Keynote Speakers

Peter Block

Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002, 8:00 am – 9:30 am
International Consultant, Trainer and Partner in

Designed Learning

Peter Block, international consultant, trainer and partner in Designed Learning (a training and consulting firm) is the author of The Answer to How is Yes: Acting On What Matters, The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work and Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self-Interest. He has received several national-level awards in the United States for his outstanding contributions to the field of training and development and is well recognized as an engaging and knowledgeable speaker!

 

Peter will open the Conference with a focus on opportunity. He will set a tone of engagement and responsibility, challenging participants to join with presenters and each other in "co-creating" a Conference of meaning, purpose and substance. He will invite participants to explore issues related to risk, participation and meaning, and ways in which questions about purpose and accountability can be used to engage volunteers. He will encourage participants to become "social architects" who engage others in designing and developing organizations that serve people's souls and the constituents whom they serve.

 

Christopher Spence

Friday, Oct., 11, 2002, 8:30 am – 9:30 am
Chief Executive of the National Centre for
Volunteering, London

Chair of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund

 

Chief Executive of the National Centre for Volunteering in London and Chair of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund is a consultant, trainer, counselor and writer who has worked in health organizations, social services, education and the faith-based community, both in the United Kingdom and other countries. He was a founding director of London Lighthouse, a center for people with HIV and AIDS.

 

Volunteerism fosters diversity, creates social capital, contributes to economic well being and often drives the process of social change. Focusing on community, Christopher will address the role of Volunteer Administrators as social entrepreneurs – leaders, change agents and artists shaping civil renewal in the 21st Century. He will challenge participants to build a culture of professionalism,
collaboration, innovation and optimism that attracts investment,
champions change and builds a dynamic and sustainable infrastructure that supports volunteerism.

 

Nancy Kline

Saturday, Oct., 12, 2002, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Luncheon followed by Keynote

President, Time to Think, Inc.

 

Nancy Kline is President of Time to Think, Inc., an organization that consults internationally on leadership. Nancy created and pioneered "Leadership for a Thinking Environment,” a process based on the principle that everything we do depends on the quality of our attention to each other. She teaches leaders how to create a "thinking environment."

 

In a world of urgency and work volume, creating time  or thinking and reflection becomes critical to our success. Creating the best conditions for thinking is the key to generating the time. Speaking to balance and reflection, Nancy will make a compelling case for learning and incorporating the ten components of "The Thinking Environment" into our work cultures.