Leadership is a compromise between knowledge, experience, and sincerity. My definition of leadership

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• Leadership is a compromise between knowledge,
  experience, and sincerity. My definition of
  leadership is standing up for what is right,
  admitting when you are wrong, and being able to
  listen to others.
• -Megan E. Gokey

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• I define leadership as being able to overcome
  adversity through any means possible.
• - Maggie Luttrell

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• Being cadre for my company at VMI taught me a lot
  about my strengths and weaknesses as a leader.
  Especially being the only female on cadre, I had
  to learn what it took to lead alongside men and
  how to earn their respect as a leader.
• -Cadet Elizabeth C. Dobbins

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• I am looking forward to networking with women who
  posses wonderful leadership skills.
• -Amanda F. Moore

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• The knowledge that I gain at NCCWSL, I hope to
  apply it to my education, and find ways to help
  my fellow college students learn about
  leadership.
• -Ana Cecilia Valenzuela

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• I love the idea of bringing women together for a
  common cause and purpose. I was attracted to
  attend because I felt it would be a great
  opportunity to engage in dialog with women from
  different walks of life.
• -Jordan Casteel

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• I am excited and eager to meet women from around
  the country who are passionate about the things
  they love and are devoted to making the world a
  better place. I look forward to building lasting
  relationships and hearing each womans story.
• -Jordan Trubiano

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• Leadership is understanding when a person should
  lead and follow, and attempt to include everyone
  when making decisions. A good leader will ensure
  that no one feels excluded or force a group
  towards making irrational decisions.
• -Shaunia Banks

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• As an SGA President, Ive had to discuss many
  controversial topics and the situations can
  become intense. This experience has taught me to
  be honest, while respecting everyones
  individually. I have realized that everyone has
  a unique process of gaining knowledge.
• -Meg Beyer

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• Currently, I am involved with my student body
  government and I am learning new leadership
  techniques. The new leadership techniques I have
  acquired, have helped me meet diverse individuals
  and has provided me with the opportunity to
  incorporate diversity into my life.
• -Michelle Montemayor

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• I helped my campus establish a LGBTQA Resource
  Center. Everybody worked together to decide which
  approach should be taken and how to gain support.
  We all learned the best way to work together was
  to create a plan and listen to others
  suggestions.
• -Susan Harz

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• Recently I joined a committee on my college
  campus, to help plan a Take Back the Night Event.
  This committee taught me how to understand
  others ideas and work towards a positive
  outcome. Now, I understand the importance of team
  work and nothing can be accomplished on your own.
  
• - Elizabeth M. Corr

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• Working with others has helped me to learn more
  about leadership strategies and strengthen my
  community ties.
• - Kate Peck

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• The issues facing college campuses today are
  unique and the way students are addressing those
  issues are both thoughtful and innovative.
  Learning how to become a leader in college will
  help to me become a stronger person.
• -Ann Terrell

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• I took a leadership role was when I became a
  single mother at the age of 19now my son is
  graduating high school and I am pursuing my
  bachelors degreeif you have the determination
  and drive you will succeed at whatever life
  throws at you.
• - Laquita Humphrey

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• I think that leadership is a quality that
  everyone has within themselves. Great leaders are
  both honest and understand current situations.
  These qualities grant leaders the ability to help
  others achieve their goals.
• -Ayesha Salar

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• The conferences focus on womens involvement in
  contemporary leadership issues attracted me to
  attend. Women learning how to thrive, lead, and
  learn is essential to individual and social
  betterment.
• - Azra Crnogorcevic

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• My definition of leadership is someone who is
  able to influence a group of people in a positive
  way in order to accomplish a goal. This person
  must be able to do this without fear or
  intimidation.
• - Hannah M. Certis

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• When I was Vice President of the Salt Lake
  Community College at the Jordan Campus, I helped
  to serve the students. Through this experience I
  learned how to communicate with a diverse
  community, how to motivate them, but most
  importantly I became aware of what I needed to do
  to be an effective leader.
• -Jessalyn Abt

