building a pipeline: a case study of leadership development ruth pitt & erica lewis better...

Building A Pipeline: A Case Study of Leadership Development

Ruth Pitt & Erica LewisBetter Boards Conference 2012

Environment

• Accountability• Regulation• Professionalisation

• Values• Participation• Diversity

The YWCA

YoungWomen’sChristianAssociation

From Marshall Ganz http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic115996.files/2_0.pdf

Building a Pipeline

• Committees• Great Ydeas

• Members’ Leadership Projects• National & World opportunities

• Traineeships• Orientation &

Development• Evaluation

• Every Girl• Young Women’s

Leadership• Indigenous Young

Women’s Leadership

• Forum• Governance• Finance• WOF Plus

Women Out Front

Women’s & Girl’s

Leadership Programs

Membership opportunitiesBoard

Participating in the traineeship program was an invaluable learning experience for me….the board was supportive throughout my learning journey and regularly stopped to explain important concepts, point out legal obligations, and answer any questions that I or the other trainees had.

Heather McAulay

It greatly increased my confidence - not only my confidence in my ability to be a director, but my confidence in myself.

Ruth Pitt

The board trainee program certainly helped me understand what my obligations would be as a board director….Watching other board members, I learned how best I could contribute.

Jude Burger

From EOWA http://www.eowa.gov.au/Case_Studies.asp

Building a Pipeline

• Committees• Great Ydeas

• Members’ Leadership Projects• National & World opportunities

• Traineeships• Orientation &

Development• Evaluation

• Every Girl• Young Women’s

Leadership• Indigenous Young

Women’s Leadership

• Forum• Governance• Finance• WOF Plus

Women Out Front

Women’s & Girl’s

Leadership Programs

Membership opportunitiesBoard

Building a Pipeline

• Committees• Great Ydeas

• Members’ Leadership Projects• National & World opportunities

• Traineeships• Orientation &

Development• Evaluation

• Every Girl• Young Women’s

Leadership• Indigenous Young

Women’s Leadership

• Forum• Governance• Finance• WOF Plus

Women Out Front

Women’s & Girl’s

Leadership Programs

Membership opportunitiesBoard

2012 Great Ydeas recipients• Courtney Sloane and Melanie Poole: “Global Youth for

Reproductive rights”A social movement to raise awareness of the importance of sexual and reproductive healthcare and rights in achieving gender equality and other major development goals.

• Diane Kambanei and Melissa Burford: “Freedom Marketplace”A pilot project to establish an online store supporting female artisans in Papua New Guinea.

• Julianne Williams: “Ngnunnawal Aboriginal Arts”• Through setting up a studio space in her home, Julianne

will create her own small business to create artworks and teach young women at college.

• Melissa Burford: “The Powerhouse Sisterhood”A gathering of social entrepreneurs who will meet on a monthly basis supporting each other to take their initiatives to the next level.

Building a Pipeline

• Committees• Great Ydeas

• Members’ Leadership Projects• National & World opportunities

• Traineeships• Orientation &

Development• Evaluation

• Every Girl• Young Women’s

Leadership• Indigenous Young

Women’s Leadership

• Forum• Governance• Finance• WOF Plus

Women Out Front

Women’s & Girl’s

Leadership Programs

Membership opportunitiesBoard

What’s Next

• Indigenous Women• Balance• Extending leadership

programs through our Registered Training Organisation

Our Board

The YWCA of Canberra

• Growing membership & membership engagement• 2013 income projected to be just under $12 million• Over 300 staff• Strong local, national and international profile• 5000 service users each year• 24 sites