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COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP COURSE

Strategically Build Community Relationships

Categories Community Engagement, Relationship Building
Course Duration 3h 30m

Description

We're ready to scale up our impact. How do we connect with the people in our community that will help us get the work done? Local leadership, members of the media, and others can help us carry out more complex and more impactful community projects.
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What I will learn?

  • How to build relationships with elected officials
  • Identifying and communicating with different key groups in the community
  • Engaging with organizations and community groups that can support you on your journey and to collaborate alongside in the work

Course Curriculum

How to Follow This Course

  • Welcome

Engaging Decisionmakers in the Government
Learn how building relationships with elected officials can help move your projects forward.

Engaging Sectors in Your Community
Learn how to identify and communicate with different sectors that are crucial to moving community building work forward.

Engaging Partners and Organizations
Learn how to identify and communicate with different sectors that are crucial to moving community building work forward.

Free
Free access this course
  • Level
    Intermediate
  • Duration
    3 hours 30 minutes
  • Last Updated
    January 31, 2025

This course includes...

  • 10+ tailored activities to work on by yourself and in partnership with other people from your community
  • 10+ tools to move into action immediately
  • 4 sets of reflection questions to integrate learning

This course is ideal for...

  • West Virginians who want to make difference in their town
  • West Virginians who see a challenge in their community and are motivated to solve it
  • West Virginians interested in building their leadership skills
  • West Virginians who are interested in taking on complex community challenges
  • West Virginians who are working alongside a community team and are ready to create more complex projects

All rights reserved. The information in this course overview page, course lessons, or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the WV Community Development Hub. To ask permission to reproduce this information, please contact Emma Pepper at e.pepper@wvhub.org.

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