| St. Lawrence Leadership Institute - Curriculum for 2008-2009 |
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Part I |
Part II |
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| Day, Date, Time |
Location |
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Leadership Development
(book) |
Activity(s) |
Issue Education |
Homework for NEXT session |
| Thur. Sep. 18, 2008 4:00-8:00 PM |
Sergi's
Market St Potsdam
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The Leadership Challenge |
- Self-Introductions
- Toxic rescue
- Tower building
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Leadership styles and presentation
of Myers-Briggs |
- Read Chapters 1 & 2
- Class photo will be taken at nest session
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| Thur. Oct. 9, 2008 4:00-8:00 PM |
St. Lawrence County
Chamber of Commerce 101 Main St
3rd Floor Classroom |
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What Leaders Do and Constituents Expect
(Chapters 1&2) |
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The State of Government in St. Lawrence
County |
- Read Chapters 5 & 6
- Attent DEC program at SLU
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| Thur. Nov. 13, 2008 4:00-8:00 PM |
SLC Chamber of Commerce, 3rd Floor Classroom |
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Inspire a Shared Vision
(Chapters 5 & 6) |
- Public Speaking exercise
- A brief look at wtiting effectively
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The State of Connectiveness in St.
Lawrence County |
- Read Chapters 3 & 4
- Attend a public board meetin for which you are not a staff of
board member. Write a summary that identifies the problem at hand,
explains how it was handled and how you would have handled it. Maximun:
2 double-spaced typed pages with 1 inch margins and a 12 pint font
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| Thur. Dec. 11, 2008 3:00-8:00 PM |
TBA |
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Model the Way
(Chapters 3 & 4) |
- Tour of SunFeather Soap
- Extemporaneous Public Speaking Exercise
- Facilitating a meeting
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The State of Community Development
and Role of Entrepreneurism |
- Read Chapters 7 & 8
- Read "Leadership in the Schools".
- Prepare a 90 second speech on "My Personal Challenges as
a Leader"
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| Thur. Feb. 12, 2009 4:00-8:00 PM |
TBA |
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Challenge theProcess (Chapters 7 &
8) |
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The State of Education and the Arts
in St. Lawrence County |
- Read Chapters 9 & 10
- Rewrite Summary of meeting, if necessary
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| Thur. Mar. 12, 2009 4:00-8:00 PM |
TBA |
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Enable Otheres to Act
(Chapters 9 & 10) |
- Medial Relations: Pitfalls and Perils
- Letters to the editor
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The State of Health in St. Lawrence
County |
- Read Chapters 11 & 12
- Write letter to the editor and submit. If published, bring proof
of publication. NO "Sound Offs"!
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| Thur. Apr. 9, 2009 3:00-8:00 PM |
TBA |
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Encourage the Heart (Chapters 11
& 12) |
- Tour of Jon Greenwood's Dairy Farm
- Resourse cultivation and farming the land
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The New Face of Agriculture in St.
Lawrence County |
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| Trhu. May 14, 2009 3:30-8:00 PM |
Ranger School Wanakena |
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Leadership For Everyone (Chapter
13) |
- Discussion of the DEC program you attended as homework for second
session
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The State of the Environment in St.
Lawrence County |
- Prepare a 3-minute speech in response to the following questions:
- Which one or more of the issues presented this past year affected
you personally? Why?
- How do you see yourself getting involved to move your
agenda forward?
- What will that require of you as a leader?
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