Activate: Conference for Leadership Developers

June 21-23, 2018 in Wichita, KS

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Learn about innovative approaches to coach, manage, supervise and inspire a better leadership culture in your organization. Explore how to encourage smart risks to spur collaboration and profit. Understand some of the latest research on ROI.

Our cast of internationally known speakers and local practitioners from a variety of sectors will set the stage for your learning. You will also have the opportunity to apply what you’ve learned with others through breakout sessions and informal networking time.

This three-day event, June 21-23, 2018, in Wichita, KS, features:

• Discussions to help you integrate KLC leadership ideas in your teaching, coaching, consulting and training.
• Tracks and sessions for leadership coaches, community leadership program facilitators, college professors, consultants and researchers.
• Opportunities for small group discussion, networking, socializing and building connections in your field.

Diverse topics covered at the conference will include:

• Teaching leadership when there’s only one person of color in the room (who may or may not be you).
• Creating a culture of coaching in organizations.
• Teaching leadership to people in poverty.
• Researching leadership development programs.
• Preparing people to exercise effective leadership from a position of authority.

 

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Keynote speakers

• Reggie Robinson, Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas; “Energizing Others at the Intersection of Leadership and Authority.” Thursday, 6:30 pm – Town Hall – Collaborative Note Taking Google Doc
• Tim Steffensmeier, Ph.D., Director, Kansas Leadership Center Research Initiative, Wichita, Kansas; Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas; “Research Partnerships to Foster Innovation and Advance the Field of Leadership Development.” Friday, 8:30 am – Town Hall – Collaborative Note Taking Google Doc
• Kaye Monk-Morgan, MPA, Assistant Dean of Students, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas; “The Only One in the Room.” Friday, 1:15 pm – Town Hall – Collaborative Note Taking Google Doc
• Miguel Jaramillo, Director, Business Development and Government Affairs, Integrated Roadways, Leawood, Kansas; “Think Big: Improving the Quality of Life through Smart Roads — a Shared Experiment in Opportunity, Risk and Leadership.” Friday, 3:15 pm – Town Hall – Collaborative Note Taking Google Doc
• Maxime Fern, Executive Director, Vantage Point Consulting, Canberra, Australia; “Producing Yourself at the Front of the Room: Exploring the Magic, Longing, Fear, Authority, and Possibility.” Saturday, 9:00 am – Town Hall – Collaborative Note Taking Google Doc

Plenary Session – Saturday 1:00 – 2:15 pm – Konza Town Hall

• You on the Hot Seat, Teresa Schwab, KLC Associate; President, Arnavon Strategies LLC, with the KLC Leadership Coach Team – Collaborative Note Taking Google Doc

 

Breakout Sessions – Choose one – Friday 9:30 – 10:30 am

• Leading Leadership Development: Insights from Return on Investment Research
  Merrill C. Anderson, Principal, MomentaCOACH
  Introduction by Tim Link, Director of Coach Training, Kansas Leadership Center; Principal, Link Resource Group
• Dangers of Case-in-Point and Adaptive Leadership
  Ryosuke (Reo) Watanabe, Instructor and Doctoral Student, University of San Diego, School of Leadership and Education Sciences
  Introduction by Lynette Lacy, KLC Core Teaching Team; Principal, KL Connections
• Research: Leadership Method as Mode of Inquiry & Development
  Brandon Kliewer, Assistant Professor of Civic Leadership, Staley School of Leadership Studies, Kansas State University
  Kerry Priest, Assistant Professor of Civic Leadership, Staley School of Leadership Studies, Kansas State University
  Tim Steffensmeier, Ph.D., Director, Kansas Leadership Center Research Initiative; Kansas State University
• Facilitating Self-Efficacy using Props and Experiential Learning
  Nate Regier, CEO, Founding Owner, Next Element Consulting
  Jamie Remsberg, Leadership Development Advisor, Co-Owner, Next Element Consulting
  Introduction by Kevin Bomhoff, KLC Core Teaching Team; Director of Strategic Development at the Wichita State University Community Engagement Institute
• “Bring it on down to Muni-Sim!” Using a Municipal Simulation in a Leadership Program
  Teresa Kelly, Owner, Coaching on Purpose with Teresa Kelly David Waters, Partner, Lathrop Gage
  Introduction by Racquel Thiesen, KLC Associate; Principal, Growth Associates

Roundtable Conversations – Friday 10:40 – 11:10 am, repeated 11:15 – 11:45 am

– Choose one or float from topic to topic. KLC Lobby unless otherwise noted.

