DKG Ignite: Leaders Empowering Leaders takeaway sessions were well attended at both the Portland and the San Antonio Conferences with full rooms of interested members attending each. Interest in the seminar came from some who have attended, some who are part of the 2022 class, and many who were interested in attending in the future.
The attendees selected for the 2020 DKG Ignite will finally get to Austin for their program in the summer of 2022. The delays have been because of the pandemic. The next class will be applying to attend in 2024.
In Portland, committee members Lisa Olson and Carmen Wendt emphasized that the radical changes in the field of leadership are addressed in DKG Ignite. Although it is fewer days than in the past, the seminar is strongly focused and structured to be engaging and challenging.
In San Antonio, Strategic Outreach Director Phyllis Hickey shared the role the seminar plays in building connections among leaders in the Society. She also discussed the changes made to the application process, which now includes a video from the applicant. All presenters agreed that participants strengthen the Society by using the skills they learn as well as by sharing their knowledge with others in their state organizations.
Although the name and parameters of the program have changed from the original Golden Gift Leadership Management Seminar, the focus and purpose have remained the same. The intensive leadership/management development that DKG Ignite: Leaders Empowering Leaders attendees receive through the McCombs School of Business builds leaders at all levels of the Society.
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