YPN Podcast Channel YMCA Professional Network

The YPN Leadership Journey is a series of interactive conversations with Y leaders. Each webcast features tips on professional development, insight into overcoming career challenges, and advice on developing leadership skills. This is a quick listen to the Leadership Journey interview with Sha Foland Bemba, Vice President of Membership and Programs for the YMCA of Greater Omaha.

Listen to the recording of our Leadership Panel Discussion from the YPN Region 2 Virtual Event. Moderator Missy Huppert leads Jill Doerner- YPN and Peer Communities; Jessica Rojas - ERG's; Lisa Tallman – Link in a discussion about how staying connected helps support your personal and professional development. How are you connected to your colleagues. Have you joined an ERG, Peer Community, Link or gotten a certification? Meet and learn about these important resources to a successful Y career.

In this session, Wendy Saunders will introduce you to the concept of mindfulness, the practice of mindfulness of breathing, mindfulness tools, and fun ways to incorporate mindfulness into your day. Additionally, this podcast highlights how anyone of any faith can integrate mindfulness into their daily life and gain the benefits of doing so. Wendy is a Certified Instructor in CBCT (Cognitively-Based Compassion Training), a program of Emory University that teaches course participants methods for cultivating mindfulness and compassion to reduce stress and increase happiness and care for others and oneself.

Beth Mack shares that with over 22 million members, the Y has the ability to have a positive impact on population health measures including physical activity. However, an occupational shift from more labor-intensive positions to more technology-based and highly-skilled positions, has created a negative impact on our staff’s ability to be physically active. While we may not be able to modify our work roles to eliminate sedentary work, we can build in opportunities throughout the day for self-care to include intentional moments for flexibility, strength and physical activity.

Montell Strickland brings his past experiences and passion for personal development to inspire and energize you with his Inspirational Spoken Word presentation. This presentation was from the YPN National Virtual Event held December 2019

Listen as James White, EVP of Organizational Relations, YMCA of the Triangle speaks at the YPN National Virtual Event. The fundamental idea of his talk is that we will either find our purpose or our purpose will find us. A purpose filled life will cause us to see ourselves and the world around us with new eyes.