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WHAT CAN ACT'S CIVIC LEADERSHIP DO?

CIVIC LEADERSHIP UNITS

1. Servant Leadership - One way individuals can contribute to change in communities is through servant leaadership. The premise behind the role of the servant leader was the requirement that people work together and focus on shared leadership to build a healthy community. Learn about the model of servant leadership.

2. Ethical Governance - Unethical behavior within organizations is caused by increasing pressures for immediate results. People when under pressure to meet short-term goals, focus on profits, or implement cost reduction savings, face enemies of integrity. Making ethical choices is complex because of the competing interests and values built into most situations. Understand the logical step-by-step process that can be useful in ethical decision making within organizations.

3. Understanding Open and Public Meetings - As citizens we make a choice to become involved and serve our community by running for an office, serving on commissions, boards, or community committees. Find out about the open and public meeting laws that affect public meetings.

4. Parliamentary Procedure - Discover the origins of parliamentary law and procedure in a public meeting and how to use this information to conduct productive and efficient meetings.

5. Public Testimony & the Media - Learn about the concepts needed to prepare for and understand public testimony and dealing with the media.

6. Ways to Addresss Specific Issues - Gain knowledge about the five levels of community linkages and use it to enable groups of community members and organizations to determine the appropriate level for addressing specific community issues to achieve the desired outcomes.

7. Advocacy - Millions of Americans feel disconnected from their government. They want to get involved in the system at the local, state or national level to create change on an issue they feel is not right. Rediscover the legislative process and find out how to bring awareness for implementing an advocacy plan.

8. Campaigning/Lobbying - Democracy is dependent on citizen participation. Campaigning and lobbying are processes where community members build the support they need to achieve their objective. Understand the strategy process to help community members in their efforts to create better communities.

9. Key Factors to Successful Community Groups - Learn about the process and contextual factors that community groups need to consider when aiming for successful community group work.

10. Building Community Collaborations - A community may have great ideaas and great intentions, however, organizing those individual ideas can prove to be a difficult endeavor. Gain knowledge about building collaborations.

11. Strategic Planning Process Part I: Developing a Mission and Vision - A strategic plan is a process to assist a group develop a clear direction of where they are going and what they are going to accomplish. Find out about developing a mission and vision, the first two steps of the strategic planning process.

12. Strategic Planning Process Part II: The Strategic Planning Process - The strategic planning process identifies the overall mission, vision, goals, and strategis to achieve the organization's goals. Discover how to create the remaining four steps of the strategic planning process: goals, objectives, specific tasks, evaluation and review and update.