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Leadership
Spartanburg Program.
Leadership Spartanburg, founded in 1979 by the
Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce, is a nine month course
designed to better prepare leaders and volunteers for
community service through exploration of issues, challenges
and opportunities facing Spartanburg County now and in the
future.
Purpose:
Leadership Spartanburg will prepare
participants to work within
their own community and the region as effective leaders
capable of making decisions. To learn more about the
program, see details below.
Apply for
Leadership Spartanburg - Would you like to
join the Leadership Spartanburg program?
Request an application
today!
Application deadline for the 2010-2011 Class is 5
pm Friday, May 28th 2010.
Leadership Spartanburg
The objectives of Leadership Spartanburg are to:
- Identify and select highly motivated and potential
community leaders to participate in the program.
- Systematically challenge the participants to become
aware of, to examine and to respond to the social and
economic needs of the community.
- Develop an esprit de corps among the participants,
which will provide a common ground for working together
on present and future community needs.
- Identify organizational and individual opportunities
for community involvement and assist in the placement of
participants.
Time commitment
Opening retreat in August followed by a nine-month
curriculum September through May focusing on community
information and issues
Tuition
Tuition for Leadership Spartanburg is $1300.
Leadership Spartanburg 2010-2011 Meeting Dates:
| August (Date TBA) |
Orientation & Opening Retreat |
| September 16 |
Monthly Session |
| October 21 |
Monthly Session |
| November 18 |
Monthly Session |
| December 16 |
Monthly Session |
| January 20 |
Monthly Session |
| February17 |
Monthly Session |
| March 17 |
Monthly Session |
| April 21 |
Monthly Session |
| May 19 |
Monthly Session |
All successful applicants will be notified and billed by
5 p.m. Friday, June
25,
2010.
Selection Criteria
- Civic Involvement
- Leadership Potential
- Diversity Perspective
- Commitment to the Leadership program and the
community
Session topics may include:
- Opening Retreat - Focusing on Team Building
- The History of Spartanburg
- Local and State Government
- Community Health and Social Issues
- Education
- Diversity and Race Relations
- Arts, Recreation and Quality of Life
- Growth, Resource Management and the Environment
- Economic Development
- Closing Retreat - Spartanburg's Future & Your Role
In It
For additional information, including tuition, contact
Cindy
Teaster at
864-594-5032.
Leadership Spartanburg Alumni Association
This active group of community volunteers are graduates of
the Chamber's successful Leadership Spartanburg program. If
you are an LSAA member and need additional information, or
to update your contact information, please
click here.
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