2021 GlobalMindED
The Future of Work is Diverse, Inclusive, Just and Equitable
GlobalMindED closes the equity gap by creating a capable, diverse talent pipeline through connections to role models, mentors, internships for low-income students, returning adults, First Gen to college and inclusive leaders who teach them, work with them and hire them.
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As we celebrate International Women this month, we feature outstanding women every day. Today, we meet Natalye Paquin, President and CEO of Points of Light. Natalye is an empowering individual with incredible volunteer experience in non-profits who's passionate about creating awareness and changing lives through high impact servant leadership. Read her story below and you will see why she is one of our female luminaries we celebrate this month.
Upcoming March Equity Events Celebrating Inclusive Women- 2:00 MST/4:00 EST click link to register, details below:
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Natalye, you are President and CEO of Points of Light, a lawyer, and serve on several boards. What is your personal story, and how did you achieve this success?
At my core I am a volunteer leader with a servant’s heart, so I bring that to everything I do, now and throughout my career. I am a proud graduate of Florida A&M – an HBCU – my brother, parents, and grandparents also attended the school. My grandparents attended the school when it was FAMC (College). I started my career in litigation in Chicago, but transitioned to become a civil rights attorney, first with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, and then in the Chicago Public Schools and School District of Philadelphia. My career in nonprofit actually began because I was a volunteer. At the time I was COO of the School District of Philadelphia and volunteering at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on their education and audience development committee, and they invited me to come on board as their COO. My career has really evolved and grown in the nonprofit sector from there, and many of those opportunities have been opened because of my commitment to the organization as a volunteer. I was CEO of Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania, and then Chief Transformation Officer of Girl Scouts of the USA, where I lead the strategy integration for aligning and unifying the Girl Scouts federation of 112 councils. For the past three years, I’ve led Points of Light as President and CEO. I’ve focused on developing and implementing a new 10-year vision, and now we’re focused on our next three-year strategy. I’ve always approached where I am as my life’s work, and I have always been an engaged volunteer. This combination of passion and belief in volunteer experiences has really led me to where I am today at Points of Light.
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What are your goals at Points of Light?
Points of Light’s mission is to inspire, equip and mobilize people to take action that changes the world. We believe in the power of people, and that every action matters. Three years ago, we looked at our strategy and realized we needed to ask a new question – not “how do we get more people to volunteer,” but “how do we create a society where it is easy for people to accelerate change?” We want to eliminate barriers to entry so that every person can live a fully engaged civic life. There are 1.6 million registered 501(c)3 nonprofits in the U.S. – but we also know so many more people are taking action in other ways. From their purchase power to their vote, where they choose to work or becoming a social entrepreneur, from national service to public service. We want to raise the collective awareness and ability for people to take action and advance causes they care about. We believe we are at the dawn of a new era – one we’re calling the Civic Century – where people can take meaningful, sustained action to create change.
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What are the key things you’d like to share with our emerging First Gen leaders about the leadership and potential to serve the world as you have?
When they’re at a table, show up, speak up and step up. That means show up prepared and on time, speak up and be an engaged participant, and step up to take on projects that give you opportunities, particularly to learn new skills and interact with people different from you. I also say never underestimate the strength of a weak tie, meaning someone who might know you in a limited capacity in a volunteer role might see other strengths in you that people who see you in other roles more regularly don’t see. So never underestimate people you volunteer with as potential resources, new friends, and advocates.
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What do you most want to say to other women as we celebrate women this month and always?
I’ve been in many rooms where I was the only woman or woman of color. I remember going to court as a young attorney and people thinking I was the paralegal asking for a continuance for the “real attorney” who was not available. Opposing counsel never approached the bench with me thinking I was the lawyer. Introducing myself as the counsel of record, prepared and ready to argue my client’s position was often disarming. I share with my women-sisters two lessons: first, you have what it takes, know that like you know your name. And second, view volunteering as an opportunity to gain skills you might not get in your current role. It can be an amazing opportunity to better your community and yourself.