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• By attending NCCWSL, I hope to gain insight on
  how to motivate and empower individuals. I also
  want to show these same individuals how to have
  self-esteem, believe that anything is possible,
  and inspire myself and others on how to be more
  prominent leaders on their campus and within
  their communities.
• - April Sullivan

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• becoming a strong woman leader is appealing for
  the simple fact that in my future career as a
  nurse I want to be able to set a high standard
  and challenge my peers to be all that they can
  be.
• - Alice M. Grove

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• My definition of leadership would be a person who
  is kind. You can still have people respect you
  and what your doing if you are kind.
• - Alex Woodruff

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• There is a constant struggle to do better and
  establish respect and honor for a leader in her
  followers heart. I want to attend NCCWSL so I
  can become a better leader.
• - Preetinder Kaur

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• With so many attendees at NCCWSL, I will be able
  to meet with a diverse group of women, coming
  from a variety of backgrounds. I will be able to
  learn about others leadership skills, which will
  help me to enhance my own.
• -Rebecca Griffin

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• I hope that NCCWSL teaches me how to become more
  confident in my ability to lead and how to
  recognize my strengths.
• -Kaje Housman

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• One of the aspects of NCCWSL that interest me
  most is the variety of workshops available for
  us. Theres so much to learn from!
• -Leyda E. Melendez

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• I hope to learn how to become 100 financial
  independent and how to find solutions for all the
  challenges that I face in campus and in my life.
• - Mihaela Caldarescu

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• Leadership is growth from experience learning
  from ones mistakes, failing, asking questions,
  and raising the bar
• -Traci Snyder

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• Aside from gaining new friendships, I hope to
  gain a greater knowledge of the power that women
  have in the world today and learn how to make
  such differences in my own life.
• -Jennifer Gray

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• Leadership is a role for those who have or
  develop skills for unchartered territory and are
  guided by their minds eye vision, which is the
  map they utilize for the goals of the team.
• - Diane R. Fuselier-Thompson

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• I hope to gain a better understanding of how as a
  woman, who is interested in a career in politics,
  I can empower myself and not feel intimidated
  when entering the real world.
• -Giuliana Kunkel

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• Good leadership is a part of someone's character.
  It's not defined as a title but the role you
  take everyday. There are two types of roles, the
  leader and the follower. There will be times
  when you need to be both.
• -Christine Hernandez

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• I am excited to meet women from all over the
  country, from different colleges, and who have a
  variety of different ideas.  Attending this
  conference will broaden my horizons and enrich my
  leadership qualities as I learn and grow with my
  peers.
• - Lauren Mize

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• I look forward to expanding my knowledge on the
  dos and donts of post graduation and for my
  future career.
• -Dana Mininson

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• Being a member of student orientation staff
  taught me that every leader does not have to be
  someone that is super outgoing and loud, but a
  leader has to be someone that can make a group of
  people comfortable and someone the group can
  relate to while reaching the goal that had been
  set.
• - Cynthia N. Shepard

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• My definition of leadership is being a good
  listener, having character, and most importantly,
  being unique. Leadership is all about being a
  good role model.
• - Julie Malerba

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• Accepting the position as principle experimenter
  in my psychology lab taught me a great deal about
  myself and others. Not only did I learn about the
  talents of the other students but I learned about
  my own talents. Being a leader shed light on my
  strengths and weaknesses.
• - Ashley Gilfillian

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• At NCCWSL, I want to become more aware of the
  issues facing women in various realms of society
  today because only after you become aware can you
  act.
• - Kriti Mishra

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• Leaders come from all walks of life and varying
  positions I believe that leaders have to have
  passion and a desire to implement change, inspire
  others, and to guide.
• - Megan Deaton

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• The opportunity to learn more about leadership
  techniques and improve the skills I have, and the
  chance to have discussions with other student
  leaders and experienced speakers attracted me to
  this conference.
• - Amber Hammonds

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• I am thrilled about the idea of being around
  peers and mentors with similar interests and
  ambitions. I always feel that Im learning the
  most from the women leaders at my university and
  Im excited to meet more role models.
• -Hunter R. Hollis

