Leadership Development and Civic Engagement Fair

Are you looking for a professional development opportunity or a meaningful opportunity to build relationships with peers from across the city?

Then attend EPIP’s upcoming event showcasing Boston’s various Leadership Development and Civic Engagement Programs to be held at City Year on May 16, 2011. Boston offers a range of leadership development and civic engagement programs. Come hear first hand from the various types of programs in a career fair setting.

Join representatives from the Arts & Business Council's Business on Board program; Boston Cares’ Civic Leadership Institute; Boston Center for Community and Justice’s LeadBoston program; Boston University's Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership; the Environmental Leadership Program; the Future Boston Alliance; Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Women’s Leadership Program & Boston's Future Leaders; and, the University of Massachusetts Boston’s Emerging Leaders Program.

Boston’s Leadership Development and Civic Engagement Fair

Date: Monday, May 16, 2011, 6:00 – 8:00 pm

Location: City Year National Headquarters, 287 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02116

RSVP: alnorthrop@statestreet.com

EPIP Boston (Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy - The Next Generation of Grantmakers)
The goal of EPIP nationally (www.epip.org) is to strengthen the next generation of grantmakers and advance the field of philanthropy. The Greater Boston chapter works toward these goals by sponsoring professional development events and networking opportunities in the local area, hosting monthly lunch discussions, and publishing a regular newsletter with upcoming programs of interest, research from the field, local job opportunities, and news from EPIP national. Recent programs have included: a Career Workshop, a small group discussion on Leadership and Innovation, a Social Entrepreneurship Panel, and a volunteer event at the Greater Boston Food Bank.

URL: http://www.epip.org/networking.php

Boston Public Library Compass Roundtable

You are invited to a Boston Public Library Compass Roundtable

Join a conversation with Boston Public Library staff and learn more about the library’s strategic planning process.

These roundtables are for all residents, citywide, and the conversation is about the whole Boston Public Library, systemwide. Topics include: a review of the Compass process to date, an introduction to the Compass Principles, and an interactive exercise on outcomes.

• Wednesday, June 1, Adams Street Branch, 690 Adams Street in Dorchester, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
  
• Monday, June 6, Connolly Branch, 433 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
  
• Thursday, June 9, Orientation Room, Central Library in Copley Square, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
  

URL: www.bpl.org/compass