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What is the greatest legacy that you want to leave?
I really believe there is a power of light within all of us, every individual is a “point” of light. My goal is to create more awareness so that every individual finds and acts on their unique power to create change.
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Click below to watch the Inclusive Leader Award Ceremony featuring inspirational messages from the diverse Award Winners
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GlobalMindED and the SDG Impact Fund are delighted to announce GlobalMindED's Donor Advised Fund. 2020 is the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations and the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Women's Declaration and Action Platform. Many from around the world are thinking of 2020 as the gateway to our most vital decade for delivering equity, the Sustainable Development Goals, and a world where all can thrive. Our key time for these outcomes is 2020-2030.
GlobalMindED DAF and the SDG Impact Fund are a powerful combined force for good as the 2019 year comes to a close and we reflect on the gratitude and the commitments we make to the causes we care most about. The DAF offers immense power and flexibility for giving prior to the year's end as you plant seeds of generous intention for 2020 and the decade ahead.
When you contribute to GlobalMindED, you support First Gen students. We have served more than 400 students by connecting them to role models, mentors, internships and jobs. Your generous support will allow us to take our work 10x and reach these talented students at scale who lack the resources and support we provide. Your support also helps teachers who can't afford the conference fees, faculty at colleges which are under resourced and students who persist at those universities despite food insecurity and/or housing insecurity.
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Links to read about Inclusive Leaders, many of whom are African American and people of color:
Curated sessions from GlobalMindED 2020 YouTube channel:
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From the Center for Positive Organizations:
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From the World Academy of Art & Science and UN; Geneva Global Leadership in the 21st Century econference:
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Listen here for an interview with Pam Newkirk, GlobalMindED speaker and author of Diversity Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion- Dollar Business.
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Meet GlobalMindED Founder, Carol Carter as interviewed by Tim Moore on his podcast Success Made to Last: From Success to Significance
Listen to Part 1 of Carol's interview
Listen to Part 2 of Carol's interview
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Recent GlobalMindED Newsletter Profiles:
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Since 2006 when the flagship TGR Learning Lab opened its doors in Anaheim, CA, TGR Foundation has had a lot to celebrate, including its most recent milestone of one million students impacted by TGR EDU: Explore, alone.
Developed in partnership with Discovery Education, TGR EDU: Explore is a free digital resource library that offers interactive web experiences, lesson plans, training videos and tools for educators, students and families to explore new disciplines and gain skills for a modern and expanding workforce.
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As you start the New Year, are you looking for ways to re-engineer your classroom culture? Check out Designing the Future: How Engineering Builds Creative Critical Thinking in the Classroom. The associated website has lots of activities, projects, and resources you can implement immediately. Our fall workshops using the book as a roadmap for change have been highly successful. Start designing the future today - try using the customized Study Guide for a book study in your PLC. Or contact ProjectEngin or Solution Tree to learn how you can bring professional development based on Ann's book to your school, district, or conference.
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THE FLYOVER NATION
Energy's Role in a Troubled Heartland
By J.C. Whorton
A unique and timely discussion of the challenging issues facing the country’s troubled Heartland.
Since the beginning of westward expansion into the Heartland’s vast regions, natural resource development has played a historic role in shaping its communities. Today, domestic oil and gas development offers one of the strongest prospects for the Heartland’s present and future prosperity as well as the nation’s re-emergence as a dominant player in the global energy economy.
The U.S. is now the world’s largest producer of crude oil and natural gas, two circumstances that are universally disrupting international geopolitical order. The earth has a finite supply of natural resources and a rapidly growing and over consuming population.
As America positions itself for a very uncertain and constantly evolving global marketplace, will the Heartland become America’s “great connector” or “great divide”?
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J.C. Whorton is a senior level energy and financial professional with over forty years of essential experience. Having a ranching and Native American heritage, Mr. Whorton is a strong advocate for rural education and economic development initiatives.
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