Leading for Community Change: Collaborative Leadership

Event Date: March 21, 2012

This session is part of the series: Leading for Community Change.  For details about the series, click here.

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A collaborative spirit is a cornerstone of strong leadership and, in this session, you will reflect on how to mobilize and engage others to build a common vision for organizational and community change.  

Join Michelle Baldwin & Maureen Spencer Golovchenko, as we explore collaborative leadership practices while learning to expand your leadership from "I" to "we".  Build a deeper understanding of how your leadership, coupled with a cross-sector perspective, can address major community issues. 

In this session you will explore:
- The power of collaboration
- Strategies that foster collaboration and facilitate shared interventions
- How to improve upon your skills to become an exceptional collaborator
- Virtual collaboration
- Examples of collaboration and partnerships

March 21, 2012
9 AM - 12 PM
London Central Library
Stevenson & Hunt Room

Level: Beginner-Intermediate

Target Audience: Executive directors, nonprofit leaders, aspiring nonprofit leaders, board members, social entrepreneurs and social change agents

Investment: Pillar members $65; Non-members $80

To register:
SOLD OUT - to be put on a waiting list, contact

About the facilitators:
Michelle Baldwin is the Executive Director of Pillar Nonprofit Network and, in her role, Michelle ensures that Pillar supports local nonprofits to fulfill their missions in the community by providing leadership, advocacy and support through professional development and networking opportunities, information-sharing, and the promotion of volunteerism.

Michelle is currently serving on the board of Huron University College and is excited to be an ex-officio member of Emerging Leaders. These roles and her work at Pillar align with her personal mission to be a community synergizer who enriches the lives of others.

Maureen Spencer Golovchenko is the new Community Collaboration Program Manager for Pillar Nonprofit Network and is delighted to return to the nonprofit world equipped with a decade of experience honed as Executive Assistant to London’s former Mayor.  An IABC-accredited communications professional with a dynamic career path, Maureen earned customer service experience with the Co-operators, served as a journalistic watchdog with CJBK and AM980 News, provided communications and media relations support to Western University, and fulfilled key national staff leadership roles with Jesse’s Journey and the Sunshine Foundation of Canada.

Having come full circle in all three sectors - private, public and nonprofit - Maureen is excited to reconnect with a diverse network of community stakeholders and forge many new partnerships through the lens of cross-sectoral community collaboration.

Generously supported by: