Background

 Impact Huntsville/Madison County initiates and creates significant, lasting change, one issue at a time, while developing relationships and networks to sustain the change.

The Impact experience is designed to enable participants to collaborate and translate existing efforts into a comprehensive, long-term action plan to attract and retain the young professional workforce.

This "task force" of community leaders who address specific issues impacting long-term, systemic change.  At the end of their program year, they will present the  community with a product and serve as catalysts to build systems or infrastructure for change.

2006 Topic

    What can we do as a community to better enable local employers to hire and retain young professionals?

2007 Topic

To be determined

Class Membership

Class members consist of Leadership Huntsville/Madison County or Leadership Alabama graduates, graduates from any other Community Leadership program, and some select "subject matter" experts. 

Curriculum

One class/topic per year, over six months, meets monthly 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

• Sessions 1 - 3 - SCAN:   in-depth study of topic
• Sessions 4  & 5 - FOCUS: process, identify & refine recommended solutions
• Session 6 - ACT:  present action plan to reaction panel of community leaders

Criteria

Targeted recruiting by invitation/nomination, 15 - 20 class members.  Selection criteria include:

Interest in transforming the community and passion for the selected topic

• Diverse backgrounds (age, gender, ethnicity, career fields, community involvement,  experiences)
• Commitment to meeting all program obligations
• Willingness to continue involvement long-term if the project exceeds their initial Impact program year

Applications

Application to this class is by invitation.  Tuition is $2500, limited scholarships available

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