Course Name: NEXT Emerging Leaders

Leadership Pillar: Expand your leadership network.

Facilitator(s): A Different Community Leader Each Session

Format: In-Person

Timing: Four hours per month, over 6 months (Session 9: January – June, 2021)

Cost: $500 (VVP Members)/$750 (Public Price)

Intended For: 

• Professionals with a ‘mentee’ mindset who seek to learn from and be inspired by established community leaders in the Valley while connecting with other emerging leaders.
• Professionals who consider themselves as part of the NEXT generation of  leaders in Eagle County.

Course Description: The NEXT Emerging Leaders program is designed to support and advance emerging leaders in our community. It provides an opportunity for 12 professionals to meet, converse and engage with a community leader in a group setting. Two separate groups comprised of twelve different participants will be chosen for each session. Each NEXT group will meet with a different community leader each month.

Each group meets twice per month – one planning session and one community leader session. The planning session is meant to reflect on the previous month’s meeting and to prepare for the upcoming community leader session. In the community leader session, NEXT participants will have 2 hours to inquire and converse with the leader in a group setting about topics chosen in the planning session

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the challenges and lessons learned from established community leaders
• Gain more knowledge around each community issue and the leadership strategies necessary to navigate
• Strengthen relationships with peers from different backgrounds and industries
• A network of fellow emerging leaders