Chautauqua Leadership Network

Class of 2024 - Developing the Leader Within You
2024-04-10 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Location: TBD

Fascilitator – Cindy Aronson
Cindy Aronson loves her job and is on a mission to inspire others to love theirs too. As the owner and principal of Cindy Aronson Training, she develops and leads programs that ignite the power of people, fueling workplace engagement, pride, leadership impact, and personal and professional success.
For over 25 years, she has had the honor and privilege to be a partner in talent development with a variety of outstanding colleges and universities, businesses and organizations and thousands of talented professionals. Her ‘Developing Leadership Excellence’ program has been attended by hundreds of business leaders and chosen by educational institutions and numerous companies/organizations to strengthen the talent on their teams.
Cindy holds a degree in communication from the State University of New York College at Fredonia. She is a member of the National Speakers Association, the Association for Talent Development, and serves on the boards of the National Comedy Center and the Northwest Arena. She resides in beautiful Bemus Point, New York.

CLN Board Meeting
2024-04-08 16:00 - 17:30, 2024-02-12 16:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | NY

Class of 2024 - Design Your Career Compass
2024-03-12 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Roger Tory Peterson Institute, 311 Curtis St Ext., Jamestown, NY, 14701, United States
In this session, participants will learn the core concepts of design thinking and will have the opportunity to apply those concepts immediately to their own lives. This session will challenge participants to expand their creative thinking and problem solving abilities, invite them to reflect deeply on their own lives and careers, and emerge with distinct tools to face some of the most difficult decisions a person can face. As a result of this session, participants can expect to:

Articulate and apply the elements of design thinking to real-world problems
Create an inventory of their own NACE competencies and strengths
Understand the importance of a career self-concept, and see their own RIASEC codes
Define and apply personal values to life and career decisions

Annie’s bio: Annie is a Career Services specialist with over 15 years of experience in secondary and higher education. Her areas of expertise lie in career readiness, career exploration, professional development, and core competency training. She is particularly passionate about helping individuals learn the skills of problem solving and navigating lifelong career journeys. Annie’s career training services are available to anyone who would like to connect.

Class of 2024 + CLN Members - Class of 2024 Welcome Reception
2024-03-09 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Grace & Abe's, 14 N Portage St, Westfield, NY, 14787, United States
CLN Members and alumni are welcome to meet & inspire our future leaders. Share your story, mentor and help guide this year’s Class participants.

RSVP
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Class of 2024 - Class Orientation Retreat
2024-02-16 - 2024-02-17 | Chautauqua Harbor Hotel, 10 DUNHAM AVENUE, CELORON, NY, 14720, United States
February 16 @7:30am – February 17 @9pm
The Retreat is led by Dr. Kirk Young, VP of Student Affairs at SUNY Jamestown Community College and owner/consultant of 221b Performance Solutions, and Dr. Kyle Reyes, VP of Institutional Advancement at Utah Valley University.
Your leadership journey begins here. Attendance required. Future personal development is based on this session. If you do not attend the weekend retreat, and/or miss a limited number of classes, you will become illegible to participate. In such case TUITION IS NON-REFUNDABLE.

Class of 2024 - Get To Know You
2024-01-17 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom, link to be provided
Meet your class and Retreat fascilitator, Kirk Young.
Zoom – link to be provided.

CLN Board & Committee Development Day
2024-01-13 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | James Prendergast Library, 509 Cherry St, Jamestown, 14701, United States
All CLN Board, Committee and Retreat volunteers welcome.
RSVP – kyoung@chautauqualeadership.org -or- brianlebarron1976@gmail.com -or- cynde@cyndebphotography.com

made possible by a grant from Capacity Labs.

CLN Annual Meeting
2023-12-04 11:30 - 13:00 UTC | Venue 31, 31 North Main Street, Jamestown, NY, 14701, United States
RSVP
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CLN Members & Class of 2023 Alumni invited to attend.
We will be presenting the first ever Mike & Kathy Ricketts Leadership Award along with some updates on our 2023 year and excitement for 2024.
A vote in new Board and Officers members along with budget plans.

