Gregg Fairbrothers '76 opened his session on "Leadership in Decision Making" by asking Fellows to reflect on the most important decision they have made to date and on the most important decision they will make in their lives. He stressed the importance of being decisive in leadership positions and introduced a variety of decision making models.
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PRS Students Testify Before the Vermont Child Poverty Council
[more]The Rockefeller Center is one of several Dartmouth Centers that grants funding support for unpaid internships to undergraduates. Rockefeller Public Policy Internship Grants are designed to enable students to work in an unpaid non-profit or governmental agency on issues of public policy research, public policy analysis, issue evaluation, or activities that help shape and determine public policy - whether at the local, state or national level. Grants of up to $4,000 are awarded to students through a
[more]On January 18th, as Hanover was buried by yet another snowstorm, the Management and Leadership Development Program convened for a session on “The Art of the Public Narrative.” Kate Hilton ’99, who is the Principal in Practice for Leading Change at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University and a leadership coach, began the session by recounting her own Dartmouth experience.
[more]Carrie Pelzel, Senior Vice President for Advancement at Dartmouth College, discussed the power of philanthropy and its connection to leadership on Thursday night in the first session of 2011. Pelzel introduced the discussion by challenging Fellows with a quiz that tested their knowledge of the who, what, where, and why of philanthropy. She shared with the group that according to current research and her own personal experience most charitable givers are motivated by a desire to give back rather than a desire for recognition.
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