Leadership Brookings

Application Deadline is August 31, 2011
For an application, please click here (.doc) or (.pdf)

Sponsorship Opportunities

Mission

Leadership Brookings/County is dedicated to supporting the highest quality leadership preparation program for individuals with particular emphasis on specific skills and collaborative leadership seeking positive change in response to civic, governmental, business and industry challenges in the Brookings area.

Program

Leadership Brookings/County is a formal educational program intended for Brookings area citizens who have an interest in area communities, their leaders and institutions, their decision-making processes, and/or specific leadership opportunities.

During the program, which is spaced over eight months, participants will learn and practice leadership skills for use in their professional and community service roles. Additionally, participants build a leadership network among current and emerging leaders, learn about community issues, and become familiar with the rewards of community service work.

Format

• One daylong session each month from October through May.
• A program component is the Class Project, which the group selects and completes. The project gives participants opportunities to interact with community groups and leaders.
• Certificates of completion will be awarded to qualifying participants at Leadership Brookings commencement ceremonies following the program.
• Sessions will usually be from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the following dates:  October 6, November 10, December 8, January 18 (longer day due to trip to Pierre, SD), February 9, March 8, April 12, and May 17.
• Sessions will emphasize the skills and values that contribute to influencing group decisions.
• Sessions include community field trips to acquaint participants with community characteristics and challenges, economic development, education, law enforcement, rural/urban relations, the State Capitol, and other leadership-related institutions.
• Program tuition, including the briefing and commencement celebration, is $450 and due by August 31, 2011. For applications received by July 31, 2011, with payment, a 10% ($45) deduction is available.

Purpose

• To identify and develop potential leaders from diverse backgrounds, acquaint them with community issues, and acquaint them with resources, institutions, individuals, organizations and other entities available for addressing these issues and solving community problems;

• To provide a format within which participants can meet existing community leaders and encourage interaction among them. This interaction will in turn encourage emerging leaders to deepen their involvement in community problem solving;

• To help potential and existing leaders sharpen their leadership skills and improve their effectiveness in interpersonal situations.

Participants

Leadership Brookings will select 20-24 area people who live or work in Brookings County, and who

• Have demonstrated a sincere commitment to and interest in the Brookings area.

• Have the potential for further advancement to leadership positions within their own organizations, which may place them in positions to influence important community issues.

• Have the time available to participate in the Leadership Brookings program, and have the complete support of the company or organization she/he represents. (To successfully complete the program, full attendance at all sessions is required. (An excused absence for no more than one session, for illness or family emergency, is available.)

• Represent a cross-section of county population groups, including business, clergy, community and service organizations, education, government, labor, professions, and other groupings, including ethnic, gender, age, and community experience.

Application Deadline is August 31, 2011
For an application, please click here (.doc) or (.pdf)