Branding & Marketing Committee Meeting
2023-11-15 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-07-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-03-15 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | NY
North County – Location TBD
Interested in volunteering? Contact:
Brian LeBarron, Chair
brianlebarron1976@gmail.com

Class of 2023 - Capstone & Celebration!
2023-11-07 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | The Barn At Farrington Hollow, 7495 Farrington Hollow Rd,, Cherry Creek, 14723, United States
Capstone & Celebration. Join us in honoring the Class of 2023!

Class of 2023 - Creative Leadership
2023-10-11 08:00 - 12:00 UTC | Jamestown Community College - North County Training Center, 10807, Bennett State Rd., 14048, United States
Creativity is widely regarded as one of the most essential, useful, and sought-after skills for leaders and for employees, in general. Creative leadership involves being open to new ideas, being flexible in thought and action, taking risks, finding playfulness in innovation, and working through uncertainty while moving forward with confidence. This session will focus on learning ways to build creative mindsets, skill sets, and tool sets through an assessment model, individual exercises, and group activities. A bonus benefit will be having fun and working together in a climate of support, celebration, and connection!

Fascilitated by Jane Fischer
Jane is a Creative Change Facilitator, offering training, facilitation, and coaching for personal and organizational development. Her passion is to help individuals, teams, and organizations generate brighter ideas, embrace creative and collaborative solutions, and to do so through positive mindsets.
Jane has over 25 years of experience in organizing and delivering educational and professional development workshops, training curriculum, process facilitation, and group experience activities. Much of this experience covers her two decades in health education leadership, with 15 of these years as a peer health education administrator and trainer at the college level.
Jane holds a Master of Arts in Health Arts and Sciences from Goddard College, and a Graduate Certificate of Advanced Study in Creativity and Change Leadership from the International Center for Studies in Creativity at SUNY Buffalo State. She also serves as a Creativity Trainer for the Creative Education Foundation.
Jane also builds her approach around the principles and practices of improvisation. She has been a professional improv comedy performer for over 20 years, currently with ComedySportz Buffalo. She was a co-founder and performer with The Unexpected Guests Improv Comedy Group in Jamestown from 2002-2017. She has lived in Chautauqua County for most of her life, and currently resides in Fredonia with her husband and a very spoiled cat.

Board of Directors Meeting
2023-10-02 16:00 - 17:30, 2023-06-12 16:00 - 17:30, 2023-04-17 16:00 - 17:30 UTC | NY

Branding & Marketing Committee Meeting
2023-09-20 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-05-17 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | NY
South County – Location TBD
Interested in volunteering? Contact:
Brian LeBarron, Chair
brianlebarron1976@gmail.com

Class of 2023 - Leaders In Action Presentations
2023-09-12 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Robert H Jackson Center, 305 E 4th St, Jamestown, 14701, United States
Hosted by Program Development Committee

CLN 30th Anniversary Celebration
2023-08-24 17:45 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Dunkirk Memorial Park, 59 Lake Shore Dr W, Dunkirk, NY, 14048, United States
Chautauqua Leadership Network is EXCITED to Celebrate 30 Years of Growing Leaders in Chautauqua County.
We invite all our alumni, members, family and friends to join us in celebration during Dunkirk’s Summer on the Lake Concert Series. Our Concert is 80’s Night with 1980 Something/E5C4P3 – The Journey Tribute.
Free for all ages — Food, Beverage, Fun. CLN hospitality tent.
Opening Act 5:25pm
Headliner 6:45pm
Special THANKS to supporting sponsors:
Bard Schaack
Eventz By Scott
William Burley – Century 21 Brokers

Board of Directors Meeting
2023-08-14 17:30 - 2023-08-24 18:30 UTC | Dunkirk Memorial Park, 59 Lake Shore Dr W, Dunkirk, NY, 14048, United States

2023 Southern Tier Leadership Summit
2023-08-03 09:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | St. Bonaventure University - Doyle Events Center, 3261 W State St. Doyle Hall, St Bonaventure, NY, 14778, United States
We are thrilled to announce that this year’s Southern Tier Leadership Summit keynote speaker will be Dr. Kirk Young, VP of Student Affairs at JCC! Kirk’s areas of expertise include transformational leadership, appreciative inquiry, servant-leadership, leadership and creativity, and strengths-based leadership.
The summit is set for 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Aug. 3 at the Doyle Conference Center at St. Bonaventure University. Join us as we explore this year’s theme, “Creating an Engaged and Dynamic Team,” via a keynote address, panel discussion and breakout sessions. The cost is $60 for current cohorts and alumni of LC, LA and CLN and $70 for the public. Online registration is open at https://shop.oleanny.com/collections/event-tickets (online service fee applies)
Hosted by Leadership Cattaraugus, Leadership Allegany & Chautauqua Leadership Network.

