Look for 2009 LeaderShape Applications in the Spring!

What is LeaderShape?
LeaderShape is an interactive six-day experience designed to equip young adults to become amazing leaders!  Students will work in both the large group (60-70 participants) and in small groups known as “family clusters”.  Through these interactions students will work to define his/her personal vision – an extraordinary commitment to changing and contributing to the world in a positive way.   Throughout LeaderShape students will be a part of a supportive community and will be able to create close friendships with fellowparticipantsand staff facilitators.  Students willleave the institute with an appreciation for leading withintegrity and will have a healthy disregard for the impossible!

What can I expect?
Day 1: Building Community
Explore what leadership means, meet other members in the “Learning Community” and break into groups of 8-12 called “Family Clusters”.

Day 2: The Value of One, The Power of All
Participate in a series of outdoor initiatives and discussions where they will discover how teamwork, trust and problem solving can be enhanced by involvement in a supportive community.

Day 3: Challenging What Is, Looking to What Could Be
Begin to define their Breakthrough Blueprint – a tangible plan for change that will be refined throughout the course of the week.  In the afternoon they will participate in interactive activities that deal with chaos and change, followed by a Guest Leader Forum where they will have the opportunity to interact with significant leaders in business, education and other professions.

Day 4: Bringing Vision to Reality
Explore the issue of power in a dynamic group exercise and analyze how their vision for change can come to fruition.

Day 5: Living and Leading With Integrity
Examine the concept of “integrity” and discuss how ethical values, thoughtful decisions, and courage all play significant roles in establishing trust and fostering respect.

Day 6: Staying in Action
Participants will prepare to return home, face their responsibilities as purveyors of positive change and “lead with integrity” as graduates of The LeaderShape Institute.

For additional information about LeaderShape, visit www.leadershape.org.

Is there a cost to LeaderShape?
A $50 REFUNDABLE deposit is collected to hold your space in the LeaderShape Institute. Deposits will be returned to you once you check-in at LeaderShape.

Questions?
Please direct any questions to Jodi Middleton at (912) 478-1435 or leader@georgiasouthern.edu.  Please also feel free to stop by the office in the Russell Union, Suite 2022.

Quotes from previous Georgia Southern LeaderShape participants
LeaderShape is unlike any other conference I've attended. You go in thinking that you have done all of this before...and maybe you have, but this time it just feels different. My favorite quote from the entire conference was: "Throw yourself into life like a pebble in a river and watch the ripples!" ~Clarissa Crawford

My experiences at LeaderShape were unforgettable...I've attended MANY leadership conferences in the past but yet I was still challenged, and able to take things away from LeaderShape with me and grow! After leaving LeaderShape I felt compelled to do even more...especially being surrounded by so many young people with hearts dedicated to service but leadership styles similar and different from mine. Put as simply as possible: It's a ride you'll know nothing about if you sit back and miss the train, for it is definitely an experience!! ~Shri Davis