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• My hope is that my experience at NCCWSL inspires
  me to pave my own path of service. Slowly but
  surely we pave our paths, and hopefully this
  conference will, if nothing else, strengthen my
  resolve and provide me with new inspiration.
• - Felicia Ward

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• Ive been to a few leadership conferences, but I
  was excited to hear about a conference
  specifically for women leaders. After taking a
  Womens Studies class, my perspective of the
  world has changed--seeing everyday life through
  the gender lens has led me to respect and
  appreciate women, in whatever role they choose.
• - Sara Jo Taylor

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• I don't have a definition for leadership but I
  live by the saying, Leadership is not just a
  position, it is action. It is truly a way of
  life.
• - Allison Schraub

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• The most important things for an effective leader
  have are, the ability to make decisions, good
  listening skills, compassion, respect for others,
  and an appreciation for team building.
• - Alisha Jones

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• One of the many reasons I wanted to pursue a
  graduate degree is to become a professor in
  polymer engineering to help foster young girls
  with their interest in the sciences. I am
  passionate about providing a positive female role
  model to the future generations because there
  just are not many women in engineering, and even
  fewer in academia.
• - Amy Blake

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• To me a leader is one that is willing to step up
  and take a chance, listen to others even when
  they dont ask to be heard, and are able to
  encourage an individual to their fullest
  potential while supporting them during the hard
  times.
• -Marisalynn Koepke

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• I hope to meet some fantastic women who are
  interested in working for change in education,
  just as I am.
• -Sarah Sewak

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• I want to feel empowered so I can take action in
  my community and learn new ways to reach out to
  the students that I will be teaching in the
  future.
• -Tiffani Cooper

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• I am excited by the Conferences brilliant
  speakers, workshops, and wonderful opportunities
  that await me, from being in the presence of
  dynamic, intelligent, and successful women.
• - Ashley Katon-Donegal

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• My definition of a leader is someone that not
  only leads but follows as well. If one cannot
  take direction from others then that person
  should not expect others to take direction from
  her.
• - Whitley Ann Mayo

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• As for learning something about myself, I've
  realized as a leader that things may not turn out
  as you may plan, but the end result is always
  worth your hard work and dedication.
• -Kimberly Jacoby

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• I realized first hand from being a leader that
  when people in the community hear about the
  misfortunes of others, they are more than willing
  to step up and lend a helping hand.
• -Kelsey Hutchison

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• To me, leadership is not only serving as a role
  model to others. It is also finding the best
  solution to an issue. A leaders role in
  facilitating change and finding ways to improve
  individual lives.
• -Rachel Wilson

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• To me a leader is anyone who makes a difference
  in someone else's life or influences others for
  the better.
• -Nicole Crosby

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• I hope to learn about womens unique leadership
  style and how it can be used dynamically in many
  situations.
• - Julia Keighley

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• The most interesting thing about the NCCSWL
  conference is the Unity in Diversity. There are
  going to be hundreds of females from various
  backgrounds, and cultures, all striving to
  achieve a common goal of women equality.
• - Priyanka Kapoor

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• I started a peer education group on campus to
  educate people about violence against women and
  sexual assault. I learned so much from that
  position. I have a lot of respect for people who
  can take on an issue and start something that is
  sustainable after they leave.
• -Zaia Thombre

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• I hope to gain knowledge on how to thrive through
  the leadership experience as a woman, how to
  overcome barriers in leadership development as
  well as how to be a leader and an ambassador in a
  diverse community.
• - Elizabeth N. Mumia

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• One key lesson I continue to learn and appreciate
  from leadership roles I fulfill, that is to
  realize to approach everything wholeheartedlyPass
  ion is fuel the success!
• -Sabrina D. Stewart

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• I hope to learn and enhance how to be the best
  me I can be in all areas of my life leadership
  skills, education, work environment, and the
  community.
• - Nancy Lespinasse

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• This past semester I had the wonderful
  opportunity of being a resident assistant here at
  the University of WyomingI was able to learn
  about the importance of developing positive
  relationships with others, maintaining boundaries
  and how to effectively communicate.
• - Chelsea Hampton