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🔥 We are thrilled to announce our special guest for The Flame - LeVon Barnes LeVon Barnes

As the longest serving member of our Alumni Board of Directors, LeVon has been instrumental in shaping Leadership Triangle’s community engagement and growth strategy. His leadership has ensured that LT remains connected, responsive, and responsible to our community.

On October 7th, LeVon will ignite The Flame - welcoming us all into the room and setting the stage for our 9 storytellers.

Get your ticket to The Flame today. https://luma.com/theflame2026

📅 October 7th, 7pm-9pm
📍 Dix Park Chapel

Goodmon Fellows, don’t give up the game in the comments!

We had so much fun diving into Team Leadership and Trust with our Transforming Leaders cohort this week - learning through experiential activities designed to provoke conversation.

Key takeaway?

Building trust at the organizational and team level is gnarly work. It requires system building and rituals, not reliance on interpersonal leadership.

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There are thousands of nonprofits across the Triangle. How can you know who to trust with your time and resources?

During the Regional Program, we’ll introduce you to some of the most trusted, impactful organizations across the Triangle.

Stop Googling and start connecting.

Apply for the 2027 Regional Program today!

In 2024, Matthew Donegan was a storyteller for Leadership Triangle’s first-ever storytelling event, The Flame: A Night of Community Leaders Shining Bright. As we prepare for the Flame this year, we sat down with Matt to talk about why he said yes to sharing his story on stage.

“I like to think I have a story to tell. After 35 years of advertising sales and marketing, I retired at 60 and started a new career as an actor. I had no previous experience. I call it my ‘Second Act’. I signed with a talent agency, and I’m having so much fun. On any given day, I get to play a Doctor, Lawyer, prisoner, and my personal favorite, a Baptist Minister!”

Matthew Donegan is the President of Donegan Media Services, a 2013 Transforming Leaders graduate, and a longtime Peer Coach for Leadership Triangle — and he holds a special distinction as one of the storytellers who helped launch The Flame back at its very first gathering.

Read our full interview with Matt: https://medium.com/Leadership Triangle/coaching-acting-and-everything-between-793796fcfe25

And don’t miss all of the storytellers at The Flame this year!

Ready to laugh? Get your ticket to The Flame today 🔥

9 storytellers, 5 minutes for each story, all around the central theme of “You Can’t Prompt This” - the things in life that make us human, make us feel embarrassed, sad, hopeful, and yeah - bring us joy.

October 7th, 7pm-9pm @ Dix Park Chapel.

100+ community members in the room - and you. See you there.

Have you gotten your ticket to The Flame?! We can’t wait to gather with 100+ members of our community to hear 9 storytellers share 5 minute stories about some of the most human moments in their lives - caring for aging parents, escaping death, confronting how work can challenge our values, and more.

📅 October 7th, 7pm-9pm
📍 Dix Park Chapel in Raleigh

Don’t miss our biggest event of the season - get your ticket today!

Our 2026 Executive Program has begun! We had so much fun kicking off this cohort’s time together - huge thanks to the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce for serving as our venue sponsor and Damon Circosta as the host of Day 1. Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce

As we closed out our day together, the full cohort headed out to the Durham Bulls Baseball Club field for a photo and group toast with General Manager, Chrystal Rowe. Durham Bulls

Follow along as the cohort dives into issues shaping the present and future of our region: workforce development and life sciences, healthcare and economic mobility, and housing and transportation.

Get your ticket for The Flame - October 7th, 7pm-9pm at Dix Park Chapel!

🔥 What is The Flame?
​The Flame brings 100+ community members together for an evening of leadership storytelling. Nine speakers take the stage to share powerful 5-minute stories around a central theme — all set within a carefully curated experience that includes facilitated networking opportunities and an open social hour.

🔥 What is our 2026 storytelling theme?
*You Can’t Prompt This*
The stories that change us rarely make the highlight reel. They live in the messy middle, in the gut feeling that defied all logic, the conversation that saved everything, the loss that quietly made you wiser, the moment of joy that made no sense at all. These are the experiences that can’t be optimized, automated, or generated. The ones that are too weird, too tender, too specific, too you. Come experience the stories that no AI prompt could ever produce.

🔥 Who are the storytellers?
Anjanette Miller, Chris AV Pearson, Cyndy Yu Robinson, Geraud Staton, PCC, MNLP, Barbara Jacqueline Jeter, Lwiza Escobar Garcia, LCSWA, Lydia Dudley, Marcus Manning and Mikaya Thurmond

All proceeds go to the Leadership Triangle Winkie La Force Scholarship Fund. If you are interested in sponsoring The Flame, send us a message!