Leadership Development

Introduction

Developing new leaders who also develop new leaders.

Overview

Volunteer recruitment and training resources for project volunteers and board members. Neighborhood associations are a training ground for civic leaders who often make a difference over many years.

Page Index

  • Key Issues
  • Common Problems and Solutions
  • Successful Strategies
  • Topic Library
  • Sub-Topics and Vendors


    • Key Issues Related to this Topic

  • One-on-one conversations are the foundation. Neighborhood groups often build up their volunteer base through door-knocking and one-on-one conversations with community members. Volunteer or paid organizers start a campaign by asking individuals about their hopes for their families and the neighborhood and about their gifts and talents. When several people have expressed concerns about a common issue, the neighborhood group can then support those with an interest in a topic to work together to find solutions.

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    Common Problems and Solutions

  • Expanding beyond a small core group. Every neighborhood group starts its work with a smaller group of dedicated residents and stakeholders. Following the motto "each one teach one" can help a core group of volunteers mentor new volunteer leaders to share the work load.

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    Successful Strategies

  • Identify and develop individual assets. Each resident, property owner and business owner in your neighborhood has talents and resources to offer. One-on-one interviews, participatory group methods and individual asset surveys can be used to identify individual assets. Individual and family assets can be tracked on a map, in a rolodex or a database.

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    Library

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    Vendors by Sub-Topic

    Funding for Leadership Development  
        Bush Foundation Fellowships
        Community Leader Development Program- Family & Children's Service
        Headwaters Fund
        St. Paul Companies Foundation- LIN Grants
        Sumasil Foundation
        United Way of Minneapolis Area
        United Way of the Saint Paul Area


    Leadership Development Training Resources  
        ACORN
        Alliance of the Streets
        Asset-Based Community Development Institute
        BIHA Women in Action
        Black Ministerial Alliance
        Center for Neighborhoods
        Change Architects
        Community Leader Development Program- Family & Children's Service
        Community Leader.Com
        Community Leadership Institute - Ctr for Nonprofit Mgt
        Full Circle Institute
        Gameliel Foundation
        Glenwood-Lyndale Community Center
        Great River Earth Institute
        Headwaters Fund
        ISAIAH
        Jefferson Center
        Learning Labs
        Lyndale Neighborhood Association
        Many Rivers Popular and Folk Education Project
        MAP for Nonprofits
        Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program
        Minneapolis Training Program for Neighborhood Organizers
        No Limits for leaders
        Rites of Change
        The Drucker Foundation
        The Freire Center: A Popular Education Center for Democratic Social Change
        The Future Now
        The Midwest Academy
        The Stair Step Initiative
        The Terry Group
        The Voice in Phillips
        Ujima Creations
        Wilder Foundation- Services to Organizations


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