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Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University is a proud supporter of the Accelerating Black Leadership and Entrepreneurship (ABLE), an enterprise accelerator program by the African Diaspora Network designed to strengthen, energize, and support startups and small businesses led by Black entrepreneurs in the United States.

Congratulations to the eleven entrepreneurs of ABLE cohort three whose impact-oriented ventures are making a difference in communities across the United States.

Meet the cohort at https://bit.ly/485RxlZ

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Applications are open for Accelerating Black Leadership and Entrepreneurship (ABLE). This enterprise accelerator program is designed for startups and small businesses led by Black entrepreneurs in the United States.

Applications are due by June 28th at 11:59 pm PST. We encourage you to nominate an entrepreneur or apply today!

Apply for ABLE Cohort 3!

Accelerating Black Leadership and Entrepreneurship (ABLE) is an enterprise accelerator program designed to strengthen, energize, and support startups and small businesses led by Black entrepreneurs in the United States. Apply Now: https://africandiasporanetwork.org/able/

Who can apply? ➡️ Black entrepreneurs leading startups and small businesses who are early-stage and revenue-generating (seed to Series A) for-profit enterprises.

Benefits Overview:

✅ The top 15-20 entrepreneurs will receive fully paid entrepreneurship and leadership training complemented by mentorship and network-building forums.

✅Cohort members will present their ventures at an in-person pitch session and graduation to leading Silicon Valley investors, angel and impact investors, and venture capitalists among others.

✅Participants will receive a modest stipend as a financial award upon completion of the program.

⏰ Applications are due by Wednesday, June 28, at 11:59 PM PST.

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Build your network with other high-performing accomplished, ambitious women, and develop your personalized action plan to seek and obtain a board directorship that aligns with your personal brand and values.

The Women's Corporate Board Readiness Program features highly successful women faculty with board experience and expertise in their chosen field.

Our next cohort starts June 7, 2023!
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Our “Heroic Leadership For All” online program helps you become an innovative, mindful, and purpose-driven leader. Drawing on the wisdom and insights that have inspired Jesuit success across centuries, the program will enable you and your team to cultivate four crucial pillars of great leadership: self-awareness, love, ingenuity, and heroism.

This program will be an especially superb fit for teams working at a Jesuit institution wanting to cultivate a values-based approach to leadership.

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Our Black Corporate Board Readiness Program (BCBR) Cohort 7 Board Bio Book is now available! https://bit.ly/425kxa0

This book is a comprehensive, detailed guide of all the incredibly talented BCBR Cohort 7 participants that recently graduated from the program and are ready to serve on your board!

Attention teams! Are you ready for a challenge that will put your decision-making skills to the test? Join us for a 3-day interactive experience where you will participate in an immersive simulation focused on the Energy Transition.

This simulation will help you respond to the challenging realities of the changing energy landscape, and you will have the opportunity to apply your newly-acquired decision-making skills to a real-world challenge.

Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your abilities, work collaboratively with your team, and make a difference in the energy industry. Sign up now and take on the Energy Transition!

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Good luck to our candidates taking their exams for Certified Equity Professional and Equity Compensation Associate Designations. The next opportunity to register for November Exams is August 25th.

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The Women's Corporate Board Readiness (WCBR) program will help you become a sought-after board candidate and create a network of other highly-qualified women executives. Join the community and expand your network.

The next WCBR course starts June 7, 2023. Join us for an info session to learn more about our program format and how our program has already helped women on their journey to board excellence.

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"Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The Women's Corporate Board Readiness (WCBR) program will help you become a sought-after board candidate and create a network of other highly-qualified women executives. Join the community and expand your network.

The next WCBR course starts June 7, 2023. Join us for an info session to learn more about our program format and how our program has already helped women on their journey to board excellence.

Register https://bit.ly/3s1UTDQ

Leadership isn’t just about delivering numbers. Sharpen your leadership skills and heroic potential in this four-week program inspired by Ignatian spirituality.

The Heroic Leadership For All online program helps you become an innovative, mindful, and purpose-driven leader. Drawing on the wisdom and insights that have inspired Jesuit success across centuries, the program will enable you to cultivate four crucial pillars of great leadership: self-awareness, love, ingenuity, and heroism.

This program will be an especially superb fit if you currently work in a Jesuit institution or are a graduate of one and want to cultivate a values-based approach to leadership. Learn More https://bit.ly/3eoTQtl

The next Cohort Starts on April 24 📢 Heroic Leadership for All will enable you and your team to cultivate four crucial pillars of great leadership: self-awareness, love, ingenuity, and heroism.

This program will be an especially superb fit for teams working at a Jesuit institution wanting to cultivate a values-based approach to leadership. We welcome individual or group registrations. To Learn More: https://bit.ly/3eoTQtl

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We offer the fast-paced practical learning needed to advance your leaders and improve your organization.

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We have helped over 1,800 professionals in their careers in a wide selection of online courses in over 8 countries worldwide.

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Excited to share that the Black Corporate Board Readiness Program (BCBR) Cohort 6 Board Bio Book is now available!

