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Developing
Community Leadership: The EXCEL Approach
(EXperience in Community Enterprise and Leadership)
Johanna
Reed Adams
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Rural Sociology
and
State Community Leadership Development Extension Specialist
University of Missouri Extension
223 Gentry Hall
Columbia, MO 65211-7040
(573) 882-3978, (573) 882-5127 fax
http://www.ssu.missouri.edu/CommDev/
EXCEL’s purpose is to increase the capacity of individuals and organizations/groups who can address community problems effectively by mobilizing the human and social capital in the community to common purposes. EXCEL helps: personal growth and self-efficacy, community commitment, shared future and purpose, community knowledge, and civic engagement.
http://www.ssu.missouri.edu/commdev/cld/cld.htm
A
manual is available to guide the program planning process. To order, visit
http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/guidebks/cb0016.htm.
(Request CB16 Developing COmmunity Leadership—THe EXCEL Approach,
$30.)
Format & Time Required:
-
Program varies in length (i.e., 10-14, two–three hour sessions over a three-four month period. There is typically 140-160 contact hours in each program.
North
Central Regional Center for Rural Development
Iowa State University
107 Curtiss Hall
Ames, IA 50011-1050
(515) 294-8321, (515) 294-3180 fax
For questions, comments or concerns about the NCRCRD Web site, contact
.
Last updated August 31, 2004.