The first meeting of the Executive Director Peer Group of the Capital Region was held on June 19th. Over 45 executives gathered to discuss their role in the community, as leaders, as a voice for economic impact and in helping to shape the public's perception of the vital role nonprofits play in making our communities a better place to live.
Various ideas centered on correcting the misonceptions about nonprofits. The group talked about the possibility of connecting to local media outlets and providing them with a "go to" source for the nonprofit perspective. Another idea was to provide local newspapers with an ongoing "nonprofit" column, written by various members of the Peer Group.
Future discussions and meetings will be needed to determine the group's direction and message and to come up with clear action steps to achieve our goals.
We are pleased to report that 16 executives have signed up to be a part of the leadership team that will plan our meeting dates and topics for the rest of 2009.
The Peer Group leaders will schedule meetings that work for your schedules (based on the recent survey) and will plan on topics of interest based on that survey.
If you would like to give us your feedback, please click here to take the survey.
The group also briefly reviewed the Executive Directory Skills Inventory. Each executive is encouraged to complete this inventory so that we begin to compile a list of individuals with certain skill sets. In the future this may help us connect you with a "mentor" or coach in the areas you would like to improve upon.
If you would like to complete the skills inventory online, please click here.
Remember...You can continue the conversations from our meetings online by starting a discussion on our IZOCA page. This group is only open to executive directors in the Capital Region. Join now by clicking here.
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