Making Communities Work–Leadership across Public, Private, Nonprofit and Geographic Boundaries
The Extension Center for Community Vitality and the Center for Integrative Leadership of the University of Minnesota present a Leadership Education Conference.
April 21, 2008 – 11:30 – 7:30 pm
April 22, 2008 – 8:00 – 11:30 am
Join us for this rare opportunity to blend the success stories of communities with scholarly reflection on how integrative leadership makes a difference in communities.
Community leaders will present stories about how their community worked across boundaries to:
¨ Maintain their vitality when the “company store” went away.
¨ Build an economic engine.
¨ Tap technology.
¨ Find clever ways to get their community “on the map”.
Scholars will consider how theories of leadership and community development reflect upon the stories of thriving communities.
Keynote speakers Joel Barker, futurist and scholar, and Tim Penny, President of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, will explore the importance of integrative leadership for the future of Minnesota and the world.
Registration Fee: $80 (Includes one lunch, evening appetizers and drinks, breakfast)
To Register: Visit www.extension.umn.edu/MakingCommunitiesWork
Or call Joyce Hoelting, 612-625-8233
About the Sponsors
- The Center for Integrative Leadership aims to develop a better understanding of how collective action across sectors (business, government, nonprofits, media, academia) and geographic boundaries can solve some of the world’s most pressing and complex societal problems.
- Extension is a major outreach arm of the University of Minnesota. The mission of the Extension Center for Community Vitality enhances Minnesota’s social, economic, civic and technological capacity.