Alumni Program
An outline of upcoming curated events for the LV Alumni network of over 7,000 leaders, including 1,400 Williamson, Folio and ExperienceBank Fellows, formed over 35 years of diverse and impactful leadership programs.
Overview
We aim to continue to inspire, mobilise and support our Alumni long after the program finishes, towards our vision of an inclusive, equitable, sustainable society.
Our Alumni Program is still experimental and developing, but we hope it continues the LV experience of learning, growing, connecting and contributing. It has three aspects:
- Contribution to Community – to support Alumni to boost contributions to strengthening communities and tackling complex and systemic problems.
- Leadership Learning – to provide opportunities for Alumni to refresh and continue leadership learning.
- Alumni Connection – to create events and experiences that connect diverse Alumni in meaningful and enjoyable ways.
We have also forged partnerships with organisations such as the Melbourne Forum, to create even more opportunities for our Alumni.
Thank you to the many Alumni who have ‘taken the call’ to contribute to LV by speaking at programs and events; contributing to the LV and LVF Boards, and Advisory Committees; and providing technical expertise on areas from events to philanthropy to contract T&Cs! If you would like to help in some way, please email alumni@leadershipvictoria.org.
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Upcoming Activities
Webinar: Executor Essentials; What You Need To Know
Tuesday, September 2, 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Recent research from JB Were reveals a noticeable gap in charitable giving: while Australians hold an estimated $150 billion in estate assets each year, only 6.5% of wills include a gift to charity and only 1% are actually fulfilled.
As Leadership Victoria Alumni, many of you may one day be called on to serve as an executor for a loved one’s or community member’s estate. What does that really involve and how can it be done well?
Join us for a thoughtful and practical webinar exploring the responsibilities of being an executor, the importance of having a will, and how to honour charitable bequests. We’ll also reflect on JB Were’s findings and what they mean for communities and philanthropy.
Featuring Ben Rodgers (WCLP '22), EO of Inner North Community Foundation and Board Member of Community Foundations Australia, who will share valuable insights and lessons from the “Leave a Legacy, Not a Mess” campaign, a legal expert in wills and estates (TBA), and Rikki Andrews (WCLP ’15), Collective Giving Advocate and LVF Board Member. Moderated by Katherine Ellis (WCLP '07), CEO of Leadership Victoria.
Ideas in Development
Stay tuned for more information, and please email alumni@leadershipvictoria.org if you have other ideas or can provide sponsorship or support to help make these things possible.
Contribution to Community
Our Alumni have asked for facilitated support to make a greater contribution to community. To that end, we are exploring: the revival of SkillsBank, Alumni projects that can have larger impacts in communities and workshops where our Alumni provide Peer Case Consulting support for community leaders.
Leadership Learning
We are also planning a number of inspiring and capability building events with compelling experts and leaders sharing their wisdom. Ideas in development include: Reviving the LV Leadership Lecture, thought leadership webinars and peer case consulting workshops to explore Alumni’s own leadership challenges.
Alumni Connection
Meaningful networking events, using the tried and tested LV formula of interesting speakers and great discussion. This provides space for our Alumni to revisit that LV magic of hearing about new, challenging and/or provocative ideas from experts and leaders, and exploring with other great minds what those issues mean for community.
Past Activities
Contribution to Community
Step Up to Local Government webinar
16 April 2024
LV partnered with the Regional Leadership Coalition (RLC) and the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) to encourage LV Alumni to think about contributing their skills and expertise to strengthen Local Government, ahead of the elections in October 2024. Guest speakers included:
- Cr Susanne Newton, Mayor of Darebin (WCLP ‘23)
- Cr Janet Pearce, Deputy Mayor, Macedon Ranges Shire Council (LMCLP Alumni)
- Cr Mary Ann Brown, Southern Grampians Shire Council & Chair of Rural Councils
- Kelly Grigsby, CEO, MAV
Alumni Connections and Conversations Event
Thursday, 19 September 2024
Attendees heard from three Williamson Fellows about key issues in our society, then dove into interesting, challenging and fun conversations on those topics.
Topic 1: Using Creativity in Decision Making - Fatima Everitt, Creative Director, Dreamtime Art Creative Consultancy (WCLP '23)
Topic 2: Leading Through Disaster and Crisis in Community - Mariela Diaz, CEO, Emergency Recovery Victoria (WCLP '18)
Topic 3: Innovation as a Strategy - Jason Coonan, Senior Director, Industry Sectors and Advanced Manufacturing, Breakthrough Victoria (WCLP '21)
WCLP ‘The Call’
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
As in previous years, we invite Williamson Fellows back to work with WCLP ’24 participants on their Collectives, to drive progress on issues critical to the Victorian community.
Leadership Learning
Webinar: Kind Leadership with Graham Allcott
Tuesday, June 10 2025
International author and founder of Think Productive, Graham Allcott, spoke about his latest book KIND: The Quiet Power of Kindness at Work.
Leadership Oration 2025 | Dr Paul Briggs AO and Belinda Briggs - "Can we live with the future?"
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
We were honoured to welcome Dr Paul Briggs AO, a visionary First Nations leader, Elder of the Yorta Yorta Nation and Executive Chair of the Kaiela Institute to deliver the Oration. Dr Briggs will be joined by his daughter, Belinda Briggs, an elected representative of the First People’s Assembly of Victoria, Co-Chair of Kaiela Arts, and Curator at the Shepparton Art Museum, as they explored the theme, "Can we live with the future?".
The conversation was hosted by highly respected leader Professor Christine Nixon AO, APM, former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police and Leadership Victoria Board Chair.
The Rules of Belonging with Fiona Robertson
Tuesday, 4 February 2025
Expert in organisational culture, leadership and teamwork, Fiona Robertson (EBLP '09), ran an interactive webinar focused on 'The Rules of Belonging'.
Contemporary Non-Profits: Challenges & Opportunities
1, May 2024
Melbourne Forum Panel Discussion (online)
Getting on the CEO Track’ Webinar
Thursday, 29 August 2024
12:30-1:30pm
Join LV Board member, WCLP Fellow ’15, and Senior Partner with Davidson Executive & Boards, Jarrod McLauchlan, for an interactive webinar focused on how to prepare yourself and take that hurdle into a CEO role. Jarrod will be joined by other LV Alumni who will share their experiences of making it to CEO, and the challenges they faced.
Alumni Connection
Meet @ the Market with Orchestra Victoria
28 March 2025
Alumni gathered for Meet @ the Market, an immersive concert experience that brought them up close to the powerful sound of live orchestral music with special pre-show talk in the performance space for LV Alumni.
WCLP ’24 – Greater Shepparton Regional Immersive
15-17 May 2024
Locally based WCLP Fellows joined key events of the WCLP ’24 cohort’s Regional Immersive in greater Shepparton, including a dinner and a Collective Leadership Forum with the participants of the Goulburn Murray Community Leadership’s Fairley Leadership Program.
‘Reignite’ Alumni Gala Dinner
26 October 2023
Around 300 LV Alumni came together at Melbourne Town Hall to reconnect.
WCLP ’24 – Great South Coast Regional Immersive
14-16 August 2024
Locally based WCLP Fellows are invited to join key events of the WCLP ’24 cohort’s Regional Immersive in the Great South Coast, including a dinner and a Collective Leadership Forum with the participants of Leadership Great South Coast’s Community Leadership Program.