Leadership Greater Hartford to Host Annual Summer Social

The 2008 Annual Summer Social is scheduled for Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, beginning with cocktails at 5:30 p.m. At 6:00 p.m., friends and fellow grads are invited to mingle and commune with distinguished citizens of yesteryear amongst the memorial artworks, history and welcomed wildlife in one of Hartford’s most beautiful “rural” cemeteries. Dinner will begin at 7:00 p.m. Admission is $30 per person for dues-paying members of the LGH Network and $35 for guests. Graduates of the 2008 Quest Class and Leadership Circle Members are invited to attend for free. This event calls for casual attire.  Should weather conditions be poor, LGH has scheduled a rain date for Wednesday, July 16, 2008.

Please RSVP to Andre Santiago by July 1, 2008 by e-mailing andre.santiago@leadershipgh.org, calling (860) 951-6161 x 11 or by mailing a check payable to Leadership Greater Hartford to 30 Laurel Street, Hartford, CT 06106.

Cedar Hill Cemetery is located at 453 Fairfield Avenue in Hartford. For more info, log onto www.cedarhillcemetery.org

Summer Nexus - Where Young Leaders Make Lasting Connections

Imagine .... assembling 40 of the brightest young leaders representing public and
private schools in Greater Hartford.

Picture .... equipping them with the tools, experiences and knowledge they’ll need to overcome the challenges that face today’s leaders.

Envision ... young leaders engaging in dialogue with established leaders, meaningful leadership seminars, powerful service opportunities, and debates on ethical leadership.

Summer Nexus is an interactive and intensive program designed to prepare exemplary high school leaders to assume and excel in leadership roles in their respective schools, communities, future colleges, and professional careers. Summer Nexus will choose only the most qualified high school students from the area’s most prestigious prep schools and bring these students together with select talented students from the Hartford public high schools. The results will be a diverse cadre of young leaders with perspective, knowledge, confidence, and the preparation to seize the leadership torch for their generation. Dynamic trainers will engage students in the following activities throughout the two week session:

• Engage in a day-long orientation challenge at a local ropes course.
• Learn theoretically and practically the five Practices of Exemplary Leadership™.
• Gain the perspective and self-confidence necessary to be an effective leader by participating in workshops on leadership styles, diversity, public speaking, conflict management, interactive decision-making and more.

Program Features:

• Leadership lunches with established leaders from Greater Hartford like Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez; Linda Kelly, Executive Director of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; and Jim Jones, President of Trinity College.
   
• Leadership NOW – students will travel to various and significant sites in Greater Hartford where they will participate in activities such as serving lunch and speaking with the director at a soup kitchen, talk with members of Hartford’s City Council, plant trees with the Knox Parks Foundation.
   
• Leadership discussions at Trinity College where students can debate the challenge of ethical leadership.
   
• Create, plan, and implement their own Leadership Service Project.

PLEASE NOTE:
Deadline for applications is July 21, 2008