Held annually at the Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference, Nāhululeihiwakuipapa develops a workshop that provides emerging professionals and students an opportunity to develop technical, networking and leadership skills critical for career, community, and personal success. Workshop topics are selected based on the interests and needs indicated on surveys taken by emerging professionals and students. Our goal is to empower workshop participants to lead from where they are, by providing them the opportunity to put learned skills into practice.
2021
Conservation Connections: Explore Your Possible Pathways – Nāhululeihiwakuipapa Networking Session
Join the HCA Nāhululeihiwakuipapa Subcommittee during this networking session to meet with professionals from across the Hawaiian Islands! This includes fellow students and emerging professionals, as well as established professionals who we all look up to! This is an opportunity for you to make connections and cultivate relationships to enhance your career in conservation. Meet professionals who have similar interests and can share their advice to give you guidance on your career path. No one career path is the same, but that’s why it’s so important to talk story with folks from across the Hawaiian Islands to discover the right path for you.
This is a networking session meant for students, emerging professionals, and established professionals to engage in knowledge sharing and network building.
2020
Engaging in the Political Process to Support ʻĀina Momona – A Nāhululeihiwakuipapa Emerging Professionals Workshop
This workshop will focus on how to engage with the political process here in Hawai’i. Participants will hear from panelists currently involved in affecting change through policy and civic engagement. They will also learn how our actions and diligence, as citizens, are important to shaping the future we wish to see in Hawai’i, and beyond. Guest speaker presentations will teach participants about how to find and interact with their representatives (at all levels of government), hold decision makers accountable, find public meetings, and follow and influence legislation. Together, we can leverage our voices to create representation that is truly responsive to the needs of our communities and ‘āina. To view the recording and slides visit http://www.conservationcompass.org/career-guidance/engaging-in-the-political-process.
2019
Finding & Using Your Voice As a Platform for Conservation – A Nāhululeihiwakuipapa Emerging Professionals Workshop
This two hour workshop is designed to empower emerging professionals to find their voice, further develop their communication skills, and learn how to use their voice as a platform to share, educate, and convey their passion for the work they do in conservation, while also recognizing this skill is applicable to everyday interactions. This workshop will feature a dynamic panel of effective communicators, from the conservation field and marketing/business industry, and a small group activity where participants will work collectively to develop a succinct message to pitch a solution/address a broad conservation question. This workshop will provide emerging professionals the opportunity to put into practice this skill with constructive feedback from panelists.
2018
Harnessing the Power of Tacit Knowledge in Connecting Communities and Building Partnerships – Nāhululeihiwakuipapa Workshop
This workshop focuses on “tacit knowledge” or so-called “soft skills” that translate into a skilled understanding of people and places that is key to creating and sustaining successful collaborations and partnerships. Often these types of skills are developed through direct and prolonged engagement with teachers, mentors, and peers. By exploring mentor/mentee relationships, the workshop will expose participants to the power of tacit knowledge and provide an opportunity to interact with skilled and experienced users of this captured knowledge who have created successful partnerships and brought diverse communities together to build dynamic and innovative solutions for Hawaiʻi’s conservation challenges.
2017
Kaʻikaʻi Iwikuamoʻo – Nāhululeihiwakuipapa Leadership Styles & Pathways Workshop
“Kaʻikaʻi” means to lead, support, lift up, or raise. “Iwikuamoʻo” is one of four starlines used by navigators to lead them to their destinations; it also means “backbone”, and is a metaphor for a genealogical line. With these two terms as inspiration, the Nāhululeihiwakuipapa Subcommittee welcomes participants who want to develop leadership skills. As many emerging professionals continue on their career path, defining one’s style of leadership is necessary for building personal capacity. This workshop provides an opportunity to explore different leadership styles while doing a hands-on activity that highlights the significance of ʻaha and how this traditional practice intertwines with leadership.
