"Achieving Excellence in Community Development"
Program Completes First Phase
January 22, 2004 -- Achieving
Excellence in Community Development, an offering of The Advanced
Practitioner Program (APP), is part of Neighborhood Reinvestment's
expanding curriculum for seasoned community development practitioners
and their board members. The 18-month program, which will conclude
on February 26th at the Atlanta NeighborWorks Training Institute,
with the symposium "Achieving Excellence in Community Development
-- Investing in Leaders, Delivering Results" included three
formal sessions through Harvard University as well as intensive
cohort mentoring and coaching under the direction of Douglas K.
Smith, renowned consultant on performance driven organizational
change.
Stuart Mitchell III, executive director or Rural Opportunities,
Inc., a Rochester, NY, based NeighborWorks organization, was one
of 45 non-profit executives who recently participated in the program.
Mitchell told the Rochester Business Journal that the Achieving
Excellence program held over the last year — and subsequent
discussions with organizational development consultant Douglas
Smith — revealed that ROI needs to build a stronger foundation
for its operations. The agency has grown significantly in programs
and services over 35 years, but it has focused more on delivering
programs than on strategic issues.
Read article from Rochester Business Journal.
Rural
Opportunities makes plans for the long term [PDF]
To Learn More
Join us at the Symposium, February 26th to hear more from the
executive directors about "Achieving Excellence" and
the results for them, their organizations, and their communities.
Calendar: The second round of "Achieving
Excellence in Community Development" is now accepting applications
from seasoned executive directors.
- March 15, 2004: Participants' applications due.
- May 2004: Notifications of acceptance mailed.
- August 1-6, 2004: Program begins with an intensive course
of study at Harvard University.
For additional information, contact tlaughman@nw.org
or sdigges@nw.org.
For more information about the APP and its offerings, check
out the APP brochure!
Download
APP Brochure [PDF, 110KB]
Return
to main APP web page
For additional information about the Advanced Practitioner Program,
call (800) 438-5547 or (202) 220-2454, or e-mail app@nw.org.
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