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Now Accepting Applications for Leadership Training for a Sustainable Future Class of 2011

The Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy is now accepting applications for Leadership Training for a Sustainable Future Class of 2011.

This will mark the eleventh year that the training program has been offered. Our course enables participants to become more effective community leaders in their efforts to achieve a sustainable future for California's North Coast region. We offer a challenging curriculum focusing on a broad spectrum of policy issues, as well as content fundamentals in the areas of ecology, social equity, and economic theory. Our classes are taught by local, national, and international experts and include lectures, discussions, exercises, and field trips. The program has been described by many participants as enlightening, invaluable, and essential to informed involvement in local public policy decisions.

Genevieve Taylor, co-founder of the Sustainable Enterprise Conference has just been promoted to Vice President at Global Genesis, an organizational development training, and consulting firm out of Sebastopol, CA. Genevieve has just celebrated her 6th year at Global Genesis, having started part-time in 2004 and over time building a full-time position. During that time, she has created new lines of business, including 360 Leadership Development Assessments and Conference Facilitation, along with becoming skilled in leadership development, strategic planning facilitation, teambuilding, and facilitating cultural change.

Needed:
The topics of solar power, environmental stewardship, greens jobs and sustainable business practices are now mainstream. We bring together thought leaders, business owners, academics and policy makers for a day to share the latest innovations and opportunities in sustainability. Our business attendees learn practical tools they can apply in their workplace today.

Effective:
Now in our 5th year, attendance has grown as we increase awareness for sustainability in the North Bay. When polled 95% of 2009 attendees said they would recommend this event to friends and colleagues. We work closely with local learning institutions and offer special pricing to students, the leaders of tomorrow.

Community:
Our organizing committee is a group of Northern California business leaders, University faculty, Non-profit leaders and entrepreneurs. We partner with business organizations, chambers of commerce, non-profits and other community-based organizations to promote a healthy environment, a vibrant economy, and social equity.

Host: George Moskoff
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Location: Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster
City/Town: Rohnert Park, CA
Phone: 7078230376

Sonoma County, California is home to a great number of non-profits. Ecological centers; social justice causes; disadvantaged peoples; reducing gang violence; sustainability: many agencies are working against the odds while doing some good work. I'd like to help them and hope I can interest you!

If you're a business, computer, management consultant, coach, I'm angling for you to get involved. Are you interested? Even if there isn't some financial payoff right now? I'm hoping on that, though, at some point in the future: the long view.

Brown-Bag Lunch Sessions

Global Genesis is proud to be a Sustainable Enterprise Conference Sponsor. This fall, Global Genesis is partnering with Full Circle Consulting and the Volunteer Center to create a series of brown-bag lunch sessions entitled - Sustainability on a Shoe String. Learn from a collaborative of consultants & practitioners with expertise in a broad range of sustainability-related topics. Participants will be eligible to apply for Green MBA greening assistance, and for a free one-hour consulting session.

Sonoma Mountain Village, the proud host of the Sustainable Enterprise Conference, invites you to come visit and enjoy events at the Sonoma Mountain Village Event Center with Sally Tomatoes Café and Bar:

MS Waves to Wine

September 12 and 13 - (details)
The 2,000 or so riders take of for a two-day journey from San Francisco via Highway 1 to Sonoma Mountain Village for dinner, music and an overnight stay. Sunday riders continue to Healdsburg. Enjoy six full meals, generous amenities, stocked rest stops every 12 to 15 miles, SAG vehicles, spirited festivities, a wine & beer garden, massage tent, and more.

The Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy, the SEC’s fiscal sponsor since the first conference in 2006, is beginning the tenth year of our core program, Leadership Training for a Sustainable Future. Our mission is to educate and inspire leaders to create public policy that is environmentally friendly and socially equitable for a healthy economy and a sustainable community.

The 2009 Conference Survey results are being compiled and preliminary comments suggest it was a great success.

• 95% of attendees are somewhat or very satisfied with the event.
• 95% of attendees would to recommend this event to a friend or colleague.
• 93% are likely to attend this event again.

From the comments:

Very well organized; friendly yet professional vibe throughout the day. The main speakers were fabulous; the real deal. Event was true to the theme. I was impressed.

Excellent over all content and structure. Difficult to envision how it could have been improved for the price.

It was beautifully organized, had an unusually high "expert" value in presentations, and was worth several months of my trying to find people and info that was served here on a silver platter.