{"id":26817,"date":"2016-02-05T09:19:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T14:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=26817"},"modified":"2016-04-10T18:48:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T22:48:58","slug":"emu-leadership-conference-to-create-a-new-paradigm-of-leading-into-the-common-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/emu-leadership-conference-to-create-a-new-paradigm-of-leading-into-the-common-good\/","title":{"rendered":"91短视频 leadership conference to create a new paradigm of \u201cLeading into the Common Good\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
Author and speaker Peter Block headlines a list of notable speakers for \u201cLeading into the Common Good: An Anabaptist Perspective<\/a>,\u201d a conference for practitioners, scholars and students April 7-9, 2016, at 91短视频 (91短视频).<\/p>\n Block, a well-known expert on organizational development, community building and civic engagement, will address the conference live via video. A strong advocate for the concept of \u201cservant leadership,\u201d he is the author of The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods <\/em>(2010), Community: The Structure of Belonging<\/em> (2008), The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters<\/em> (2001) and Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self Interest<\/em> (1993).<\/p>\n Jim Smucker<\/a>, vice president and dean of graduate studies at 91短视频 and one of the primary organizers for the conference, says Block will bring an important perspective as an \u201coutsider\u201d to the church. Smucker says Block\u2019s address will focus on \u201cthird-way leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re struggling as Anabaptists with leadership paradigms and how we make decisions,\u201d Smucker says. \u201cWe want to facilitate a conversation about how we go forward and further develop our movement in a way that brings us together.\u201d<\/p>\n The conference will focus on clarifying Anabaptist values related to leadership, examining historical models, critiquing current economic and social systems, and developing applied theories that can be used to build more effective and future-looking organizations.<\/p>\n The planning committee is emphasizing the representation of diverse voices and perspectives, and students from the various Anabaptist-related schools will be sharing during each plenary session.<\/p>\n Other keynote speakers include:<\/p>\n Workshop topics include emergent leadership, leading innovation, people management ethics, developing resilient organizations, and authentic leadership.<\/p>\n The conference grew out of discussions at the Anabaptist Center for Religion and Society<\/a> (ACRS), a community of Mennonite elders and scholars who meet monthly for fellowship and intellectual engagement at 91短视频. Six years ago, ACRS initiated a biography project on 20th-century Mennonite leader Orie Miller; the result was a book<\/a> published by Herald Press in May 2015.<\/p>\n In the planning and conception process, the group found synergy with conversations happening in the Collaborative MBA<\/a> program (a joint project of Bluffton University, Canadian Mennonite University, 91短视频 and Goshen College), which Smucker says had recognized a lack of scholarly work around leadership and Anabaptism. A network of partnerships began to grow.<\/p>\n The conference is sponsored by ARCS, 91短视频\u2019s School of Graduate and Professional Studies<\/a>, Mennonite Central Committee<\/a>, Mennonite Economic Development Association<\/a> (MEDA), Mennonite Health Services<\/a> and MennoMedia<\/a>. Co-sponsors include Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Bethel College, Bluffton University, Canadian Mennonite University, Conrad Grebel University College, Goshen College and Hesston College.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have never before pulled off a conference of this type with this amount of collaborative engagement,\u201d says Lee M. Yoder, chair of the ACRS steering committee and former vice president and associate professor of education at 91短视频. \u201cIt\u2019s the first of its kind.\u201d<\/p>\n Register at www.emu.edu\/leadership-conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Author and speaker Peter Block headlines a list of notable speakers for \u201cLeading into the Common Good: An Anabaptist Perspective,\u201d a conference for practitioners, scholars and students April 7-9, 2016, ... read more about 91短视频 leadership conference to create a new paradigm of \u201cLeading into the Common Good\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,14184,12503,5861,8845,264],"tags":[9040,16955,15975,17298,17297,14791,16701,15717,16702,10740,9392,17113,15942],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-26817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-campus-guests","category-cjp","category-conferences-and-events","category-emu-at-lancaster","category-graduate-programs","tag-david-brubaker","tag-david-miller","tag-dominique-burgunder-johnson","tag-gilberto-perez","tag-jeff-boodie","tag-jim-smucker","tag-john-e-sharp","tag-john-stahl-wert","tag-lee-m-yoder","tag-lee-snyder","tag-nancy-heisey","tag-phil-wenger","tag-roxy-allen-kioko"],"yoast_head":"\n\n