Launching a Landmark Year: The 2010 GlobeMed Leadership Institute
Posted on Sep 16, 2010 by Jon
GlobeMed hosted its 4th Leadership Institute (L.I.) where 50 young leaders from 33 chapters joined together for a 3-day conference that focused on three overarching themes:
1. Leadership development
2. Sharing best practices and lessons learned
3. Strengthening partnerships
True to GlobeMed’s culture, the L.I. was filled with passion and enthusiasm. The conference started with an 8 hour Founder’s Day event for the 14 chapter founders led by the four full-time National Office staff members. The day was filled with an intense agenda including an engaging conversation on GlobeMed’s core values of social justice and health as a human right. The highlight of the Founder’s Day was the combined fundraising goal of $45,000 for the 2010-2011 year.
On Friday, the rest of the GlobeMed student network arrived. The official conference was kicked off at Giordano’s Pizza where students heard the history of GlobeMed and learned about their role in one of the biggest moments in GlobeMed’s growth from Victory Roy, one of GlobeMed’s founders. In his talk, he explored the “3 G’s” -- the Generational moment calling students to action, GlobeMed’s origins and role in spurring undergraduate student’s involvement for this movement in the 3rd G: Global health equity.
Friday, students had a full schedule including an introduction of the National Office and an interactive icebreaker where they had to learn more about each other’s programs and partner organizations. Next up was a presentation by Adam Goodman, the Director of Northwestern University's Center for Leadership. Adam spoke with students about team management and leadership development. Students were able to ask questions and discuss the integrity of leadership.
Some alums of GlobeMed served as presenters during this year’s L.I. Mark Arnoldy, the GlobeMed at CU-Boulder chapter founder, Hannah Robbins, Partnership Search Fellowship Program Fellow 2010 and Rachel Berkowitz, Partnership Search Fellowship Program Fellow 2010 all presented to the network some key learnings form their experiences. Mark spoke to the students about how to maximize their resources on campus and how we need a culture shift, changing GlobeMed from a “student group” to a “student-driven nonprofit.”
Hannah and Rachel debriefed the network on their experience traveling through South America as the 2010 GlobeMed Partner Search Fellows. In four months, they traveled to four different countries (Ecuador, El Salvador, Peru, and Nicaragua), met with 51 potential partners, and received 25 proposal forms to match with 14 new chapters. Their photos, videos and testimonials provided an in-depth look into their experience abroad, and reinvigorated the room’s sense of the GlobeMed partnership model and the concept of solidarity.
The L.I. was also the network’s introduction to the newly drafted GlobeMed Ethical Code of Conduct. Chapter leaders discussed key ethical questions GlobeMed chapters face in regard to partnership projects, GROW, and finances. Next steps in the development of the Ethical Code of Conduct include assembling a task force which will finalize the document before the end of the year. After it is finished, the document will be released to the public and provides a flagship model for our peers and other student-run non-profits.
On the last day of the LI, the network collectively committed to a fundraising goal of $225,000 for the 2010-2011 year (compared to the $100,000 goal from 2009-2010). The chapters also agreed upon instituting a national "annual member contribution", supporting the proposed network-wide Global Giving challenge in spring 2011, and implementing a Social Media Platform where chapters could aggregate blogs, exchange ideas, and share stories across the network.
GlobeMed hosted its 4th Leadership Institute (L.I.) where 50 young leaders from 33 chapters joined together for a 3-day conference that focused on three overarching themes:
1. Leadership development
2. Sharing best practices and lessons learned
3. Strengthening partnerships
True to GlobeMed’s culture, the L.I. was filled with passion and enthusiasm. The conference started with an 8 hour Founder’s Day event for the 14 chapter founders led by the four full-time National Office staff members. The day was filled with an intense agenda including an engaging conversation on GlobeMed’s core values of social justice and health as a human right. The highlight of the Founder’s Day was the combined fundraising goal of $45,000 for the 2010-2011 year.
On Friday, the rest of the GlobeMed student network arrived. The official conference was kicked off at Giordano’s Pizza where students heard the history of GlobeMed and learned about their role in one of the biggest moments in GlobeMed’s growth from Victory Roy, one of GlobeMed’s founders. In his talk, he explored the “3 G’s” -- the Generational moment calling students to action, GlobeMed’s origins and role in spurring undergraduate student’s involvement for this movement in the 3rd G: Global health equity.
Friday, students had a full schedule including an introduction of the National Office and an interactive icebreaker where they had to learn more about each other’s programs and partner organizations. Next up was a presentation by Adam Goodman, the Director of Northwestern University's Center for Leadership. Adam spoke with students about team management and leadership development. Students were able to ask questions and discuss the integrity of leadership.
Some alums of GlobeMed served as presenters during this year’s L.I. Mark Arnoldy, the GlobeMed at CU-Boulder chapter founder, Hannah Robbins, Partnership Search Fellowship Program Fellow 2010 and Rachel Berkowitz, Partnership Search Fellowship Program Fellow 2010 all presented to the network some key learnings form their experiences. Mark spoke to the students about how to maximize their resources on campus and how we need a culture shift, changing GlobeMed from a “student group” to a “student-driven nonprofit.”
Hannah and Rachel debriefed the network on their experience traveling through South America as the 2010 GlobeMed Partner Search Fellows. In four months, they traveled to four different countries (Ecuador, El Salvador, Peru, and Nicaragua), met with 51 potential partners, and received 25 proposal forms to match with 14 new chapters. Their photos, videos and testimonials provided an in-depth look into their experience abroad, and reinvigorated the room’s sense of the GlobeMed partnership model and the concept of solidarity.
The L.I. was also the network’s introduction to the newly drafted GlobeMed Ethical Code of Conduct. Chapter leaders discussed key ethical questions GlobeMed chapters face in regard to partnership projects, GROW, and finances. Next steps in the development of the Ethical Code of Conduct include assembling a task force which will finalize the document before the end of the year. After it is finished, the document will be released to the public and provides a flagship model for our peers and other student-run non-profits.
On the last day of the LI, the network collectively committed to a fundraising goal of $225,000 for the 2010-2011 year (compared to the $100,000 goal from 2009-2010). The chapters also agreed upon instituting a national "annual member contribution", supporting the proposed network-wide Global Giving challenge in spring 2011, and implementing a Social Media Platform where chapters could aggregate blogs, exchange ideas, and share stories across the network.
