 - Visit our website to register, learn more, get tips
ICL Programs & Workshops
   July – December 2013

 Visit our website to register, learn more, get tips,
            and be inspired! www.icl.org
ICL Programs & Workshops July - December 2013 - Visit our website to register, learn more, get tips
Look inside for Information on:
2013-2014 Leading from Within Program
Distance Learning Opportunities

Visit www.icl.org to register and learn more.

Contact Us
6930 Carroll Avenue
Suite 1050
Takoma Park, MD 20912
T: 301-270-2900
info@icl.org
ICL Programs & Workshops July - December 2013 - Visit our website to register, learn more, get tips
Dear Leader:

Leadership is not an individual effort. Our individual
strengths add up to the effectiveness of the organiza-
tions and collaborative efforts that we lead. We can
bring our best to the team when, as individual lead-
ers, we have ample support from our teammates
and a wider network of relationships.

In ICL’s work to help leaders build a better world,
we embrace this “both/and”—the need to strengthen individual
leadership and to strengthen collective impact.

Our programs and services provide opportunities for leadership
development in the context of organizations and collaboration:
❍   Leading from Within helps leaders at all levels discover
    their unique capacities, and provides specific tools and
    approaches to strengthen your confidence in leading any
    group,

❍   Leading Networks and Coalitions, a Distance Learning
    Plus! program, provides frameworks and skills for leaders and
    teams navigating the unique dynamics of collaboration,

❍   ICL’s custom designed coaching and easily accessible
    60-minute webinars support innovative thinking and strategy
    development based on emerging trends.
Summer and fall are the perfect time to invest in your group’s
effectiveness. ICL’s high impact programs and services are a
perfect fit for making an investment in your leadership—for now,
and for your future. Take a look at our offerings, and let’s work
together to protect the Earth!

Dianne J. Russell
Executive Director
ICL Programs & Workshops July - December 2013 - Visit our website to register, learn more, get tips
Signature Intensive Programs
    Leading from Within
    Discover and enhance your unique capacity to lead in this 5-
    month ICL intensive program of workshops, coaching, and peer
                              learning. Develop a leadership style
                              that takes advantage of your unique
                              personal traits. Be ready to tackle any
                              situation through greater awareness of
                              your individual strengths and confi-
                              dence to impact others. Develop life-
                              long leadership skills to create pro-
                              ductive teams, address conflicts, and
                              build the trusting relationships we all
                              need to succeed.

    Through this intensive program you will:
    ❍   Recognize your leadership strengths and how to use them
    ❍   Have a greater impact as a leader in one-on-one, group, and
        organizational settings
    ❍   Choose your actions strategically from a place of centered-
        ness, rather than reactivity
    ❍   Develop a toolbox of skills for effective leadership in a variety
        of situations, and
    ❍   Address current leadership challenges that you are facing

    Important Dates:

    August 16, 2013 – Applications Due
    October 2013 – March 2014 – 2 residential workshops, and
    coaching sessions
    Location: Rock Point Center on Lake Champlain, Vermont
    Visit www.icl.org for more information.

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Signature Intensive Programs.
                                Executive Director
                               Leadership Program
Strong Leaders = Effective Organizations
Become a highly effective Executive Director through this 9-month
ICL intensive program of workshops, coaching and peer learning.
Increase your skills to move your
organization forward with practical
                                          "I was able to better
tools and guidance. Expand your peer
                                          conceptualize how my
network and get the perspective you       coalition works at multiple
need by joining ICL’s popular Executive   levels, and use tools to
Director Leadership Program.              address problems and
                                          promote solutions and
Through this 9-month intensive            successful practices at the
program you will gain the tools, skills   appropriate level."
                                           —Derek Brockbank,
and support to:
                                            Campaign Director,
❍   Increase your leadership                Mississippi River Delta
    confidence and capacity                 Restoration Campaign

❍   Create the path to outstanding
    results
❍   Focus the board and staff on what’s truly important
❍   Adapt to a changing and complex landscape
❍   Manage a financially sustainable nonprofit organization
❍   Bring out the best in your staff and volunteers
❍   Be energized for the long haul
This program is open to Executive Directors, both new and
seasoned (presidents, CEOs, or Associate Directors)

Important Dates:

Spring – Fall 2014 – Dates and Location TBD

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Distance Learning Opportunities
    Webinar-based, skill-tailored classes that address specific topics,
    and ramp up your capacity for leadership. For details on fees, times,
    new classes, and additional information on specific classes, visit

    2013           Event           Description

    AUGUST         Wait! Before    Hiring someone to lead your
    22             You Hire        fundraising efforts is a big step
                   Development     and should be considered
                   Staff…          carefully in the context of
                   60 minute       your whole organization.
                   webinar         Join ICL’s Director of Program
                                   Services, Peter Lane for
                                   an eye-opening discussion
                                   of what every organization needs
                                   to consider before hiring
                                   development staff.

    SEPTEMBER      Key to          Take your organization to the
    17             Membership      next level with tools and tips for
                   Success         moving long-time members to
                   90 minute       major donors. Share your own
                   webinar         experiences and get your
                                   questions answered by
                                   membership expert Amy
                                   O’Connor.