• AHA! A Framework for Designing & Delivering
  (Jason Bosch, Owner, Elevate Agency, LLC) – Table A
• Applying the Adaptive Framework for Sustained Progress
  (Marc Manashil, Adjunct Lecturer, New York University and Principal, 11plus LLC) – Table B
• Energizing Others and Conference Planning
  (Christina Long, Owner and Principal, CML Collective, LLC; Jill Miller, Owner, Creative Solutions; Denise Sherman, Chair and Founder, Know Your Worth Women’s Leadership Conference) – This roundtable meets in the Smoky Hills Room, KLC 2nd Floor.
• Developing Emotional Intelligence in Those You Lead
  (Norm Duncan and Kellen Adams, Leadership Consultants, Lead the Way Consulting) – Table C
• Investigating the Concept of “Culture of Trust”
  (Candace Bloomquist, Assistant Professor, Creighton University) – Table D
• Leadership and Conflict Toolbox
  (Sharon Kniss, Director of Education and Training, Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution; Sheryl Wilson, Director, Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution) – This roundtable will meet in Konza Town Hall.
• Leadership Challenges in an Undergraduate Setting
  (Lendi Bland, Acting Director for Leadership Studies, Emporia State University) – Table E
• Partnering for Leadership Development
  (Rachel Swarzendruber Miller, Vice President of Admissions and Financial Aid, Hesston College; Brent Yoder, Vice President of Academics, Hesston College) – This roundtable meets in the Pawnee Room, KLC 2nd Floor.
• Research Instrument for Data Collection in Leadership Executive Education Programs
  (Elisa Adriasola, Assistant Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez) – Table F
• Self-reflection and Assessment
  (Sue Dondlinger, KLC Associate; Bodie Weiss, Birkman Consultant, Monster Leadership, LLC) – Table G
• The DCCCA Model of Leadership Development
  (Lori Alvarado, CEO, DCCCA, Inc.; Chrissy Mayer, Director of Prevention and Leadership, DCCCA, Inc.) – Table H
• Teaching Adaptive Leadership with Undergrad and Grad Students
  (Ken Embley, Organizational Development Consultant, University of Utah) – Table J
• Transformational Collaboration
  (Ron Fisher, Principal, Fisher Coaching; Mary Grace Clements, Executive Director, Reno County Historical Society) – Table K
• Multi-cultural theories for higher education leaders in a growing diverse educational society
  (Rickey Frierson, Research Associate at the University of Houston) – Table L

Breakout Sessions – Friday 4:15 – 5:15 pm

• Creating Deliberate Holding Environments
  Meredith Emmett, Lead Consultant, Third Space Studio Heather Yandow, Lead Consultant, Third Space Studio
  Introduction by Seth Bate, KLC Core Teaching Team; Director of the Center for Leadership Development at the Wichita State University Community Engagement Institute
• Lessons from the trenches: Teaching the KLC Framework to people below or near the poverty line.
  Damon Young, Vice President, Mahaney Roofing Company
  Introduction by Adrion Roberson, KLC Core Teaching Team; Co-Pastor, Berean Fellowship Church
• Research: Pressing Questions from the Field of Practice
  Moderated by Tim Steffensmeier, Ph.D., Director, Kansas Leadership Center Research Initiative; Kansas State University
• Exercising Leadership Inside the Bubble
  Geoff Mendal, Director of Software Engineering, Pandora Media
  Patty Thierry Sheridan, Senior Vice President of HIM Services, Ciox Health
  Introduction by Donna Wright, KLC Core Teaching Team; Principal, Kansas Business Services
• Creating a Constructive Culture through Coaching at Saint Francis Community Services
  Tom Blythe, Chief Operating Officer, Saint Francis Community Services; Ian Cummings, Organizational Effectiveness Specialist, Saint Francis Community Services
  Introduction by Tim Link, KLC Director of Coach Training; Principal, Link Resource Group

Breakout Sessions – Saturday 11:15 am – 12:30 pm

• Leadership Embodied
  Sheersty Stanton, Project Management Consultant
  Brittany Crabtree, Senior Strategist, jones huyett Partners
  Introduction by Greg Meissen, KLC Associate; Professor of Psychology, Wichita State University
• Experiential Methods for Leadership Education
  Paul Duba, Principal and Owner, Point-B Coaching
  Gina Maree Bonfiglio-Speer, KLC Core Teaching Team; President, Innovative Leadership Strategies, LLC
  Introduction by Joyce McEwen Crane, KLC Core Teaching Team; Strategic Development Coordinator Wichita State University, Community Engagement Institute
• Research: Prioritizing Initial Studies
  Moderated by Tim Steffensmeier, Ph.D., Director, Kansas Leadership Center Research Initiative; Kansas State University
• Provocation and Disturbance: Are they Necessary for Leadership Education?
  Michael Johnstone, Co-Founder and Executive, Director, Vantage Point Consulting
  Introduction by Lalo Munoz, KLC Core Teaching Team; Executive Director, El Centro of Topeka

Register today

We expect Activate to sell out, so reserve your spot today by registering here. Cost is $395 per person.

Research pre-conference

Interested in KLC’s effort to establish a global research initiative focused on leadership development? Join us for a pre-conference June 21. For more information, contact Tim Steffensmeier at [email protected].

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