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EXCEL programs across Missouri provide leadership development tailored to individual community needs and resources.

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Neighborhood Leadership Fellows 2023

Event date: Jan. 6, 2023 - Sept. 9, 2023

St. Louis, MO

Neighborhood Leadership Fellows is an advanced leadership training program of UMSL, MU Extension and the St. Louis Promise Zone-St. Louis Economic Development Partnership.The mission of Neighborhood Leadership Fellows (NLF) is to increase and amplify ...

FOCUS Women In Leadership

Event date: Jan. 14, 2023 - May 13, 2023

St. Louis, MO

Offered each spring and fall, the FOCUS Women In Leadership (WIL) program offers the opportunity to refine your personal, professional and civic leadership competencies, learn about the St. Louis community, and connect with other women from diverse ...

101 Framework Foundations Program - Winter 2023

Event date: Jan. 18, 2023 - Feb. 22, 2023

Learn The Maximize [My Community] Journey Framework through the Story of Monarch TownThis is the foundational program of the Maximize NWMO regional vitality initiative launched through The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri. Participants will ...

FOCUS STL - Emerging Leaders

Event date: Feb. 7, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Designed for early-career professionals, the Emerging Leaders program offered by FOCUS STL offers the opportunity to strengthen your personal, professional and civic leadership skills, gain a deeper understanding of the inner workings of the St. ...

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MU Extension hosts regional leadership development program

Published: Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Twenty-seven leaders from 13 states graduated from the North Central Cooperative National Extension Leadership Development (NELD) program, hosted by MU Extension’s Missouri Training Institute (MTI).Graduates of the 2022 program ...

Summit challenges youth to lead with courage

Published: Tuesday, April 3, 2018

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Almost 160 teens and adults attended the 2018 Missouri Youth Civic Leaders Summit near Camdenton in March. Youth and adult teams gathered from more than 20 county 4-H programs and community betterment groups across ...

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How to Have a Successful Educational Meeting on a Public Issue

Publication date: Oct. 1, 1993

Citizens have the duty and opportunity to help make many group decisions about complex issues. Group decisions are those in which two or more people have a voice or vote. The decision may affect one or more persons individually or as a group. The ...

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Junior Leadership Columbia

This nine-month program motivates students in Columbia to develop their potential for community leadership by acquainting them with the opportunities, realities and challenges of the community.

Leadership Chesterfield

Leadership Chesterfield is an eight-session leadership course that focuses on understanding the issues, challenges and plans of the Chesterfield community. Class size typically 20.

Leadership Columbia

Founded nearly 50 years ago, Leadership Columbia strives to provide the community with an enduring source of diverse leaders prepared and committed to serving their region.

Leadership Jefferson City

Leadership Jefferson City, a six-month program that starts in January and runs through June, is designed to identify and motivate emerging leaders and develop their potential for community leadership roles by exposing them to the opportunities, ...

Leadership Missouri

Leadership Missouri aims to identify current and emerging leaders throughout the state, enhance their leadership skills and deepen their knowledge of the state’s opportunities and challenges.

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