YouTube Contest

Hello and Happy New Year! We want to start out 2011 with an opportunity to hear from you.

With that in mind, we'd like to announce our first ever YouTube contest! There are so many stories among the LeaderShape community about how being a part of The LeaderShape Institute has impacted lives. We'd like to hear your story.

All of the details that you will need to participate can be found by going to our LeaderShape YouTube Contest information page.

Lights, camera, action!

The Donate Button

Did you know that LeaderShape is a not-for-profit organization? And did you know that we depend on contributions in order to reach more people with our programs?

The contributions we receive go directly to providing scholarships for participants to attend programs. If you have attended The LeaderShape Institute, you may be someone who has benefited from a donation to our organization. If you have already participated in one of our programs, your contribution could help to provide someone else with the experience, too. Think about it like this…

If every graduate and facilitator contributed $20, we would be able to add $800,000.00 to our endowment.

Wow. That’s a lot of scholarship money! Imagine the impact that would have. Seriously, imagine it. Imagine the number of people out in the world furthering our vision of a just, caring, thriving world where all lead with integrity and a healthy disregard for the impossible. If you ask me, that’s pretty powerful.

Because the act of giving is so important to LeaderShape and the ability to further our cause, we’ve made it easy to contribute through our website by including a “Donate” button right on the main page. We hope you check it out. We hope you decide that you’d like to make a contribution. No amount is too small.

Of course, no amount is too big either. J

Profile PIcture

Sometimes it’s helpful to be able to put a face with a name, don’t you think? We do!

In order to make it easier for you to have your mug shot, er photo, connected to your LeaderShape profile, we’ve added a new feature to the “My Profile” that allows you to sync your Twitter status and your Facebook photo to your LeaderShape profile.

To do this, go to “My Profile” and scroll down to the “Social Networking Settings” section. Click “Edit” and follow complete the information. Click “Save” and you are all set! Now people can see that good-looking face of yours and you can see theirs.

2011 Cluster Facilitator applications

It's that time of year again! Cluster Facilitator application time! The application to serve as a Cluster Facilitator for a National Session of The LeaderShape Institute is now available.

Please visit our website to learn more, including how to apply.

Videos Help Tell a Story

Have you seen the new videos we have on the LeaderShape website? If not, we hope you take a moment to check them out. They were created as a resource to help folks understand the programs that we offer, The LeaderShape Institute and Catalyst. We hope that you find them helpful.

To view the video on The LeaderShape Institute, click “Institute” at the top of the page then scroll down and click play in the video box.

For the Catalyst video, click “Additional Programs” at the top of the page. Scroll down and click “Catalyst.” Click play in the video box below.

Would you like to share or view the opening video again? Scroll to the very bottom of our homepage and click the “View Intro” link located in the left hand corner.

New Website: Login and Contest

We hope you’ve been enjoying the new LeaderShape website so far. We are excited to share it with you. The feature we’d like to share with you today is the “My Profile” area. (Be sure to read to the end because there is a contest involved! With a prize, of course.)

For folks who have created a profile on our website (if you have ever participated in a session of The LeaderShape Institute, you probably have a profile here), the following information will get you familiar with logging in and navigating your profile.

New “Login” location: To login, you’ll now go to the upper right hand corner of the home page. Enter in your login and your password in the pop-up box that appears when you click “login” and you now have access to your profile. Forgot your password? No worries. Click “Forgotten Password?” and follow the instructions.

My Profile: This is where you will be directed to once you login. You’ll notice that there is a place to update your picture as well as review your contact, work, and education information. We like to stay in touch with our community members so please take a few minutes to make sure that your profile is up-to-date.

My Session Information: If you attended The LeaderShape Institute, you can find contact information for all of the folks who participated in the session with you by clicking the “My Session Info” tab. By staying in touch, the community you created together can continue on after the program has ended. How great is that?

Vision Updates: Often our visions are fluid, growing, and evolving over time. You can update, refine, and even change your vision right in your profile by clicking on the “My Vision” tab. Additionally, you can search for and connect with other participants of The LeaderShape Institute who care about the same issues that you do by clicking on “Vision Search” and following the instructions.

So let’s have some fun with this! Update your picture on your LeaderShape profile and let us know that you have by emailing lead@leadershape.org. If you do so wearing a LeaderShape t-shirt, hat, fleece etc., we’ll enter you into a drawing for one of the LeaderShape shirts we have here in the office. Deadline to enter is Friday, October 8, 2010.

Website Redesign!

The next time you visit www.leadershape.org, you may be surprised with a new look and layout. That’s right! We’ve redesigned our website.

We feel confident that the new design will make it easier for you to do all of the things you’ve been doing on the website. Just like in the previous design, you still have the ability to learn about our organization, gather information on programs we offer, access resources, and donate to our cause.

Plus…there’s more!

More opportunities to connect with the LeaderShape community. We’d like to share two community-focused features with you today.

Share Your Story – We love to hear what the members of the LeaderShape community are up to. The “Share Your Story” tab on the lower left hand side of our main page is a great place to share YOUR story with us. And by story, we mean a moment, a discovery, a breakthrough…anything that you connect with the LeaderShape experience.

@LeaderShape – We want to stay connected to and interact with our community as much as possible. With graduates and facilitators located all over the world, it can be challenging to do so face-to-face. LeaderShape has accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Linked In, and YouTube. Scroll down to the center light grey box and connect with us! You can also subscribe to the “I am LeaderShape” blog by clicking on the RSS feed button.

Again, we hope that the new design, crisp look, and updated information allows you to navigate the site more easily and provide you with the particulars you are looking for. So take a look. Click away. Let us know what you think.