Join the community dialogue!
Connect with people from different parts of your community, leaders and members of businesses and organizations in this community-focused leadership program.
The Leading Edge: Next Steps program is a leadership training program all about YOUR community! Gain a deeper understanding and appreciation for your community while learning new skills and techniques that will prepare you to take on a leadership role. This program has a strong community development focus, enhancing the skill set that will enable you to assess the needs and assets of your community to better plan and develop a sustainable community.
As a participant in Leading Edge: Next Steps, you will …
- Expand your understanding of community politics, institutions and culture
- Be able to identify and analyze community assets and issues
- Understand the importance of and steps to visioning
- Be able to mobilize individuals, organizations and communities
- Gain tools for sustaining leadership into the future
Leading Edge: Next Steps is a community-focused leadership program for rural community leaders, members of business and organizations, and people who want to take a more active role in their community.

More dates coming in 2010!