Designing a Social Impact Career That Matters: From Passion to Practice
The social impact sector is shifting under everyone's feet. Funding is uncertain and the policy environment is changing fast. Meanwhile, the personal questions are getting harder, not easier: where are you headed, and does your current path still fit?
This session with Aila Malik is for practitioners who are clear on their values but want to get sharper about their next move. Aila has supported more than 250 mission-driven organizations through their most pivotal moments of change. In this session, she brings that same strategic lens to your career: helping you approach it with a strategy and a clear definition of success.
🌱 What to expect:
You'll work through a practical framework for clarifying your personal vision, mission and values, to center on what success looks like at this specific stage of your career. We will touch on identifying the skills, exposure, and visibility that will matter most, especially during transitions and shade ideas on how to align that strategy through your social media presence, such as LinkedIn. Aila will offer real, field-tested guidance on navigating a sector that is asking a lot of its people right now.
🏅 This event is part of the Personal Branding Upskilling Sprint! Check out the Upskilling Updates and the Upskilling Discussions.
🎯 Join us if:
• You're a social impact professional wondering whether your current path still fits where you want to go
• You're in a career transition, or feel one coming, and want a framework to support you
• You're trying to figure out how to leverage your skills in new contexts without losing the thread of your personal mission
🎙 About the speaker:
Aila Malik is the Founder and Co-Principal of Venture Leadership Collective, where she helps nonprofit leaders, boards, and funders build organizations with the capacity to outlast the next leadership transition, the next funding shift, and the next moment of crisis. A former executive director and longtime interim CEO, she has worked alongside more than 250 mission-driven organizations navigating the terrain of sustainable growth and systems transformation. She is also a Presidential Leadership Scholar, the author of three books, and the founder of Venture Leadership Lab, a nonprofit supporting the social impact sector itself.