Since several nonprofit leadership development programs are no longer available this year, I’m gonna try to keep you up on what opportunities are still out there for young professionals. Kudos to you if you can get your organization to pay for your training or help you with transportation costs!
Here’s a current list, let’s keep adding to it in the comments:
Rockwood Leadership Institute, The Art of Leadership
Application deadline: Rolling admissions, next training will be held September 13-16, 2010
Rockwood’s flagship program is the Art of Leadership (AoL), a retreat workshop for social change leaders from the nonprofit, philanthropic, labor and socially responsible business sectors. Each participant receives a “360-degree” performance evaluation to clarify areas for skills development. In the Art of Leadership, professional trainers deliver a curriculum that provides leaders with (a) clarity of vision in their work; (b) partnership skills, including listening, speaking, conflict resolution and negotiation; (c) “personal mastery” and emotional intelligence skills; (d) teamwork development skills; and (e) performance skills.
Columbia Business School, Executive Education: The Emerging Leader Development Program
Application deadline: Rolling admissions, next session will be held October 17-22, 2010
This program provides participants with a wide range of learning opportunities. A 360-degree feedback tool, combined with one-on-one consultation on the results, helps participants take an in-depth look at their leadership strengths and weaknesses. The program covers several key business skills, always with a focus on how to apply them, both personally and within an organizational context. Effective leadership, strategy formulation, better decision making and negotiating skills, and successful change management form the core of the program’s curriculum.
Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy Professional Development Fund for Young People of Color
Application deadline: June 18, 2010
The Professional Development Fund (PDF) was established in 2005 to widen the leadership pipeline and create opportunities for skills development and personal growth of young people of color in foundations and other philanthropic institutions. Generously funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, PDF awards promising young practitioners of color with funds of up to $1,000 to access to professional development training and intergenerational learning opportunities, with the intent of diversifying and retaining people of color within the sector. Since its inception, EPIP’s PDF has awarded 45 young leaders from a diverse range of institutions, geographic locations, backgrounds and roles within the philanthropic field. Since the Fund was established, we have awarded close to $65,000. In addition to the opportunity to attend a training, national conference or regional gathering of their choice, PDF awardees are convened at a national retreat for additional skills training and personal development support.
Boardsource Nonprofit Board Governance Scholarship for Emerging Leaders
Application deadline: July 5, 2010
BoardSource will be accepting applications for the 2010 Judith O’Connor Memorial Fund Scholarships for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders. Created to honor the legacy of former BoardSource President and CEO, the late Judith O’Connor, the scholarships enable emerging nonprofit leaders to participate in the annual BoardSource Leadership Forum to deepen their governance knowledge. Scholarship recipients receive free registration and lodging to the BoardSource Leadership Forum, which will be held in November 10-11 in San Francisco, CA (recipients are responsible for their own travel expenses), as well as a one-year BoardSource membership. The BoardSource Leadership Forum (BLF) provides the Scholars with opportunities to advance their leadership skills, learn about progressive practices in nonprofit governance, and interact with nonprofit sector leaders from across the country.
Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders
Application deadline: July 2, 2010
Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders is a collaborative initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Center for Creative Leadership. The initiative aims to enhance the leadership capacity of community-based nonprofit health organizations serving vulnerable populations. Ladder to Leadership focuses on developing critical leadership competencies for 270 early- to mid-career professionals through an innovative, 16-month leadership development curriculum. The program will be delivered in nine priority communities on a staggered schedule over the next four years. Each phase of the three-part curriculum includes a mixture of face-to-face training sessions, individualized executive coaching and mentoring, and team project work—all anchored within the context of the communities in which these leaders live and work to maximize the application and impact of the program concepts.
L’dor v dor Non-Profit Leadership: Retreat for Women Working in Jewish Organizations
Application deadline: Rolling admissions, next retreat will be held July 16-18, 2010
The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership is a not-for-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian educational organization that provides ethical leadership training and professional development for women. This three day program will bring together 20 future leaders from the Jewish communal non-profit and educational world to connect, network, obtain the skills that they need to lead, and grow together from strength to strength. Our program begins by teaching the basic practical skill sets that are essential in assuming a leadership role in all areas of life, including: financial literacy, negotiation, conflict resolution, how to run a meeting, how to give a stump speech, how to advocate for self and for causes.
Lucca Leadership Foundations Program
Application deadline: Rolling admissions, deadlines depend on which program location you choose
This session looks at the issue of leadership, the qualities of a great leader, and at what the differences are between the qualities of a great leader, and those of a great human being. We also look at what we mean by “Transformational Leadership” – the ability to bring about change which uplifts and benefits humanity, through meeting its needs, and developing its capabilities. To be selected for the Leadership Foundations program you will need to be aged between 16-30 and show some evidence of your commitment to the development of your own community or society, through schemes, projects or individual action. You will also need to submit an idea for how you will make the difference on your return that you believe will uplift your world. The idea is something which you intend to work on after returning from the program. Although the programs are international and we welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and nations, you need to be able to speak English to participate. Scholarships are available.
