The Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center
The Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center
Read below to check out descriptions of our upcoming trainings!
The goal of this training is to help nonprofit volunteer program administrators build and maintain a program for engaging volunteers from commercial enterprises.
Training Objectives:
Since retiring in Raleigh, NC, in 2015, Dr. Joel Zimmerman has done volunteer work and pro bono consulting with many nonprofit organizations including Braver Angels, the Executive Service Corps of the Triangle, The Triangle Nonprofit Volunteer & Leadership Center, AARP, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He has been a Director on, as well as a consultant to, several nonprofit Boards of Directors. Joel’s 40-year career included organization and leadership development, nonprofit governance, program management, adult training, group facilitation, and team building. Joel holds an M.A. in organizational design and effectiveness from Fielding University, where his special area of study was strategic planning. He also holds an M.S. in industrial psychology from Purdue University, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern in experimental psychology.
This interactive session will feature several Triangle corporate volunteer programs as explained by seasoned corporate volunteer engagement leaders.
Panelists include Brandi Gerew, Senior Vice President at Pinnacle Financial Partners and Libby Richards, Community Engagement Manager for Lenovo North America.
Description and Registration Link to come soon.
Jeff Kelly founded AssetLab to get closer to the people he serves and to his family. After a 13-year corporate technology career, marketing technology was a natural fit. Jeff enjoys building things, solving problems, and mentoring people.
This lively session will focus on how change happens and ways that individuals and groups can navigate change.
Objectives:
Suzanne Smith, MBA, serves as a coach and consultant for social organizations seeking to maximize the impact of their social strategies and achieve real, measurable results. For nearly three decades, she has generated innovative and breakthrough social ideas. With deep local and national social sector expertise, she has been widely recognized for her success in building and implementing award-winning programs and initiatives within the sector. Suzanne holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, where she was a CASE (Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship) scholar and studied under Greg Dees.
Outside of Social Impact Architects, Suzanne is an adjunct professor in the school of management at The University of Texas at Arlington and SMU. She is also a member of the prestigious Society of Organizational Learning (founded by Peter Senge) and National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers. She is also honored to serve on the board of Aileron to help entrepreneurs go to the next level.
Suzanne also authors Social TrendSpotter (@socialtrendspot), one of the sector’s top blogs according to the Huffington Post. Known for its relatable way of blending important concepts and new ways of working with storytelling, Social TrendSpotter has been hailed by readers as “the only blog I read each week.” She is frequently interviewed by regional and national media on social issues and social entrepreneurship and has published articles in Forbes, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, See Change, Nonprofit Business Advisor, Upstart and Grantmakers in Health. For her outstanding work as a leading thinker, she was recognized with the Next Generation Social Entrepreneur Award by the Social Enterprise Alliance.
Suzanne is a dedicated community leader and has worn many hats, including serving the City of Dallas on over seven boards and commissions and working pro-bono/low-bono with many projects and nonprofits across North Texas.
