2002-2003 Seminar Topics:

Seminar One: Leading Yourself First

• Outcome: Seminar participants will understand their own ability as a leader.
• Seminar learning experiences will include completing pre-seminar readings and leadership inventories. The seminar will focus on inward reflection, developing your own vision statement, and building a leadership philosophy.
• Location: Vail, Colorado - October 2-5, 2002
  

Seminar Two: Leading in a Multi Cultural World

• Outcome: Seminar participants will deepen their own sensitivity to differences and understand how to provide leadership the meet the challenges of the changing population and changing workforce .
• Seminar learning experiences will include cross cultural experiences that enable participants to understand the influence of race, culture, religion and language on leadership in contemporary work environments.
• Seminar 2 Resources
  • Communication Ground Rules, NELD, Class of 2003, Created October 2, 2002 (1 page, 46 KB)
  • The 1890 Extension System: A Glimpse at the “Enterprise.” A MS Powerpoint Presentation delivered at the North Central NELD Interns’ trip to Southern University AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA, Presented by: Dr. Adell Brown, Jr. (24 slides, 427 KB)
    
• Location: New Orleans, LA - January 22-25, 2003
• Seminar 2 Agenda (3 pages, 97 KB)
  

Seminar Three: Leading Work Teams

• Outcome: Seminar participants will gain new understanding and develop skills to become effective leaders of work teams.
• Seminar learning experiences will include state-of-the-art research on establishing high performance work teams. Outstanding invited keynoters and resource persons will share actual experiences of their involvement in teams and their organizations--private, public, and not-for-profit.
• Location: St. Louis, MO - April 23-26, 2003
• Seminar 3 Requirements:
  • Seminar 3 Assignment (2 pages, 107 KB)
  • Knowledge Cell List to be returned by email due date January 10, 2003 (2 pages, 191 KB)
• Seminar 3 Agenda (4 pages, 141 KB)

• Incidentals Summary Information: What, When, Where, etc. (1 page, 73 KB) - Please note that this information is also applicable to the Alumni Seminar.

• The Alumni Seminar is taking place concurrently with seminar 3
  • Alumni Seminar Agenda (3 pages, 84 KB)

Seminar Four: Leading in the 21st Century

• Outcome: Seminar participants will understand how to provide visionary leadership in changing political, governmental, and technological environments.
  
• Seminar learning experiences will include future trend analysis of anticipated changes in public and education sectors with a special emphasis on the role of technology in these changes.
  
• Location: Washington, DC - September 3-6, 2003
• Seminar 4 Resources
  • Regional Trends in Extension Resources
    By Mary Ahearn, Jet Yee, and John Bottum (26 pages, 188 KB)
• Seminar 4 Agenda (3 pages, 107 KB)
• Incidentals Summary Information: What, When, Where, etc. (1 page, 17 KB)