Leadership Chapel Hill-Carrboro

Leadership 2013

• Save the dates for Monday, Sept. 23-Wednesday, Dec. 4.

• Leadership Chapel Hill-Carrboro celebrates 29 years in 2013!

While the profiles of Chapel Hill and Carrboro are always in flux, there remains a constant need for talented leaders. Hosted by our Chamber and our Partnership for a Sustainable Community, Leadership Chapel Hill-Carrboro is a 10-week, intensive program designed to develop a continual pool of leadership talent for our Chapel Hill-Carrboro/Orange County community.

Participants meet Monday, Sept. 23 for an evening reception at The Siena Hotel, and begin class with an all-day retreat Wednesday, Sept. 25. The class continues to meet Wednesday mornings through Dec. 4 for half-day workshops with today's leaders on the social, cultural, political, and economic facets of our community, as well as participate in team-building exercises and skills curriculum taught by local experts. Our last session is a graduation luncheon held Wednesday, Dec. 4 at The Siena Hotel.

Through exchange of ideas, community experiences, and leadership skill-building sessions, Leadership participants begin to develop specific interests in the concerns of our community and emerge equipped with the skills and knowledge to positively affect our communities.

Community Passport

Leadership participants also complete the Community Passport, an agenda of community projects and exercises to enhance participants' knowledge of our community. Passport activities include:

• Taking public transportation

• Attending a public meeting

• Voting

• Hosting a dinner prepared with ingredients grown locally

• Volunteering at the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service

• Donating blood with the American Red Cross

• Attending Festifall

• Attending the 2nd Friday ArtWalk

Small Miracles

In addition to the Community Passport, Leadership participants also complete a Small Miracles group project, which pairs Leadership students with area non-profit organizations to learn about their missions and implement a fundraising plan to meet specific needs of those organizations.

Members of Leadership Chapel Hill-Carrboro 2012 raised $2,500 for the Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA) and Sacrificial Poets through a holiday market with local vendors held at the Horace Williams House in downtown Chapel Hill.

Registration and Scholarships

Registration opens for Leadership Chapel Hill-Carrboro in summer 2013 and scholarships are available. Contact Meg Branson at mbranson@carolinachamber.org or (919) 357-9977 for more information.

Sponsorship

Sponsorships available for $400-$3,000. Contact Aubrey Fox Williams, director of sales and development, at afoxwilliams@carolinachamber.org or (919) 967-7076.

Executive Leadership

Already a Leadership Chapel Hill-Carrboro Grad? Or need a more condensed format? Executive Leadership, a two-day conference designed to connect participants to our community's movers and shakers and generate meaningful dialogue among panelists and participants about government, education, community challenges, entrepreneurship and economic development, is for you! Learn more.

Leadership Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schedule

Check out the Leadership 2012 schedule below to get a taste of our workshops, team-building exercises and skills curriculum.

Week One - Triangle Training Center

Topic One: People Mapping

Topic Two: Ropes Course

Invited Guests: Peter Metzner, Principal, Dynamic Change, Inc.; Bill DeLano, President, Triangle Training Center

Week Two  – Chamber of Commerce

Topic One: Community Orientation

Topic Two: Bus Tour by Destiny Transportation w/ lunch at Pazzo! in Southern Village

Invited Guests: Aaron Nelson, President & CEO, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce

Week Three  - Chamber of Commerce

Topic One: State of the Community Report

Topic Two: Public Speaking/Presentation Skills

Invited Guests: Aaron Nelson, President & CEO, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce; Dr. Susanne Gaddis, PhD, CSP, The Communications Doctor

Week Four – Extraordinary Ventures

Topic One: Non-Profit Board Service

Topic Two: Strategy Mapping

Invited Guests: Trudy Smith, Executive Director, Executive Service Corps of the Triangle; Mayor Tom Stevens, Town of Hillsborough, President, Think Leadership Ideas

Week Five  – Chamber of Commerce

Topic One: Writing for Advocacy

Topic Two: Human Services and Affordable Housing

Invited Guests: Margot Lester, Founder, The Word Factory; Delores Bailey, Director, EmPOWERment, Inc.; Nancy Coston, Director, Orange County Social Services; Robert Dowling, Executive Director, Community Home Trust; Chris Moran, Executive Director, Inter-Faith Council for Social Service; Pilar Rocha-Goldberg, Executive Director, El Centro Hispano

Week Six  – DSI Comedy

Topic One: Improv and Creativity in Leadership
Topic Two: Small Miracles Presentation

Invited Guests: Paula Pazderka, Artistic Director and School Manager, DSI Comedy; Aaron Nelson, President & CEO, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce

Week Seven – The Daily Tar Heel

Topic One: Media Training

Topic Two: Economic Development

Invited Guests: Kevin Schwartz, General Manager, The Daily Tar Heel; Dwight Bassett, Economic Development Officer, Town of Chapel Hill; Steve Brantley, Economic Development Director, Orange County Economic Development Commission; Meg McGurk, Executive Director, Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership; Dottie Schmitt, Economic Development Specialist, Orange County; Annette Stone, Community and Economic Development Director, Town of Carrboro

Week Eight – UNC Chapel Hill

Topic One: UNC, Town/Gown Relations, and UNC Hospitals
Topic Two: Elected Officials

Invited Guests: Linda Convissor, Director of Local Relations, UNC Chapel Hill; Will Leimenstoll, Student Body President, UNC Chapel Hill; Gary Park, President, UNC Hospitals; Chancellor Holden Thorp, UNC Chapel Hill; Mayor Mark Chilton, Town of Carrboro; Representative Verla Insko, NC General Assembly; Senator Ellie Kinnaird, NC General Assembly; Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt, Town of Chapel Hill; Commissioner Bernadette Pelissier, Chair, Orange County Board of Commisioners

Week Nine – Durham Tech Orange County Campus

Topic One: Crime, Justice and Mediation

Topic Two: Local Education System

Invited Guests: Chief Chris Blue, Town of Chapel Hill Police Department; Judge Joe Buckner, Chief District Court Judge; Frances Henderson, Executive Director, Dispute Settlement Center;  Chief Carolyn Hutchison, Town of Carrboro Police Department; Chief Jeff McCracken, UNC Public Safety; Mia Burroughs, Chair, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education; Dr. Tom Forcella, Superintendent, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools; Dr. William Ingram, President, Durham Technical Community College; Graig Meyer, Director of Student Equity and Volunteer Services, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools; Patrick Rhodes, Superindendent, Orange County Schools

Week Ten – The Siena Hotel

Graduation