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From 27 to 29 August the CMU Leadership Institute and a volunteer staff of more than 225 students welcomed 1,000+ to Central Michigan University at Leadership Safari
From 27 to 29 August the CMU Leadership Institute and a volunteer staff of more than 225 students welcomed 1,000+ to Central Michigan University at Leadership Safari
Leadership Award - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Prof. Gottfried Konecny, Professor Emeritus, IPE, Leibniz University of Hanover
Leadership Award - GEOSPATIAL BUSINESS LEADER 2012: Raymond O’Connor, President & CEO, Topcon Positioning Systems
Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers from the 29th MP Company negotiate a leadership-reaction course designed to combine leadership and problem-solving skills with teamwork. Soldiers were given ammunition boxes, ropes, pipes and wooden planks to help tackle each obstacle, which required them to get their squad from one side of the obstacle to the other. About 85 Citizen Soldiers from the Westminster and Cascade, Md., unit are conducting their annual training July 14-28 at Camp Dawson, W. Va.
Young Leaders proudly holding their Digital Storytelling Workshop certificates at Women Win offices after a long and successful two week Leadership Camp, Nov. 10 - 20, 2014.
Species: Phoenicopterus roseus
Location: Bhigwan, India
Camera: Canon 6D
Lens: Tamron 150-600 VC
Processing: DPP & Neat Image
This is the original building at Knox Presbyterian Church, built in 1909.
From Wikipedia:
In 1820 the first Presbyterian congregation in Toronto (then the Town of York) was formed, and after the donation of land from Jessie Ketchum, built a church on Richmond Street. This church was known as First Presbyterian Congregation of York, Upper Canada, and James Harris (later to be Ketchum’s son in law) became minister.
In 1830, the larger St. Andrew’s Church was founded, and it quickly became the city's primary Presbyterian Church. St. Andrew's was aligned with the Church of Scotland; the Canadian Synod was formed in 1831.
This Richmond Street church was more evangelical, and had become independent of the United Synod of the Canadas in 1834, and remained apart from any other group (including the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland who started their Toronto congregation in 1838) until 1844.
In 1843, the Church of Scotland split, when many of the evangelicals led by Thomas Chalmers, withdrew to form the Free Church of Scotland, in a dispute called the Disruption of 1843. This dispute hit the Canadas the following year at the respective Synod Meetings in Kingston and Nova Scotia; a faction broke off from St. Andrew’s, who remained in the “Auld” Kirk.
This group was approached by the York congregation, and the two groups decided to join and become a stronger and united Free Church congregation presence in Toronto that they named Knox’s Church, after the Scottish Church reformer John Knox; they called an experienced minister from Paisley, Scotland, Rev. Dr. Robert Burns, to become their first minister. Burns was the former Secretary of the Glasgow Missionary Society, a friend of Chalmers, and uncle of another well-known minister and missionary, William Chalmers Burns. Burns was initially a lecturer, then later full-time professor, in the nearby Knox Free Church Theological College. Mr. Harris retired from the York congregation, and remained connected with the congregation until his death in 1874.
In 1847 the old York Church was destroyed by a fire. The congregation built a new larger church on the same lot, this time facing Queen Street West between Yonge and Bay. Knox quickly became the leading Free Church congregation in Canada, helping to spread the movement throughout the colony. One of the most prominent members of this church was George Brown founder of the Toronto Globe and also the Banner, and an eventual member of the Fathers of Confederation, upon formation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867.
From the split (“the disruption”) in the Church of Scotland and in the Canadas, Knox took an active role in the reunion of all the Presbyterian groups in Canada. In 1861, the Free Church of which Knox belonged to, and the Canada Synod of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland joined; and in 1875, the Presbyterian Church in Canada, uniting the “Auld Kirk” and “Free Kirk”.
Over time, Knox’s location had become more commercial with fewer residents in the area. At the time Toronto had strict Lord’s Day laws that prevented public transit from running on Sundays, making it imperative that churches be located near to the population.
In 1895, the church was severely damaged by a fire that began at the Robert Simpson Building next door. This fire destroyed the steeple, which was never fully rebuilt. It was eventually decided to move the church in 1906, and in January 1909, the church officially moved into its present home at 630 Spadina Avenue just west of the University of Toronto, at Harbord Street; the memorial stones cited in the enclosed article (1886 Profile), were also moved into the new building.
The mixed Romanesque Revival and Gothic Revival building was designed by congregation member James Wilson Gray.
In June 1925, Knox was instrumental in maintaining the continuity of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, as it was from this building, that the midnight vigil was held, led by the 79 Ministers and Elders who voted against the consummation of the union (in nearby College Street Church) that formed the United Church of Canada, as they maintained continuity with their General Assembly. As a congregation, Knox had voted against Union earlier that year, by a vote of 20-788. There were gains to the congregation from some of those in the surrounding congregations that went into the Union.
