Here is you chance to join a group and make a difference….
Recruitment has begun for the 2009-2010 FORUM Leadership Development Program for Starkville and Oktibbeha County. The FORUM is the premier leadership development experience in Starkville and Oktibbeha County. Sponsored by the Greater Starkville Development Partnership and the Mississippi State University Extension Service, this eleven month program offers an intensive, experiential exposure not only to leadership principles, but also to the economic, social and governmental sectors of Starkville and Oktibbeha County.
We are now beginning the recruitment process for the 2009-2010 class and a special invitation is extended to every StarkvilleNow reader to join this elite group of leaders in Starkville and Oktibbeha County. While the presented materials in each of these class sessions are valuable in themselves, the real benefit is derived from the opportunity to become close to and engaged with several emerging leaders in the community. I am proud to count among the program’s ranks at least seven individuals or have either run for or are currently holding pubic office (including one mayoral candidate and two alderman candidates in this year’s municipal elections), several members of various municipal commissions, and a host of sustained community activities such as the Johnny Cash Festival, the Starkville Community Market, Movies on the Green, and the renovation of Moncrief Park, among others.
For further information, please visit the program’s website at http://msucares.com/forum to learn more about the overall program and to see a roster of past and current participants. Also, please feel free to contact either Alan Barefield (alanb@srdc.msstate.edu, 662.325.3207) or Rachael Carter (carter@agecon.msstate.edu, 662.325.1793) for any questions you may have.
As part of the 2008-09 class, I highly recommend the FORUM Leadership Development Program. As a lifetime investment in one’s own future, it’s worth much more than the low cost. Please consider joining this leadership program.
I apologize for sticking my nose in, but this does sound like a very productive program, and anything similar would be highly beneficial to any community, but I just have to ask;
…having noted that the schedule pretty much rules out 99% of working, non-self employed individuals, are the sessions filmed, videoed, web cast, etc., or has any discussion along that line occurred? If not, is it a matter of inconvenience, cost, proprietary IP subject matter and content, business model for the program, other?
For background on the reasoning behind my question, please see
http://ctalks.net/index.php?showtopic=13043