Jeannette Maré, Science of Kindness Community Collective, The University of Arizona
Time: Friday, December 1, 2023 from 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Title: State of Kindness: A Mixed-Methods Reasoned Action Approach to Understanding Prosocial Communication in Organizations
Link to Presentation Recording: https://youtu.be/UG9KmRpLtH0?feature=shared
Abstract: A rapidly growing body of evidence concludes that kindness is important for human health and well-being, both in our personal lives and at work. In organizations, kindness benefits consumers, employees, and the organization itself. Consumers who are treated with kindness have better outcomes and employees who work in kind environments are more satisfied and engaged in their work. Despite the known benefits of kindness in organizations, research supports the urgent need to increase kind behavior. Theory-based and empirically driven interventions to increase kind behavior are needed. This “State of Kindness” research uses group concept mapping and the reasoned action framework to operationalize kindness and examine the underlying beliefs and psychological determinants of kind behavior in organizations. This formative research is crucial for developing, implementing, and evaluating organizational kindness interventions.
About the Speaker: Jeannette Maré, PhD, is the Director of the Science of Kindness Community Collective at the University of Arizona. Her path to becoming a community-engaged kindness researcher was a long and winding one. Jeannette’s world changed drastically after the sudden death of her son in 2002. In the incredible grief of losing Ben, learning and sharing about the lifesaving, world-changing power of kindness became her sole focus. With her heart broken open, she founded Ben’s Bells, a nonprofit that inspires and teaches the intentional practice of kindness. Now a research professor at the University of Arizona, Jeannette leads a research collaborative exploring how to increase kindness in interpersonal relationships, organizations, and communities.
Gabrielle E. Miller , SALT Center, The University of Arizona
Time: Friday, November 17, 2023 from 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Title: Advancing Solutions to Grand Challenges: The Power of Focusing Higher Education and Nonprofit Leadership
Link to Presentation Recording: https://youtu.be/1vhxG6IPYsk?feature=shared
Abstract: When higher education and nonprofit leaders undertake efforts to address social challenges, leadership complexities can be unexpected and considerable. Moreover, the characteristics of each ‘ecosystem’ often magnify this complexity by distracting from program integrity, sustainability, and advancement. This talk will highlight some of the leadership challenges, strategies that can be effective in both higher education and nonprofit setting, and examples of effective solutions and their impact on building social solutions to grand challenges.
About the Speaker: Gabrielle E. Miller, Ed.D. is the Assistant Vice Provost of Student Success and Retention Innovation and the Executive Director of the SALT Center. She has extensive experience in national nonprofit and higher education leadership. Prior to her current roles at the University of Arizona, Dr. Miller was CEO of Raising a Reader, the nation’s most validated family literacy program, then a part of Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Prior to that she was named Vice President of Programs at Reading Is Fundamental in Washington DC. She began her career in Baltimore at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University. As Assistant Vice President, Educational Programs at Kennedy Krieger Institute she oversaw special education services and helped to develop a model secondary education program for students with multiple and complex impairments. She also held a ranked faculty appointment in Johns Hopkins University, College of Education where she taught core courses in the graduate teacher training program and oversaw practicum. Her current research efforts focus on the intersection of social innovation, social enterprise, and leadership in building high quality sustainable interventions for students across all age groups.
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