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We are looking for alumni to serve on our Alumni Council planning committees.
Description:
The objective of Leadership Berks is to develop, support and connect community leaders for Berks County.
We offer board governance and nonprofit management training programs that prepare people for leadership positions with local nonprofit boards or committees.
Courses build the management capacity of local nonprofit organizations, help individuals to hone their leadership skills, and provide orientation to the community's assets, challenges and issues to improve the quality of life in Berks County.
Programs are designed in an adult learning model allowing lecture and practical application of course material. Sessions feature an intense curricula integrating interpersonal and group skills guided by nine monthly class sessions
Coursework features a governance and community orientation track with a focus on exceptional nonprofit management, assignment to a field project team benefiting a local nonprofit organization, and ultimately placement on a nonprofit board or committee for a minimum of one year post program completion.
History:
Leadership Berks was founded in 1985 by the United Way of Berks County, the Junior League of Reading, PA Inc., the United Labor Council of Reading-Berks, and the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Nearly 700 individuals have graduated from programs over the past 25 years, many of whom have advanced into leadership positions with their employers and continue to serve the local nonprofit community.
On July 1, 2009, Leadership Berks was honored to become a full program of Alvernia University in the School of Graduate and Continuing Studies.
The merger allows Leadership Berks to deepen the impact of services in the nonprofit sector with the intention to offer nonprofit management training, and broaden the ability to serve the business community with degree and non-degree programs, as well as on-site training and certificate programs.
Contact person: Toni Eckert, Director Of Leadership Berks And Business Outreach, (610) 790-1930, (email)
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Agency office is located at Alvernia University's Upland Center. |
| Last updated on October 20, 2009 |
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