In the 1950s, the congregation was challenged to leave the community, as post World War II suburban expansion greatly affected Toronto, and the Spadina Expressway (later abandoned) was proposed to run along Spadina Avenue. Under the leadership of Rev. Dr. William Fitch, who arrived in early 1955 from the Springburn area of Glasgow, Scotland, the congregation built an adjoining hall (Knox Fellowship Centre) in 1961, and expanded its ministries into the inner city (Evangel Hall at 573 Queen Street West had been run by Knox since 1913), the Universities (including Ryerson and York, and community colleges such as nearby George Brown College), and during the summer months, began the weekly Knox Summer Fellowship, Wednesday Evening Services that brought (or introduced) renowned speakers from around the world.
The congregation is reflective of a changing demographic in a multicultural community; ESL classes are offered, and has also developed a broad support group with many Christian missionaries under their support and care. There is an “Out of the Cold” programme for street youth in the winter, and continues to be blessed with well-attended Sunday Morning and Evening worship services.
There is also a great support and tradition for missionaries, both on the home and International scenes. There is a current roster of 46 (19 couples), as well as 17 “Phase 2” Missionaries (4 couples) who are supported in their retirement years; along with others who have been linked through liaisons with other recognized organizations including the Presbyterian Church.
This High Dynamic Range 360° panorama was stitched from 100 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, processed with Color Efex, and finally touched up in Aperture.
Original size: 20000 × 10000 (200.0 MP; 1006.56 MB).
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The 2023 Leadership of Wyoming class toured the Wyoming Air National Guard 153rd Airlift Wing for Military Day and were able to experience a day in the life of the military as they rode in a C-130 Hercules as well as a UH-60 Black Hawk, and learned about the Air and Army Guard as part of their tour in Cheyenne on May 17, 2023. The program is aimed at enhancing the leadership skills of local leaders. Those who complete the program continue to lead not only their community but the State of Wyoming. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Kristina Kranz)
Inspiration, Purpose, Impact: Creating Vision for 2015 - A Womensphere Thanksgiving & Holiday Community Celebration
In partnership with Impact Hub New York (nyc.impacthub.net)
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How do you want to shape the year to come? What is your vision for success and impact – in your personal life, in your career, in your leadership journey, and in the greater world? Hear from inspiring leaders in the Womensphere community, and share your reflections!
Join us for an inspiring conversation and cocktail reception, with wine, cheese, music and poetry, and be in great company, celebrating the leaders and members of the Womensphere Global Network and community. Distinguished leaders will share thoughts and reflections on creating vision, crafting strategy, and implementing actionable plans, towards inspiration, purpose, and impact in the New Year:
• Marissa Feinberg – Co-Founder, Impact Hub New York
• Analisa Balares - CEO & Founder, Womensphere; Chair, Womensphere Foundation
• Morley – Award-winning Music Artist
• Dr. Heather Berlin – Cognitive Neuroscientist; TV Show Host, Discovery Networks’ Superhuman Showdown; Faculty, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• Dr. Elodie Ghedin – Professor of Biology & Public Health, NYU; MacArthur Foundation Fellow and “genius awardee”
• Loreen Arbus – Chair, Arbus Foundation; Board Member, Women Moving Millions
• Heather Ibrahim Leathers – CEO, Global Fund for Widows
• Dr. James Gifford – Senior Leadership Team, Tau Investment Management; World Economic Forum Young Global Leader
• Ana Lea Uy – Chief Counsel, Ramon Magsaysay Foundation; World Bank Project to Clean Up Manila Bay
• Yanne Doucet and Arthee Jahangir– PhD Candidates at Columbia and Albert Einstein; STEM Leadership Council of Womensphere Foundation
• Whitney Greenaway – Award-winning Poet
From August 24 to 26, Central Michigan University's Leadership Institute hosted Leadership Safari. Nearly 1,500 CMU students participated.
The Leadership, Lore and Tactics Hero versions of Aragorn each have a distinctive feature - in this case, Aragorn wielding the shards of Narsil.
I kept this same theme using repurposed Aragorn art from the LOTR:LCG card "Descendants of Kings" – retouched, extended to bleed edge and color tweaked.
Illustrator is Amelie Hutt (aka Smirtouille).
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The Alt Art cards are a fan tribute to the LOTR: LCG game by Fantasy Flight Games.
Card tag 1.0-1 denotes Cycle 1 (Shadows of Mirkwood), Release 0 (Core Set), Card 1 in X.Y-Z format where X= Cycle, Y = Release within Cycle, Z = Card # in Cycle.
Members of the class of 1969 joined cadets in a leadership challenge.
Developed at West Point the Leadership Challenge method of developing leaders is part of a profession-wide effort to improve learning and leader development - to make them more context-based, collaborative, and problem centered.
Each leadership challenge session engages participants in a difficult leadership decision as described by the officer who actually experienced it.
ACI Home Energy Leadership Summit 2012 is Addressed by Governor O'Malley by Jay Baker at Baltimore, Maryland
Young leaders run through a park in Amsterdam working as a team to complete the obstacle course, which tested their leadership and teamwork skills. The obstacle course was part of Women Win's Leadership Camp, Nov. 10 - 20, 2014. The camp brought together 15 young leaders from Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, India and Nepal for two weeks. The Young Leaders created digital stories about their experiences with sport and were connected with international mentors.