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Leadership
+ Assets = Community Economic Advantage
The Center for a Vital Community’s flagship
program, the Sheridan CiViC Project, is designed to energize community economies by
helping citizens capitalize on community assets. Relying on
Blandin Foundation
coaches, this leadership
program is designed to build
teams that reflect the diversity of the community in which
we live and to deepen understanding of community dynamics and strengthen
skills for initiating and managing change.
Leaders link people and assets.
Leaders create climates that engage the community around issues and values,
encourage creativity, and stretch the
imagination to create a future beyond the limits of what is expected. It is
entrepreneurial work: Leaders define realities, establish vision, set goals,
generate action, and measure progress.
The Framework
This internationally recognized program is centered on three core
competencies:
1. Framing opportunities and challenges that lead to effective action;
2. Building social capital for collaboration and resource sharing;
and
3. Mobilizing a critical mass of resources to achieve specific outcomes.
The Skills
This program uses highly experiential learning techniques
that allow
participants to apply them to their own community settings. These skills
include:
• Communication that fosters understanding, efficiency, and
cooperation.
• Conflict management.
• Networking that brings together people, ideas, and solutions.
• Stakeholders analysis.
• Individual leadership development planning.
The Audience
The program is designed for community teams that reflect the diversity
of their community – established and emerging leaders from many
walks of life, including educators, business owners, elected officials,
executives, healthcare professionals, clergy, and retirees.
Recruitment
Recruitment efforts focus on
individuals who are:
• Actively involved or seeking to become actively involved in community
life.
• Willing to engage others in ongoing efforts to develop and
sustain healthy community.
• Credible and open minded.
• Connected to diverse sectors of the community.
• Risk takers and problem solvers (the entrepreneurial minded).
• Passionate and driven to identify and mobilize community assets.
• Committed to working collaboratively to promote community economic
viability and assure that the benefits are widely shared.
Retreat and Workshops
The Sheridan CiViC Project is a residential retreat that involves
eight days of training: a five-day residential retreat, a two-day residential
workshop, and a one-day workshop, all spread out over the course of a year.
The 2009 Sheridan CiViC Project five-day residential retreat took
place May 18-22, while workshop I was on September 18 and 19. The
final workshop II and graduation will take place Jan. 15th, 2010.
The initial workshop will be in the Sheridan College Watt Ag Center
with a reception to follow from 5:00 - 6:30 pm at the Sheridan
Senior Center.
2009
Delegates
Amy Albrecht, Denise Canfield, Christi Haswell, Liz Howell, Chris Jones,
Erin Kilbride, Cathi Kindt, Jessica Lindsley, Anne Nickerson, Kati
Sherwood, Wendy Smith, Myrlene Wallander, Nic Bateson, Brock Boedecker,
Brent Caldwell, Matt Ebzery, Rob Forister, Arik Jacobson, Kurt Layher,
Robert Leibrich, Mark Reid, Leon Schatz, Tom Ringley, TJ Tavegie
Alternates: Sharon Nadeau, Robyn Belinskey
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