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Social responsibility, sustainability, environmental stewardship, and simply being a good citizen of the earth and our world
are not just words, they require action. Debbie's values of meaning, perspective and innovation are at the heart of what she
strives to offer in these areas in her professional and personal life.
Debbie has a particular interest in youth development and youth leadership. She has been actively involved for over 15 years
in fostering an engaged community for summer swimming encouraging and supporting the development of swimmers, finding opportunities
for them to lead and grow, challenging them to do their own personal best. Recently she offered a workshop for a group of
youth leadership facilitators from Leaders Today, an incredible youth leadership organization that is associated with Free
the Children.
Debbie uses her talents to help non-profit organizations and provides complimentary workshops, design support, or coaching.
Most recently she provided a session for Leadership Vancouver and helped out the Vancouver Rape Relief Crisis center with
a design for their international conference.
She tries to tread lightly on the earth, recently moving with her family to a smaller home located walking distance to all
shopping, biking and taking transit where possible.She has taken up an interest in container gardening- growing herbs, tomatoes,
and lettuce for summer salads. Recycling, reducing at a personal level and simply trying not to buy more than is really necessary.
Learning to buy local where possible. Is it enough? No, but it helps in some small way. Just like every action we take toward
being a better leader of people- the small things count the most. Appreciation, recognition, encouragement, modeling, doing
what we say- all these personal attributes create the strong self-awareness required of leaders in our complex society.
DP Leadership's non-profit charity of choice is the Joe Opatowski scholarship fund (Joes's Dream Fund) at Free the Children.
Debbie provides a 10% finders fee to colleagues and clients that refer her to a new client that engages her for work. She
encourages those that receive the finders fee to consider donating all or some of it to a charity of their choice or to Joe's
Dream Fund. To find out more about Free the Children and Me to We check out the links below.
A special note: Debbie's daughter Emily is one of the Motivational Speakers for the Go Global Tour at Me to We.
Free the Children
Me to We
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