{"id":2257,"date":"2015-12-18T20:01:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T20:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/?p=2257"},"modified":"2015-12-18T23:44:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T23:44:16","slug":"participation-leaders-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/2015\/12\/18\/participation-leaders-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Summit Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a successful Mozlando for the Participation Cohort still in our rear-view mirror, we are excited to begin the launch process for the Leadership Summit,<\/a> happening next month in Singapore.<\/p>\n

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What is the Leadership Summit?<\/h3>\n

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As part of the Participation Team’s Global Gatherings<\/a> application process for this event,\u00a0 we asked people to commit to developing and being accountable to recruit and organize contributors in order grow the size and impact of their community in 2016<\/em>. \u00a0We ran also ran a second application process this month, to identify new and emerging leaders – bringing our invited total to 136.<\/p>\n

Participation at Mozlando<\/p>\n

The Leadership Summit will bring together this group for two days of sessions and experiences that will:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Help Participation Leaders will feel prepared (skills, mindsets, network) and understand their role as leaders\/mobilizers who can unleash a wave of growth in our communities, in impact and in numbers.<\/p>\n

Help Participation Leaders leave with action plans and commitments, specific to growing\/evolving their communities and having impact on Connected Devices and a Global Campus Campaign.<\/p>\n

Help everyone leave feeling that \u201cwe\u2019re doing this together.\u201d Everyone attending (volunteer and staff Mozillians) will feel like a community that is aligned with Mozilla\u2019s overall direction, and who now trust one another and have each others back.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“You mentioned Connected Devices and a Global Campus Campaign? \u00a0Say more\u2026”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sure! In setting goals for 2016, we realized that focusing on one or two truly impactful initiatives, will bring us closer to unleashing the Participation Mozilla needs, while providing opportunity for individuals to connect their ideas, energy and skills in the way that feels valued and rewarding.<\/p>\n

To that end, we are currently developing a list of sessions and experiences for the Leadership Summit that will set us up for success in 2016 as community leaders, and on each of our three focus areas:<\/p>\n