Gratitudenet accelerates the growth of high impact social entrepreneurs, working to improve the lives of children and youth globally. Through a 12-month Fellowship, Gratitude helps social entrepreneurs hone their leadership skills and increase their organization’s impact. They are now accepting applications for their 2021 Fellowship.
The Gratitude Network nurtures, funds & grows innovative ventures that create sustainable, systemic social impact.
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THE GRATITUDE NETWORK APPROACH:
- Focus on leadership development to grow leaders who in turn grow their organizations
- Focus on key leadership areas including:
- Vision, Strategy, and Objectives
- Organization and Team
- Execution
- Personal Leadership Development
- Offer varied opportunities for Connection
- Provide multiple avenues into the Network for support and learning
Benefits
- COACHING: Are matched and meet at least monthly with a highly-skilled Leadership Coach
- LEARNING: Regularly scheduled topic-based Webinars
- ADVISING: Receive support from Expert Advisors to tackle operational and execution issues
- LEADERSHIP SUMMIT: Have the opportunity to attend the Gratitude Network’s annual Leadership Summit – multi-day networking, learning, and collaboration event
- NETWORK: Remain a valued member of the Gratitude Network Alumni and family for continued support, connection, and collaboration
- CONNECTION: Meet regularly with their peer Fellows for networking, problem-solving, and partnership.
- VISIBILITY: Are given visibility on the Gratitude Network website, social media, newsletter and various virtual and live events
Eligibilities
In order to be considered for the Fellowship, Applicants and the organizations they lead must meet the following minimum requirements:
- For organizaations:
- Organization is at least one-year old.
- Organization must have at least two full-time employees (including the Applicant).
- Organization’s beneficiaries must primarily be children/youth.
- Organization must be serving children/youth in one of the following categories:
- Education such as school systems, training of teachers, education technology, and early childhood programs as well as how/what children learn at school or outside of the classroom (e.g. after-school or summer programs).
- Health and Wellbeing such as addressing children’s basic needs, including poverty alleviation, nutrition, water, safe shelter, disease prevention, mental health, and social-emotional health.
- Children’s Rights such as protecting children and families from abuse, exploitation, trafficking, incarceration, and other harm, as well as other advocacy.
- For applicants:
- Applicant is committed full‐time to the social enterprise organization.
- Applicant has strategic decision making power for the social enterprise as the organization’s Founder/Co-Founder, Executive Director, CEO, or similar level role.
- Applicant is committed to actively participate in the Coaching and leadership development process with honesty, self-reflection, and self-motivation.
- Applicant is able to commit to the time commitments of the Fellowship.
Application Process
Apply through the given link.
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Application Deadline: August 14, 2020
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