Jain Leadership and Strategy Conference Successes

(with Kellogg/Dipak Jain)

1. 2005 Conference Accomplishments
   1. Formal and academic introduction to leadership, and marketing concepts as applied to Jainism in North America.
   2. Customer Centric Approach NOT Product Centric
   3. Value Creation Model w/ Differentiation
   4. Validation and l support for Vision2020 goals and vision
   5. Agreement by JAINA Leadership and attendees on need for urgent change
   6. Energy and excitement from Jain community to continue and expand this movment.

2. 2006 Conference Accomplishments
   1. Built on 2005 and reinforcement
   2. Fundraising best practices, Guest Speaker - Importance of a 1 page Mission Statement that gets people excited
   3. Creation & Communication of Leadership Tools
   4. Branding of Jain elements has begun in full force: vegetarianism, yoga, meditation, anekantvad

3. Movement created and Accomplishments since 2006 Conference
   1. Successful Northeast Regional Leadership Summit in NJ 11/2006
   2. 4 additional Regional Leadership Summits have been planned
   3. Northeast Conference completed with great success
      1. Sharing of Jain Center and Jain Organization Best Practices
      2. Recognition of common challenges faced by Jain Centers and discussion on how to remedy them
   4. JAINA leadership team awareness and beginning to use leadership concepts to run the organization
   5. Involvement of other Jain business leaders such as Berkshire Hathaway ‘s VP Ajit Jain, Wharton Professor Anjani Jain, CEO of Syntel Bharat Desai
   6. Members see the professionalism, agree with the Jainism 2020 vision & want to participate in the next conference
   7. Increasing participation of young professionals nationally and locally
   8. Jain Elevator Pitch has now been circulated to over 10,000 people

4. 2007KelloggConference Focus (need to re-schedule date & Allen Center availability or other hotel facility)
   1. Focus on execution of 24 new impactful ongoing, targeted projects (already underway)
   2. Involvement of Jain Leaders such as Ajit Jain, Anjani Jain, Bharat Desai
   3. Refresh Leadership Concepts & Tools
   4. Take Leadership Concepts to the next level
   5. Increased visibility of Jainism in colleges, interfaith organizations, media
   6. Developing Leaders who can breed new Leaders locally
   7. Expand leadership tool-set to include goal setting, financial planning, and enterprise resource planning
   8. Applying successful case studies to the Jain Community as success stories