Class of 2023 - Difficult Conversations
2023-07-11 08:00 - 12:00 UTC | Jamestown Community College - Jamestown, 525 Falconer St, Jamestown, NY, 14701, United States
Navigating conflict is a fact of life, but how can we think about conflict positively? In this course you will learn your conflict style, strategies for improving your communication during conflict, and destructive behaviors that interfere with positive conflict management. Participants will be asked to engage in thoughtful discussions, reflective self-analysis, and conflict simulations.

About Your Instructor/Facilitator: Simone Sellstrom is the director of the Communication program at Jamestown Community College. In this role she teaches a variety of communication and media courses including Interpersonal Communication, a course focused on communication issues that frequently occur in relationships. Originally from Oklahoma, she graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Masters in Communication and a concentration in Strategic Communication.

Class of 2023 - Introduction To Leaders In Action
2023-06-14 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Long Point State Park Pavilion, 4459 NY-430, Bemus Point, NY, 14712, United States
Leaders in Action (LIA) is an opportunity for the Class to work together in teams, expand their network, increase their knowledge, collaborate to find innovative solutions, and focus on developing the following four skills:
✔ Presentation and Facilitation Skills
✔ Organization Skills
✔ Giving and Receiving Feedback
✔ Creativity
In alignment with the CLN mission, they will be responsible to work together as a team to plan and deliver a
presentation about one of the “diamonds” in our own Chautauqua County.
Guest speakers to inspire the class session include:

Marla Connelly from NYS Parks.
Dee Dippel from Loud Performance
Bryce & Rachael Steffen from Bemus Point Golf Club & Tap House.
Andrew Nixon from the Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau.

Give Big CHQ
2023-06-08 00:00 - 23:59 (America/New_York) | NY
Happening Here:

www.givebigchq.org/organizations/chautauqua-leadership-network

The Chautauqua Leadership Network is celebrating our 30 year anniversary this year and we are overjoyed at the impact we’ve had on our workforce and community-at-large over the last several decades.

Did you know that this year was the largest class applicant pool we’ve ever had and that a wait list has already begun for next year?!

The leadership formation and peer camaraderie that the CLN class experience provides is in higher demand than ever, and as an organization we are poised and ready to step up to the challenge.

In celebration of our 30-year anniversary, we’re asking past alumni and community members to contribute to our next class of leaders during the upcoming Give Big CHQ event. We know that you know just how important the experience we provide is to a leader’s life + career trajectory. Plus the potential for ripple impact throughout the ecosystem of businesses, schools, and nonprofits in our community.

A donation to CLN is a donation to the well-being of our community.

We stand proud at how far we’ve come together in 30 years and believe that the best is still yet to come, together.

Matching Sponsor Challenge

Calling all businesses. Stand out as a supporter of CLN and help leverage our fundraising efforts by becoming a Matching Business Sponsor during Give Big CHQ. Request letter & detail below:

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Class of 2023 - Designing Your Career Compass
2023-05-09 09:30 - 13:30 UTC | Roger Tory Peterson Institute, 311 Curtis St Ext., Jamestown, NY, 14701, United States
Location: Roger Tory Peterson Institute
In this session, participants will learn the core concepts of design thinking and will have the opportunity to apply those concepts immediately to their own lives. This session will challenge participants to expand their creative thinking and problem solving abilities, invite them to reflect deeply on their own lives and careers, and emerge with distinct tools to face some of the most difficult decisions a person can face. As a result of this session, participants can expect to:

Articulate and apply the elements of design thinking to real-world problems
Create an inventory of their own NACE competencies and strengths
Understand the importance of a career self-concept, and see their own RIASEC codes
Define and apply personal values to life and career decisions

Annie’s bio: Annie is a Career Services specialist with over 15 years of experience in secondary and higher education. Her areas of expertise lie in career readiness, career exploration, professional development, and core competency training. She is particularly passionate about helping individuals learn the skills of problem solving and navigating lifelong career journeys. Annie’s career training services are available to anyone who would like to connect.

