10 August 2014
Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau
August 15 Deadline to Apply for the
27th Class of Leadership Emporia
Applications for the 27th Class of Leadership
Emporia are due in by Friday, August 15. Applications
are available on line at www.emporiakschamber.org
and at the Trusler Business Center, 719 Commercial. If
you would like to nominate a candidate for the class,
call the Chamber office with their name and address
and request that an application be sent to them.
The Emporia Area Chamber has partnered with the
Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) to create stronger,
healthier, more prosperous communities. We know
it is risky and challenging work. The mission of the
KLC is to foster civic leadership for healthier Kansas
communities, and their core objectives are to inspire,
educate, and connect communities.
Leadership Emporia has evolved over the years and
has incorporated the KLC theory of civic leadership
into its core curriculum. Leadership Emporia and
KLC envisions bringing social capital (the capacity of
people to work together across boundaries), and the
civic culture of Kansas towns, cities and regions to
create innovative methods to support adaptive work
through collaborative civic engagement. Our goal is
that this would grow significantly throughout the state.
Leadership Emporia begins with a two-day opening
retreat on Thursday, September 18, and Friday,
September 19, 2014, followed by five sessions held
October through December. The public is invited to
join the class in celebrating the completion of all their
sessions on Friday, December 12th.
Participants must attend all sessions in order to
graduate from the program. Leadership Emporia is
open to anyone interested in wanting to learn more
about exercising leadership on deep, daunting,
adaptive challenges. Please mark the dates of
each session on your calendar now to insure your
availability if you are applying.
Opening Retreat:
September 18 and 19
Session One:
October 2
Session Two:
October 16
Session Three:
October 30
Session Four:
November 13
Session Five:
December 4
Celebration Luncheon: December 12
To learn more about Leadership Emporia and its
programming, call Jeanine McKenna at 342-1600.
Applications are due August 15, 2014.