Fellows Program
ALF Program Goals
The American Leadership Forum of Oregon's key program goals include:
- Strengthening the skills and commitment of leaders in developing collaborative approaches to identifying and dealing with complex and broad-based issues.
- Implementing focused activities and innovative solutions to state and local community challenges by providing leaders with unique opportunities to work together in ways that can truly make a difference.
- Inspiring leaders to a lifetime of active public engagement, acting as ongoing catalysts for addressing a range of issues that affect our state and its communities.
The American Leadership Forum of Oregon seeks to develop both a sense of personal responsibility for leadership and change in the state, while creating a network of leaders with established bonds of trust and mutual support. The ALF program consists of three parts: an annual Fellows program for a class of approximately 20 community, government and business leaders; a Leadership in Action project that is planned and implemented by each class; and an ongoing program to build and mobilize a network of Senior Fellows (those that have completed the Fellows program) from all classes.
The Fellows Program
The annual Fellows program consists of three elements:
- The Community Building Experience, a five-day team-building program to help Fellows move beyond self-imposed limits and practice group problem-solving in the challenging environment of the Cascade Mountain wilderness. This highly experiential program provides a powerful foundation of trust and respect for working together as a mutually supportive community.
- The Seminar Series, an monthly offering of workshops designed to build skills and awareness in collaborative and adaptive leadership, conflict management, community-building, understanding diversity, systems thinking, and the personal and ethical dimensions of leadership.
- Leadership in Action, a Fellows' planned and implemented class project that provides an opportunity to apply the skills and principles they have learned during the program year by working collaboratively to address a public issue of their choosing.
