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Introducing the Leadership Tybee Program
Greetings from the Leadership Tybee Steering Committee:
The City of Tybee Island would like to work with the community to groom our future leadership potential and so applied for and received a grant from the Fanning Institute under its Community Leadership Initiative at the University of Georgia.
The primary goal for Leadership Tybee is to create a positive economic force on the island and to encourage and develop a well-informed community. The goals for class participants are to learn improved leadership skills and to have a better knowledge of the community and its major challenges. The class plans to use applied leadership skills, and to generate measurable projects and goals that will demonstrate their commitment to making the island a better place to live and work.
Experts from the Tybee, Savannah, and Chatham communities will be participating as seminar leaders and mentors in the program. Subjects and practices to be covered include: Leadership 101 and styles of leadership, successful goal setting, team building, personality assessments, collaboration, challenges in economic development, diversity, working with government, ethics, and effective listening for better communication.
Classes will all meet together for about three hours approximately once each month for a total of 13 times to attend a seminar, coordinate their project work, and report on their current progress. The sessions will begin in January, 2010, and complete in Fall of 2010. Projects will be proposed by applicants as part of the application process, and final projects will be chosen for teams to work on and complete as part of the program.
Anyone on Tybee can nominate a resident or worker on the island as a potential participant in the program, although a nomination is not a requirement for application. Nominee/applilcants will need to complete an application form, including a project proposal, for acceptance. In addition, there will be a $125 fee for participants to pay – payment can be made by the participants, by a sponsor such as the person who nominated them, or by a full or partial scholarship.
Applications are due from nominees by November 13th, with classes set to begin in early January.
Click here to download a pdf copy of the form for printing to nominate someone to the Leadership Tybee program.
You may nominate anyone who lives or works on Tybee Island to participate in the Leadership Tybee program. Candidates may be of any age or background and may work in any field at any level. Participants will have to meet high expectations as they continue with their day-to-day business, work on class material, and cooperate with others to complete their class project and report on their results.
THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!
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