We are honored to introduce these exceptional Black leaders to you and your networks. This book is a comprehensive, detailed guide with the professional backgrounds of all these incredibly talented BCBR Cohort 6 participants that recently graduated from the program and are ready to serve on your board!

We invite you to check out this book and learn about your future board appointee!

For more information about the program and how to order this bio book or past cohort books, visit: https://bit.ly/3kiBLAu

We are thrilled to announce our 29 professionals ready to serve on your corporate board.

If you're a CEO, board member, executive search consultant, or taken partner at a VC or PE firm, we invite you to join us for a virtual Meet the Cohort event for Cohort 7 on April 13, 2023, from 1 - 3 PM Pacific.

The Black Corporate Readiness (BCBR) program accelerates authentic diversity in corporate governance by accompanying talented, qualified Black leaders through a structured executive education program. Connecting them to networks and building a community devoted to better business performance and racial justice.

Link to Register: bit.ly/MTC7BCBR

Earn your 16 CEUs/CMEs and digital badges with an online certificate in Implementing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), a program created in partnership with Dignity Health Global Education.

Through this program, you’ll experience the step-by-step development of an authentic and relevant plan for a health equity program. You’ll also get to explore how strategy, community engagement, and effective use of data can influence the way healthcare organizations serve diverse populations while developing empathy and trust-building skills.

If you are in a position or hope to be in a position in the future to help build more equity in the healthcare industry, then we want to help you get there.

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In honor of Black History Month, African Diaspora Network celebrates the eleven entrepreneurs who graduated from the second cohort of the Accelerating Black Leadership and Entrepreneurship (ABLE) program. Stay tuned as we spotlight our ABLE alumni in our newsletter and social media. View our photo gallery of the January 19 pitch day and graduation here: https://africandiasporanetwork.org/able-pitch-day-and-program-graduation-2023/

Thank you to Silicon Valley Executive Center for this meaningful collaboration as we support Black founders from across the U.S. We give special thanks to our funders who made this program possible: BILL, Makahakama Foundation, County of Santa Clara, California, ,CA Black Freedom Fund K.L.A Foundation, BlackRock Foundation, Andrew Beebe, and Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

Next month, we gather alumni from our two enterprise accelerator programs to celebrate and network at the African Diaspora Investment Symposium 2023! Entrepreneurs and investors are invited to join the Investor and Entrepreneur Forum on the opening day of the symposium on March 22. Learn more here: https://africandiasporanetwork.org/programs/adis23/investor-and-entrepreneur-forum/

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This dynamic lab offers an easy-to-follow framework to support effective decision-making. This includes analytical tools, information management methodologies, strategies geared toward team-oriented environments, and more!

Throughout this interactive simulation, you will gain confidence, critical thinking abilities, and an understanding of how to navigate geopolitical challenges influencing energy choices and systems.

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Tilt Global Decision-Making Lab - Leavey School of Business - SCU Tilt Global Decision-Making Laboratories (DML) helps participants develop better strategic decision-making skills under conditions of uncertainty.

Are you looking to equip your teams and yourself with the knowledge and skills to address the complexities of systemic and political inequalities in the healthcare industry? Consider earning an online certificate in Implementing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH).

What you'll learn:
✅ Gain confidence in undertaking a leadership role in your organization and community.
✅ Develop an in-depth understanding of the connections between social determinants and the accessibility of health equity.
✅ Identify and address operational challenges when implementing and maintaining programs.
✅ Foster the skills to meaningfully influence your staff, colleagues, administrators, and policy-makers regarding health equity.

Program Details:
Duration: 8 Weeks
Delivery: 100% Online; Asynchronous
What You’ll Earn: 16 CEUs/CMEs

Learn more at: https://dhge.org/our-programs/social-determinants-of-health

It's Black History Month!

While we acknowledge that there are numerous Black leaders in our area we’d like to mention, we want to take a moment and highlight a list of some of the most influential Black leaders in Silicon Valley recognized by the San Jose Spotlight.

To view the list, follow the link: https://bit.ly/3jK0HAo.

On the list, you will see a few of our very own Black Corporate Board Readiness (BCBR) participants, our current cohort 7 member André Chapman and two of our alumni Nicole Taylor, from Cohort 5, and Ahmad Thomas, from Cohort 3.

🚨Now Enrolling🚨A 3-day interactive experience to help you and your teams become more effective decision-makers.

This dynamic lab offers an easy-to-follow framework to organize information to support effective decision-making. This includes analytical tools, information management methodologies, strategies geared toward team-oriented environments, and more!

Throughout the interactive experience, you will gain confidence, and critical thinking abilities and have a new understanding of how to navigate the business and geopolitical challenges influencing energy choices and systems.

To learn more and register -> https://www.scu.edu/execed/individuals/dml/

*We welcome individual and team participants.

Tilt Global Decision-Making Lab - Leavey School of Business - SCU Tilt Global Decision-Making Laboratories (DML) helps participants develop better strategic decision-making skills under conditions of uncertainty.