RISE Summit Agenda
Learn more about the outline of the RISE Summit from Craig Redmond, CEO, and Andrea Gosselin, Chief of Staff!
RISE Participants Arrive!
Rafiq Hariri Airport, Beirut
Transport from airport to Movenpick Beirut provided.
6.00pm: RISE Summit Welcome Packet Pick Up
Hemingways, Movenpick Hotel
6:30 pm: Welcome Reception Hemingways, Movenpick Hotel
Mingle and eat dinner with Relief International Boards of Directors and other RISE participants. Let’s get ready for a great three days together.
Monday 11
Strategy & Impact
Tuesday 12
Culture
Wed 13
Leadership
8.30 – 9.00: RISE Summit Welcome Packet Pickup
Outside Levante I & II
9.00 – 9.30: Welcome to the RISE Summit
Levante I & II
9.30-10.00: Keynote from Relief International CEO, Craig Redmond
Levante I & II
10.00 – 10.20: Relief International’s 5-year Strategy Map Global Town Hall
Craig Redmond, CEO, Najia Hyder, Chief Program Officer, and members of the strategy consultation group will interactively present our newly finalized 5-year Strategy Map. The presentation will be followed by discussion, questions and answers. All Relief International team members globally will be invited to join this session and the CEO’s keynote via Teams.
Levante I & II
10.45- 11.00: COFFEE BREAK
Grab a beverage and snack to keep your energy up. Participate in the Relief International Storytelling Booth where we’ll be capturing first person stories of impact, culture, leadership.
11.00 – 11.25: Strategy Map
Introducing Relief International’s new Strategy Map, a tool we can use to paint a clear picture of the work Relief International does and why we do it. Join us as we break down how the Strategy Map was developed and how to use it.
Levante I & II
11.25-11.45: Plenary Discussion
Facilitated by Najia Hyder (Chief Program Officer), Valerie Rowles (Regional Director, ME)
Levante I & II
12.15-12.30: Security Briefing
Lebanon Country Office’s Security Manager, Sami Abbas, and a representative from the Movenpick Hotel will provide a local security briefing.
Levante I & II
12.30-1.30: LUNCH
Madinati Restaurant, Movenpick
1.35-2.30: Theory of Change Session
Facilitated by Melanie Kempster (Global Health and Nutrition Director) & Valerie Rowles (Regional Director, ME)
Now that we have our Strategy Map, we’ll develop the Theory(ies) of Change to bring the Strategy to life! This interactive session will allow you to discover what a Theories of Change approach means for Relief International.
Levante I & II
2.30-3.30: RI Financial Fireside Chat
Facilitated by Martin Clemmey, Chief Finance Officer
Supported by Farzaneh Dailaghian (Director of Financial Planning & Analysis), Lauren Pucci (Head of Program Development), and Josie Coxon (Co-Chief Development & Communications Officer).
Levante I & II
3.30-3.45: COFFEE BREAK
Grab a beverage and snack. Participate in the Relief International Storytelling Booth where we’ll be capturing first person stories of impact, culture, leadership.
3.45 – 4.05: Panel Discussion, Evidence based learning at RI
Craig Redmond (Moderator), Panel: Valeria Gholizadeh (Country Director, WO Syria); Ishfaq Anwar (Country Director, Pakistan), and Dialogie Kubvoruno, (Country Director, South Sudan.
What does a culture of evidence-based learning and program iteration look like? How do we want to shape Relief Internationals learning? Craig Redmond will moderate a discussion between panelists from Syria, Pakistan, South Sudan, and Sudan country teams. The panel will be followed by small group discussions.
Levante I & II
4.05-4.45: Small Group & Plenary Discussions, Najia Hyder
Levante I & II
4.45 – 5.05: Closing
Levante I & II
5.05-5.15: Security Brief 2.0
Levante I & II
6.30: RISE Summit Kick Off Dinner
While you dine this evening, we are also thrilled to show case four Country Office Impact Videos that received the highest number of People’s choice votes, highlighting RI’s meaningful and impactful change from the community’s perspective.
Madinati Restaurant, Movenpick
9.am: Welcome to Day 2!
9.30am-11.30: Ethics Moments Training
Katrina Campbell, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer will lead us in our annual ethics training and training of trainers. We will discuss various scenarios that tie into RI’s strategy and culture.
Levante I & II
11.30-11.45: COFFEE BREAK
Grab a beverage and snack. Participate in the Relief International Storytelling Booth where we’ll be capturing first person stories of impact, culture, leadership.
11.45- 12.30: Culture & Our Stories
Facilitated by Sanjni Shah and Katrina Campbell
11.45-12.10: Links Between Compliance & Culture
Why does RI have a Code of Conduct? Why not just have a policy handbook? Why do this training? Katrina Campbell, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer sheds light on all-things compliance and the influence it has on culture within the NGO sector.
12.10-12.30: Our Stories
Do you have a story you tell about RI to your family and friends? Has there been an event that you directly experienced or something you witnessed, read, or heard about that has stuck with you? Sanjni will lead an interactive activity for you to share a story that exemplifies RI to you.
