Leadership has lasting effect
‘POWERED BY PURPOSE’ LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE TO BENEFIT KIDSPORT LETHBRIDGE TABER
Leadership skills can be developed through sport. Next month, the two will be combined for a worldwide one-day leadership event, with proceeds helping youth access sporting activities.
Leadercast 2017 “Powered by Purpose,” is a day of professional development. It’s also an opportunity to network with other local leaders during the event and virtually through the event app.
Scheduled for May 5 at 8:30 a.m., Leadercast is broadcast live from Atlanta to thousands of people. Locally, the event will be hosted by KidSport Lethbridge Taber and held at Lethbridge College. All proceeds from the event go towards KidSport.
Malcolm Kano, chair of Lethbridge Taber KidSport, said not only is it an excellent fundraiser, but it allows the people of Lethbridge an opportunity to hear from some of the best business leaders in the world.
“I’m pretty sure what they’ll take away is they can learn a lot about themselves and also learn a lot about how to better themselves in the workplace, also,” he said.
KidSport Lethbridge Taber helps about 400 kids per year in the area to access about 40 different sport activities they may not otherwise afford.
“We’re finding there is a huge, ever-increasing need for kids to get involved in sport,” said Kano. “We’re finding that there are more people coming out and saying we need help to get involved in sport because the costs are also increasing.”
Kano agreed there is a correlation between sport and building important leadership and life skills.
“I think anybody who’s been involved in sport knows that not only do you learn things about sport, but you learn things about yourself. I think there’s a lot of life skills that sport can teach you as well, so the benefit there is it helps you now, but it will also help you in your future life.”
The speakers for this year’s event include:
• Daniel Pink: author and expert on behavioural science and motivation in the workplace. Pink is host and co-executive producer of the new TV series about human behaviour “Crowd Control,” that airs on the National Geographic Channel.
• Andy Stanley: leadership author, communicator and pastor, who founded the Atlanta-based North Point Ministries in 1995.
• Molly Fletcher: former top sports agent and author. Fletcher represented many top athletes and negotiated more than $500 million in contracts in professional sports.
• Suzy Welch: author, television commentator and business journalist.
• Dr. Henry Cloud: acclaimed leadership expert, clinical psychologist and best-selling author.
• Donald Miller: CEO of StoryBrand, which helps businesses market their brand identities and individuals live a better story.
• Tyler Perry: director, playwright, screenwriter, producer, actor, author and entrepreneur.
• Jess Ekstrom: CEO of Headbands of Hope. For every headband sold, a headband is given to a child with cancer. Ekstrom is also a speaker, author and writer for Entrepreneur and The Huffington Post.
• Jim McKelvey: co-founder of Square and founder of LaunchCode, which helps people learn programming and get a fulltime job in under six months for free. McKelvey is also a master glass artist and author, and founded the Third Degree Glass Factory.
Tickets for Leadercast Lethbridge are $150 per person, with breakfast, lunch, refreshments and parking included. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m. with the simulcast beginning at 8:30 a.m. Seats are limited.
To purchase tickets, contact: Genny Hunter-Barr or Kano at 403359-8200 or lethbridgetaber@kidsport.ab.ca.
For more information visit
http://event.leadercast.com/locati on/Lethbridge.
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