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A SAMPLING OF PAST EVENTS
May 31, 2008 – Installation of Dr. Paul Houston as president of the Center forEmpoweredLeadership CFEL’s founding partners, associates, and interested members of the educational community met at the Princeton Theological Seminary to install Dr. Houston as president of the Center for Empowered Leadership and participate in a World Café style retreat to envision CFEL’s optimal future.
April 26, 2008 – Duquesne University – Seminar for Advanced Doctoral Students Dr. Sokolow, executive director of the Center for Empowered Leadership, conducted a seminar for advanced doctoral students on The Spiritual Principles of Leadership and The Seven Lenses of Awareness at Duquesne University's School of Education, Department of Foundations and Leadership.
February 16, 2008 – AASA Annual Conference American Association of School Administrators (AASA) Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida—Dr. Sokolow, executive director of the Center for Empowered Leadership, facilitated a session entitled: An Afternoon at the Movies, featuring a movie about the Universal Law of Attraction. The Secret is related to many of the Spiritual Principles of Leadership that Paul Houston and Steve Sokolow have identified such as: Attention, Intention, A Focus on the Positive, Trust, Gratitude, Hope, Affirmation, Your Energy Field and many others (www.cfel.org). The movie offers many insights that could be useful to school leaders. A sampling of comments from attendees: "Thank you so much. I just printed these slides and will refer to them daily. I am so grateful to have them for inspiration especially at this point in my life. The Secret has changed my life." - Kathryn Holden, Sag Harbor, NY "Thank you so much…after the presentation, I bought the book and read it. I am now trying my best to attract positives in all shapes, sizes, and forms!" - Dr. Kathleen Williams, Naperville, IL
October 26-28, 2007 – Regional Leadership Training Conference Based on the Spiritual Dimension of Leadership, The Center designed and conducted a Regional Leadership Training Conference for teen leaders at Camp Ockanickon in Medford, New Jersey. The conference was sponsored by BBYO, the world's largest and oldest pluralistic Jewish youth organization. Spiritual Principles: Topic: World Cafe on the Principle of Intention
April 28, 2007 – Seminar for Advanced Doctoral Students Dr. Sokolow, executive director of the Center for Empowered Leadership, conducted a seminar for advanced doctoral students on The Spiritual Principles of Leadership and The Seven Lenses of Awareness at Duquesne University's School of Education, Department of Foundations and Leadership.
March 2, 2007 – An Afternoon at the Movies American Association of School Administrators (AASA) Annual Conference in New Orleans—Dr. Sokolow, executive director of the Center for Empowered Leadership facilitated a session entitled: An Afternoon at the Movies, March of the Penguins, a movie to amaze the eyes and astonish the heart. Narrated by Morgan Freeman, March of the Penguins is an a+we-inspiring, true life tale. Breathtaking photography captures the transcendent beauty and fascinating drama of devoted parent penguins who, in the face of the fierce polar winter, take turns guarding their egg and trekking 70 miles to the ocean in search of food. "The movie is more stuffed with metaphors than a penguin after a two-week eating frenzy" says AASA executive director Paul Houston. The movie offers many insights from the natural world of Antarctica that could be useful to school leaders. A copy of the power point slides used during the discussion is available upon request — cfelorg@aol.com
January 29-30, Waltham, Massachusetts – Salon for Education Metamorphosis The Center for Empowered Leadership (CFEL), The Learning Circle (TLC), and The KnowledgeWorks Foundation (KWF) hosted a salon for reflection among a small group of concerned citizens who are committed to moving beyond the factory model of schooling. We engaged in a generative process to allow the collective wisdom of the distinguished participants to emerge. We involved the innovative thinking of educational leaders, scholars, and teachers, committed to the noble endeavor of educating today’s children for tomorrow’s world. The salon addressed such questions as: What is the purpose of education? How can we position our schools to best meet emerging societal trends during the coming decade? How can we empower children, teachers, and leaders to bring out the best in them? How can we unleash the creativity and natural gifts of our students and teachers? How can we engender hope in our public schools?
July 12, 2006, Sudbury, Massachusetts
– Salon for Building Collective Wisdom In Rethinking Education
for the 21st Century.
June 9, 2006 – Spiritual Needs
of Superintendents Seminar Dr. Stephen L. Sokolow spoke about the The Spiritual Dimension of Leadership to educational leaders from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylavania, Illinois, and Texas. Dr. Sokolow recounted events and synchronicities in his life and Dr. Paul D. Houston’s life that led to their decision to co-author a series of books on the spiritual principles of leadership. He highlighted the story behind the dialogue and collaborative writing process used to capture insights from their combined professional and spiritual journeys.
February 24, 2006 – An Afternoon
at the Movies (2:00 pm - 5:00 pm)
February 25, 2006 – Book Launch American Association of School Administrators (AASA) annual conference in San Diego, California. Dr. Paul D. Houston and Dr. Stephen L. Sokolow spoke about their new book The Spiritual Dimension of Leadership. The session was followed by a book signing in the AASA bookstore.
Dr. Paul D. Houston, AASA executive director and Dr. Stephen L. Sokolow, executive director of the Center for Empowered Leadership, presented an overview of their just-released book, The Spiritual Dimension of Leadership: 8 Key Principles to Leading More Effectively. Paul and Steve modeled mini-dialogues on the following principles of enlightened leadership: The Principle of Intention,and The Principle of Gratitude. The authors explained how these spiritual principles of leadership can empower you and others throughout your organization. View the American Association of School Administrators article published February 26, 2006 in The Conference Daily, entitled Sokolow: Attending to Spiritual Side of Leadership.
New Jersey Association of School Administrators A three-day institute entitled: The Foundation of Enlightened Leadership: A Spiritual Journey Featured Sessions:
Featured Speaker: Dr. Peter M. Senge, MIT Senior Lecturer Topic: Spirituality and Leadership
A three-day Institute entitled: Manifesting Enlightened Leadership Featured Sessions:
Featured Speaker: Dr. Margaret Wheatley, author of Leadership and the New Science Topic: Spirituality and Leadership
Delaware Association of School Administrators A summer Professional Conference entitled: Enlightened Leadership Featured Sessions:
Featured Speaker: Dr. Stephen L. Sokolow, Executive Director of the Center for Empowered Leadership Topic: Enlightened Leadership: Eight Truths for Becoming Wise in Action and Decisions
School Administrators of Iowa A two-day Institute entitled: Leading With Soul Featured Sessions:
Featured Speakers: Dr. Stephen L. Sokolow, Executive Director
of the Center for Empowered Leadership Topic: Enlightened Leadership and the Dialogue Process
American Association of School Administrators (AASA) annual conference in San Antonio, Texas (2005) Distinguished Lecture Living in the Question: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Access Your Own Wisdom Co-presenter: Dr. Bea Mah Holland, A Founding Partner of the Center for Empowered Leadership
Afternoon at the Movies: “Mindwalking Toward System Thinking” Viewing of the movie, Mindwalk, and discussion of the nature of the universe—is it mechanistic or holistic? Discussion Leader: Dr. Stephen L. Sokolow, Executive Director of the Center for Empowered Leadership
Symposium hosted by the Center for Empowered Leadership and Chelsea International, a New York media production company Topic: Shaping the Future of Education The Center’s founding partners met with Dr. Peter M. Senge, Dr. Dawna Markova, and other interested educators as well as people involved in media production to discuss the future of education. |
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