Class of 2023 - Case Studies In Leadership
2023-04-12 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Jamestown Community College - North County Training Center, 10807, Bennett State Rd., 14048, United States
Leaders make decisions and, fair or not, they are often most remembered for the bad ones. During this session, students will analyze and discuss complex, real-world scenarios that lack straightforward answers, allowing them to explore the enduring impact of leadership decisions. The case studies examined will cover diverse ethical issues, including artificial intelligence, immigration, and team mascots, offering valuable insights into the complexities of leadership. Students should come prepared to take a stance on challenging issues. By comprehending the consequences of decisions, refining critical thinking skills, and improving decision-making abilities, students will gain valuable insights into the demands organizations often place upon leaders.
Core Competencies: Ethics/Integrity and Leading Change

Presented by Craig Garaas-Johnson
Craig Garaas-Johnson, CLN ’20, is a versatile professional with a professional career spanning nearly 20 years. He holds an MFA in poetry and pursued doctoral work in educational research focused on advanced statistical analysis of at-risk student populations. His love of language and analysis has led him to wear many hats including as an English professor, biofuels journalist, a business development professional for a utility, and a marketer and communicator at both the University of North Dakota and University at Buffalo. Throughout his career, he has always sought new opportunities to collaborate within and outside his field. Success is defined as getting resources to the people around him who will make a positive impact on the world. Craig earned his MFA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University Moorhead, and a BA in Composition from SUNY Potsdam.

Class of 2023 - Leadership Scavenger Hunt
2023-03-16 | National Comedy Center, 202 W 2nd St, Jamestown, NY, 14701, United States
Success has a code.
The story of comedy reveals it to us.
A Professional Development Experience At the National Comedy Center
Presented by
CINDY ARONSON TRAINING

THE COMEDY CODE (TM)
Comedy is a powerful teacher.
It ignites the power of laughter, which renews, connects, and engages us.
It fuels the power of learning as we deep-dive into the story of comedy – its greatest minds and legendary performances – to discover lessons of collaboration and teamwork; vision and innovation;
boldness and perseverance …and so much more.
It inspires the power of love. A love for one’s craft and profession, their ensemble and team, their audience & community, and their own unique style used to perform at their very best.
The Comedy-Code (TM): Laugh • Learn • Love
A simple yet powerful combination that delivers outstanding performance in comedy — and in your profession too.
Success has a code. The story of comedy reveals it to us.
Come and experience The Comedy-Code (TM) at the National Comedy Center.
A day that will refresh, renew, and refocus the strength and success of your talented team.

Cindy Aronson Bio
Cindy Aronson loves her job and is on a mission to inspire others to love theirs too. As the owner and principal of Cindy Aronson Training, she develops and leads programs that ignite the power of people, fueling workplace engagement, pride, leadership impact, and personal and professional success.
For over 25 years, she has had the honor and privilege to be a partner in talent development with a variety of outstanding colleges and universities, businesses and organizations and thousands of talented professionals. Her ‘Developing Leadership Excellence’ program has been attended by hundreds of business leaders and chosen by educational institutions and numerous companies/organizations to strengthen the talent on their teams.
Cindy holds a degree in communication from the State University of New York College at Fredonia. She is a member of the National Speakers Association, the Association for Talent Development, and serves on the boards of the National Comedy Center and the Northwest Arena. She resides in beautiful Bemus Point, New York.

Class of 2023 Welcome Reception
2023-03-11 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Grace & Abe's, 14 N Portage St, Westfield, NY, 14787, United States
RSVP Below. CLN members are welcome to meet the Class of 2023 participants.
Share your CLN experience & inspire our future over wood fired pizza & cold freshments.
