Iron Range Go Run 2008 - Agenda

6:00pm

6:30pm

Renee Passal, WDIO Television Reporter

Women and Media / MC for the evening 

Nevada Littlewolf, Virginia City Councilmember, Northeast Minnesota     Rural Women’s Leadership Project, Go Run Alumna 

Liz Johnson, Midwest Regional Director, The White House Project

7:30pm

What Would You do if You Knew You Could Not Fail?

8:30pm

Becky Lourey, former State Senator and former candidate for Governor 

Women’s Leadership

Marie Wilson, President and Founder, The White House Project

10:00pm

Group dance with music provided by: 

Carol Booth, Joey Lee and Susan Hope

11:00pm

Chisholm ’72 Unbought and Unbossed

8:30am

8:45am

Liz Kuoppala, Eveleth City Council, Northeast Minnesota Rural Women’s Leadership Project, Go Run Alumna

9:45am

It’s amazing that this country has done so well

utilizing only half  of its resources. ~ Elizabeth Cady Stanton 

Facilitator:

Lorrie Janatopoulos, Planning Director, AEOA, Northeast Minnesota Rural Women’s Leadership Project, Go Run Alumna

Panelists:

Lori Dowling, Itasca County Commissioner

Sonia Hohnadel, former Moorhead Pulblic School Board Member,

Minnesota Council on Affairs of Chicano/Latino People

Shawn Mason, International Falls Mayor

Peg Sweeney, St. Louis County Commissioner

10:00am

10:15am

(in –person or taped address) 

Amy Klobuchar, United States Senator, Minnesota

11:15am

When I dare to be powerful –to use my strength in the

service of my vision, then it becomes less and

less important whether I am afraid. ~ Audre Lorde 

Facilitator:

Kim Stokes, former candidate for Lt. Governor, Northeast Minnesota      

Women’s Leadership Project Steering Committee Member

Panelists:

Nevada Littlewolf, Virginia City Councilmember, Northeast Minnesota Rural Women’s Leadership Project, Go Run Alumna

Betty Firth, Ely EMPOWER

Becky Lourey, former State Senator and Gubernatorial Candidate

Judy Pearson, Author, Plaintiff Blues

12:00pm

Personal Leadership Assessment

Erin Vilardi, National Program Director, The White House Project

Rhonda Briggins Ridley, Southern Strategy Advisor, The White House Project

12:30pm

1:00pm

Ann Bancroft, Polar Explorer

1:30pm

3:00pm

Public Speaking Coaching and Exercises

    -6 Breakout Sessions

3:30pm

Articulating Your Issue, Public Speaking and Messaging

Catherine Gray, Midwest Associate Director, The White House Project

4:15pm

Tips for sound bites and working with the media. 

Barbara Wiener, Founder and Director, TVbyGirls

4:30pm

5:30pm

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world. ~ Jane Addams

Facilitator:

Leah Hall, Planner, AEOA, Northeast Minnesota Rural Women’s Leadership Project

Panelists:

Jane Barrett, Director, Red Lake HRA

Adrienne Falcon, Community Organizer, Professor, Carleton College

Melanie Ford, St. Louis County Attorney

Amy Hendrikson, Director, East Range Academy of Technology and Science

Lorrie Janatopoulos, Planning Director, AEOA, Northeast Minnesota Rural Women’s Leadership Project, Go Run Alumna

Kim Stokes, former candidate for Lt. Governor, Northeast Minnesota Rural Women’s Leadership Project

8:30am

10:15am

Community Organizing and Campaigning

Peggy Flanagan, Director, Native American Leadership Program, Wellstone Action

10:30am

11:30am

Campaigning in NE Minnesota

Gary Cerkvenik, President, Costin Group, Campaign Veteran

12:00pm

12:45pm

Winona LaDuke, Program Director of Honor the Earth, Founding Director for White Earth Land Recovery Project

1:10pm

Getting Over the Fear of Asking for Money and Stories of Success:

Kathleen Murray, Director of Marketing and Development, Virginia Regional Medical Center, former aide to Chicago Mayor Daly and Senator Paul Simon and Fundraising Manager for Senator Carol Moseley Braun

Tammy Tesky, Fundraising Consultant, Go Run Alumna

Juanita Lewis, Fundraising Manager 

YELLOW ROOM

The Ask – addressing fears and methods

Kathleen Murray

BLUE ROOM

Nuts and Bolts – Tammy’s Timely Tips

Tammy Tesky

GREEN ROOM

Circles – Identifying Our Resource Network and How to Reach Them

Juanita Lewis 

2:40

Nuts and Bolts – Tammy’s Timely Tips

Tammy Tesky

BLUE ROOM

Circles – Identifying Our Resource Network and How to Reach Them

Juanita Lewis

GREEN ROOM

The Ask – addressing fears and methods

Kathleen Murray 

Circles – Identifying Our Resource Network and How to Reach Them

Juanita Lewis

BLUE ROOM

The Ask – addressing fears and methods

Kathleen Murray

GREEN ROOM

Nuts and Bolts – Tammy’s Timely Tips

Tammy Tesky

4:00