BLANDIN COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Since its inception in
1985, the Blandin Community Leadership Program has served over 4,000
leaders from 244 rural Minnesota communities focusing on individual
and community change.
The Framework
This internationally recognized program is centered on three core
competencies:
- Framing opportunities and challenges in ways that lead to effective
action;
- Building social capital for cooperation and resource sharing;
and
- Mobilizing a critical mass of resources to achieve specific
outcomes.
The Skills
This program uses highly experiential learning techniques in which
participants work on "real life" situations in their community.
The skills include:
- Communications that foster understanding, efficiency and cooperation;
- Conflict Management;
- Networking that brings together diverse people, ideas and solutions;
- Stakeholders Analysis; and
- 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 – educators, business owners, elected officials,
executives, health care professionals, clergy and retirees. Recruitment
efforts focus on individuals who are:
- Actively involved in community life: ability to make a difference
- 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 Blandin Community Leadership Program is a residential retreat
that involves 8 days of training: a 5 day residential retreat, a
2 day residential workshop and a 1 day workshop spread out over
the course of a year.
Program Costs
The cost for program participants is their commitment of time and
travel to the site. The Foundation underwrites the cost of the program
including training materials – a substantial Foundation commitment
of nearly $3,800 per participant opportunity to a program that year-in and year-out
demonstrates impact.
Ongoing Community Involvement
The Blandin Foundation makes a substantial investment of both time
and money. In return participants are committed to ongoing involvement
in developing and sustaining the health of their community. The
Foundation provides a number of advanced leadership opportunities
for alumni and communities who have participated in the Blandin
Community Leadership Program.
Communities served are eligible to participate in the following
Foundation leadership program:
Partners-in-Leadership.
Inquiries
Please direct all inquiries, application and other information
to:
Malissa Bahr, Recruitment Manager
Blandin Foundation Leadership Programs
100 N Pokegama Ave
Grand Rapids, Minnesota 55744
(218)327-8715
(877)882-2257
Email Malissa
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