Levante I & II
12.30 – 1.25: LUNCH
Madinati Restaurant, Movenpick
1:25-1.30: Memorial
A moment of collective remembrance for our colleagues who lost their lives.
Levante I & II
1.30 – 2.10: What is Culture?
What does culture mean to you? Are there shared patterns of beliefs or expectations? Katrina Campbell will be discussing the connection between culture and strategy and how the two impact organizations.
Levante I & II
2.15-2.30: COFFEE BREAK
Grab a beverage and snack to keep your energy up. Participate in the Relief International Storytelling Booth where we’ll be capturing first person stories of impact, culture, leadership.
2.30-5.15: RI Culture and RI Strategy
Facilitated by Sanjni Shah and Katrina Campbell
What is Relief International’s Culture & is it aligned with strategy? What are our beliefs, patterns, expectations, and hindrances? Katrina and Sanjni will walk us through the culture at RI that has been conveyed through your stories and the results of the staff engagement survey. Are there culture clashes at RI? Do our current values reflect our culture? We’ll explore it all in depth in this session.
Levante I & II
5.15-6.15pm : The role of RI Culture and RI Strategy
How do we as leaders perpetuate that culture in a positive or negative way? Start to consider how we as leaders promote the culture we need to achieve our mission and strategy.
Levante I & II
6.30pm: Enjoy a special Lebanese Dinner with entertainment!
Madinati Restaurant, Movenpick
Wednesday, Sept 13, 2023 RISE Day 3 – Leadership
9.00-9.15: Welcome to Day 3!
9.15-9.35: Celebrating RI Leadership
Mark Atterton, Regional Director for Africa/Asia will start the day by celebrating the extraordinary leadership that we have at RI! A deeper look at the qualities, behaviors, and attitudes that we wish to replicate.
Levante I & II
9.35-10.25: What about these stories inspires you?
You’ll have the opportunity to reflect in table groups on the examples of extraordinary leadership at Relief International. Are there specific qualities that stand out to you?
Levante I & II
10.25- 11.10: Adaptive Leadership & Why it is Important?
Facilitator: Mark Atterton, Regional Director, Africa & Asia
Panellists: Alia Mousa (HR Manager), Abdi Ali(CD, Yemen), Kashif Shafique (CD, Sudan), Azadeh Hassani (Global Humanitarian Director), Farzaneh Dailaghian (Director of Financial Planning & Analysis)
We will be discussing how an adaptive leadership approach will teach us to adapt and thrive in a sector that is constantly evolving. Mark Atterton will moderate a panel that takes a deeper look at the qualities, behaviors, and attitudes that resonate with an adaptive leadership style.
Levante I & II
11.10 – 11.20: Self-Awareness & Leadership
How does a self-aware leader behave? Mark Atterton will explore how self-awareness is a prerequisite for how we show up as leaders and leverage our strengths in relation to the principles we have identified and strengthen areas which come to us less naturally.
Levante I & II
11.20-11.35: COFFEE BREAK
Grab a beverage and snack to keep your energy up. Participate in the Relief International Storytelling Booth where we’ll be capturing first person stories of impact, culture, leadership.
11.35- 11.45: Color Insights Model: Creating a Shared Language of Leadership Styles at Relief International
Everyone is a unique mixture of color energies that play a role in identifying our values, needs, strengths and weaknesses, how we relate to others, and how we prefer to communicate. We will learn about the different colors and guide us through finding our own dominant color.
Levante I & II
11.45 – 12.25: Color Insights Activity
Facilitated by Sanj Shah, Chief HR Officer
Based on your dominant color, is the way you perceive yourself different or the same from the way that your colleagues perceive you? This interactive activity will give you the opportunity to reflect on the results of your color.
Levante I & II
PICTURE TIME!
Before lunch we will be taking a group photo. Be sure to wear your T-Shirt!
12.30-1.30: LUNCH
Madinati Restaurant, Movenpick
1.30-3.15pm: What Does My Color Mean?
Facilitated by Sanj Shah, Chief HR Officer
What does your color mean in terms of feedback, communication, goals, meetings, and decision making? For this interactive activity, you will break out into groups to understand what your color preference means in terms of feedback, comms, goals, meetings, decision making, likes/dislikes, and dos and don’ts.
Levante I & II
3.45-4.00: COFFEE BREAK
Grab a beverage and snack to keep your energy up. Participate in the Relief International Storytelling Booth where we’ll be capturing first person stories of impact, culture, leadership.
4.00-5.15: Reflections
Facilitated by Mark Atterton
One last chance to RISE to the occasion! An interactive session on some of the BIG subjects – strategy, culture and leadership we have grappled with over the last three days. What do these things mean for us as leaders and for Relief International as a whole.
5.15-5.30: RISE Summit Wrap Up and Final Appreciations
6.30: DINNER
Madinati Restaurant, Movenpick