Apply to be a DiverseCity Fellow

Are you ready to lead this city to change?

Great companies need a team of dedicated individuals to make it fly. How will you inspire that teamwork? How will you persuade your team to follow your lead? My suggestion: sign up for the DiverseCity Leadership Program.

A few weeks ago I addressed the current group of DiverseCity Fellows on the issue of social impact metrics.  They are part-way through their projects and they wanted to determine how best to evaluate their impact—they knew counting “bums in seats” just was not good enough.  It was an incredible group:  engaged, committed and keen to use their “lived experience” to make our communities better.

So what exactly is a DiverseCity Fellow and how can you—emerging leader that you are—become one?

DiverseCity Fellows is part of DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project, an initiative of the Toronto City Summit Alliance and Maytree , funded in part by the Government of Ontario.

DiverseCity Fellows  is a one-year action-oriented leadership program for rising city-builders who are deeply committed to enhancing their leadership abilities and collectively addressing issues that are critical to the future health and wealth of the Toronto region.

As a Fellow, you will participate in interactive learning sessions, networking events and a mentoring relationship with an experienced city-builder.

Throughout the program, you will connect with influencers and decision-makers across the GTA and form teams to design and implement a city-building action project of your own.

So if you are “willing to push yourself to grow as a leader, eager to connect with experience city-builders and committed to making a positive change in our region,” then apply now to be a DiverseCity Fellow for 2011.  The connections you make will be invaluable. You will really be deeply empowered make a difference. And your new-found ability to lead, inspire and collaborate will be a valuable tool —one that will help you ensure that innovative entrepreneurship is alive and well in a diverse, forward-looking Toronto.

Deadline for submissions is October 8, 2010.

For more information visit: diversecitytoronto.ca/diversecity-fellow.

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