Non-profit Roundtable

Non-profit Roundtable - 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Wednesday, June 10 - Chamber Office
Registration required.  Questions?  Contact Whitney Woodyard | 357-9980 | wwoodyard@carolinachamber.org.

Presenter: Zemo Trevathan - Strategic Measures, Inc.
Hot Topic: “Nonprofit Leadership and Strong Emotions: What Do We Do with Anger, Grief and Hopelessness?”

What to Expect: Leading a “mission-driven” organization – trying to make things better for some portion of the larger population – involves constantly bumping up against obstacles, barriers, even injustices, and a constant need for balancing emotional responses. On the one hand, as a leader in the community there is a requirement for maintaining level-headedness and building bridges with people on all sides of the issues. On the other hand, sometimes the strong emotional reactions – outrage, for example – are the fuel for carrying forward with the mission. This session will provide a few principles and ideas on how to best channel strong emotions as part of successful nonprofit leadership, as well as elicit the ideas, best practices, and challenges from participants.