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Distance Learning Opportunities

www.icl.org/programs/distance-learning

   2013        Event            Description

   OCTOBER -   Leading          Grow your leadership skills and
   NOVEMBER    Coalitions and   confidence in and outside your
               Networks         network through ICL’s 7-week
                                series! Join this program and
                                work with ICL consultant and
                                leadership coach, Meredith
                                Emmett.

   DECEMBER    Developing a     Boost your board’s productivity
               Governance       and governance by developing a
               Plan for Your    written plan outlining what the
               Board            board and its committees will
               60 minute        accomplish in the next 6-12
               webinar          months. Get started with this
                                plan using ICL’s helpful planning
                                templates and guidance.
                                Webinar led by ICL’s president,
                                Dianne Russell.

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Distance Learning – Plus!
    Leading Coalitions & Networks
    Leading a coalition or network of groups is different from leading a
    single organization. Even the most experienced leaders are
    challenged to adapt their skills and practices to meet the unique
    dynamics of collaborations.

                                               ”I gained an understanding
    Grow your leadership skills and
                                               of my leadership style and
    confidence in and outside your net-        different ways of approach-
    work through ICL’s 7-week series!          ing others. I now know that
                                               sometimes to lead, I need
    Through this program you will:             to step back and not do the
                                               work for others.”
    ❍   Enhance your effectiveness with
                                               Nicole Barbato,
        new skills, self-awareness, and
                                               Conservation Ontario
        perspectives on your role as a
        collaborative leader
    ❍   Identify the leadership practices that build healthy networks
        and coalitions
    ❍   Apply leadership tools to manage tensions, conflicts, and
        distractions
    ❍   Work with a coach to set goals and find solutions that work
        with your individual leadership style
    ❍   Connect with a community of peers leading coalitions.
    Course includes 6 webinars, 1 peer-led discussion, and
    individualized coaching.

    Important Dates:

    September 9, 2013 – Registration deadline
    September 25 – November 6, 2013 – weekly programs and coaching
    Participants may register individually or as a leadership team

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Custom Designed Services
–Grow your organization
–Build your capacity for effective change
Your organization is unique, your needs as individual as your
membership and mission. Why not rely on our proven experience
to custom-design a solution to meet
the challenges you face?                 “We attribute a number of
                                         organizational changes to
We offer need-specific help tailored     our strategic planning and
                                         leadership development
to:
                                         work with ICL. Because of
❍ Organization-wide growth and           our work together there’s
    transformation, including            more energy and people
    fundraising and campaign             have greater confidence
                                         and skill in their role as
    planning
                                         leaders. Learning to think
❍ Board training tailored to your        strategically all the time
    specific needs, using proven         was  an important    goal that
                                         we’re now able to apply to
    tools and innovative approaches      our work daily. I always look
❍    Skill building for staff, board, and   forward to the opportunity
                                            to work with ICL.”
     volunteers
                                            —Bob Megquier, Openlands
❍    Coaching through transition
     times as well as for leadership and executive development
❍    Facilitating effective collaborations between partner
     organizations
❍    Developing and facilitating staff and board retreats.

✳   Call or email Peter Lane, 301.270.2903 or peter@icl.org
              for expert, confidential advice to see
           what ICL can do for your organization today.

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Great Resources for Green Leaders
    Our website has loads of important tools for your organization.
    Click on “Resources” at www.icl.org for these publications
    and more:

                 3The Less Visible Leader: Emerging Leadership
                 Models for Environmental Networks, Coalitions,
                 and Collaboratives

                      4Reality Check: How Grassroots
                      Environmental Organizations Are
                    (or Are Not) Raising Money Online

                 3Creating an Environment for Success:
                 Mergers and Other Partnership Structures
                 for Environmental Nonprofits

                                   4 Working Together:
                      A Toolkit for Cooperative Efforts,
                             Networks and Coalitions

    Plus—check our timely and informative online articles:
    ❍   Enhancing Board Capacity for Fundraising
    ❍   Four Steps to Successful Executive Director
        Annual Evaluations
    ❍   Online Resources for Finding Volunteers
    ❍   Leadership Development
    ❍   What You Should Know about
        Restructuring                                        Visit us at
        —and more!                                   www.icl.org
                                                  for more resources!

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Here's what our partner organizations
          say about ICL programs

Northwest Coalition for Alternatives
to Pesticides
“ICL makes leaders more effective. That translates into
more change for the environment.”
— Kim Leval, Executive Director Leadership Program participant
  Eugene, OR

               Ecojustice Canada
               "For me, Leading from Within was transformational,
               a clear directional change, both in my personal life
               and my professional life. And, the best part is
               that Leading from Within continues to reinvigorate
               the transformation by offering an alumni program
               that illuminates and inspires me all over again...
               and again!"
               — Dr. Anastasia Lintner, Leading from Within Program Participant
                  Toronto, ON

Wyoming Outdoor Council
"ICL is a great resource for conservation leaders. The
program helped me become a stronger leader; it
gave me the framework I needed to be an effective
chief executive."
— Laurie Milford, Executive Director Leadership
   Program participant
   Laramie, WY

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  Details about Leading from Within Program—
  Apply by August 16th.
 Distance Learning—Plus! (with coaching)
  Webinars, resources, and much more
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