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May 29 , 2009
Event Pictures and recap
from the Future Leaders
Toronto Speaker Series
with Harry Rosen
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Greater
Toronto Area
Future Leaders
empowers Young Professionals to make
a positive difference in the lives of others. By
working together Future Leaders
is dedicated to providing youth with a forum to
contribute to the development of solutions for
a better tomorrow.
Toronto has the resources,
the creativity and the human spirit to be one of
the greatest city regions of the 21st century.
With its five million residents, one-fifth of Canada’s
entire GDP and 40 per cent of Canada’s business
head offices, the Greater Toronto Area is Canada’s
largest driver of economic activity and the source
of significant spin-off jobs throughout the country. |
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Canadians
want our country to be the finest in the world – the best
place to live and work. To accomplish this, Canada needs
outstanding leadership and Future Leaders is building these leadership skills in Canada’s
future – today’s young professionals and entrepreneurs.
Future
Leaders aspires to be the premier provider
of hands-on business experiences, and seeks to make this
experience affordable and available for all interested
participants. Our group seeks to be inclusive and is open
to young people from all walks of life.
The projects
presented in the Future Leaders organization will help
improve leadership skills and enhance personal and professional
development. These skills are easily transferable to other
contexts in their working lives.
By working
on specific projects together, volunteers will have the
opportunity to develop important skills in project management,
marketing, communications and other critical areas of business.
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To contribute to the advancement of Canada and the Global
community by providing the opportunity for young people
to develop the leadership skills, social responsibility,
entrepreneurship and fellowship necessary to create positive
change.
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Future
Leaders Membership
Membership in Future Leaders opens doors
to a world of new leadership and business opportunities
Encouraging member participation, interaction
and satisfaction at all levels is an underlying objective
of the organization. Ultimately, members should be enriched
both professionally and personally through their association
with Future Leaders.
MEMBERSHIP
FORM
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Canadians who volunteer their time, energy
and talents to charitable and non-profit organizations
play an important role in improving their communities and
the lives of others - philanthropy and volunteering continue
to be vibrant characteristics of Canadian life.
Volunteering gives people opportunities
to learn and gain experience that isn’t necessarily available
in their work or home lives.
According
to the National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and
Participating (NSGVP)
© 2004 Canadian Centre for Philanthropy :
• More than three quarters (79%) of
volunteers reported gaining interpersonal skills, such
as the ability to understand people better, motivate people,
and deal with difficult situations.
• More than two thirds (68%) reported
learning better communication skills, such as public speaking,
writing, public relations, and conducting meetings.
• Over half (57%) said
they gained organizational skills, such as how to organize
resources, manage the work of others, be a leader, plan,
and run an organization.
• Nearly two thirds of unemployed volunteers (62%) said
that their volunteer activity would help their chances
of finding a job.
• More than one third (37%) reported
that volunteering allowed them to learn new skills that
could be directly applied to a job. Youth aged 15-24
were more likely than any other age group to report this
benefit.
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LEARNING
by HELPING
Future Leaders program
gives young entrepreneurs
chance to shine in non-profit ventures
Article from the Richmond Hill Liberal and
York Region Group of newspapers
July
7, 2005
When the non-profit
Trails Youth Initiative needed a hand sprucing up its
Aurora camp in 2003 , it turned to a program specializing
in helping young business professionals develop their
skills.
The result
was a team from Future Leaders of Greater Toronto grabbing
paint brushes and getting to work.
More than
500 young professionals from across the GTA have participated
in one way or another in the group's activities, which
range from bringing in guest speakers from the corporate
world to networking events to raising money for good
causes.
"It's
an opportunity for them to get engaged and build leadership
skills," said Future Leaders founder Sanjiv Khullar. "You
learn by doing and we have various projects throughout
the year where we get members chairing those projects
or being part of a team." In the case of Trails
Youth Initiative, there was much more to the project
than picking the right paint colour. Because of Future
Leaders' non-profit status, painting materials and refreshments
all had to be donated by companies, which meant writing
up proposals and developing those persuasive skills considered
so important in the business world.
The
benefits for both the camp and the future leaders were
obvious,
Mr. Khullar said. "To paint that campsite would
have cost them thousands of dollars, easily," he
said. "But for them to get 20 people up there for
two days painting eight to 10 hours a day -- I mean,
what we accomplished was amazing. The bonding, the interaction,
the communication skills ... you can take this experience
and back to your professional life."
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Lesson's
from the Edge:
Survival
Stories for Starting and Growing a company
"Entrepreneurs
are the real heroes of our economy, the ones who
risk it all to build their businesses."
Whether
you are searching for a job, a new career path, or
a more satisfying life, you first have to answer the
question:
Who Am I?.
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