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National Leadership Development Program
The National Leadership Development Program of Alpha Phi Omega
incorporates a series of courses, libraries, and programs that are
there for our members to further educate themselves on how to
become a better leader, and how to better serve the Fraternity. The
program is administered by the National Leadership
Development Committee, under the guidance of the National
Leadership Program Director, Ed Richter, who sits on the National Board of
Directors.
The various programs of Leadership Development include:
- APO
LEADS: A modular program consisting of five individual
courses covering various aspects of leadership development. Each of
these modular components focus on skills that will help the
participant be a successful leader and team member in Alpha Phi
Omega and in life. At the completion of the series of courses, the
participant will have a set of transferable skills that are
applicable to Alpha Phi Omega, to the working world, as well as to
leadership in other organizations.
-
Leadership Resources Clearinghouse: This program is
essentially a leadership library, and is intended to provide an
archive for workshop materials from various Alpha Phi Omega
conferences, specifically lecture notes, slides, handouts, and
other documents that can be used by our members. Documents are
submitted regularly by individual alumni volunteers, and provide a
wide variety of interesting information on many topics.
- APO IMPACT:
The APO IMPACT program is a set of guides that provide a,
"how to," for the usual duties of the most common chapter
offices. If you don't see a booklet titled with your office,
look through the ones that are there. The information you are
seeking may still be covered. For example, the President's
book covers how to run an effective meeting. Any officer that
chairs a committee needs that skill. To complement this,
APO IMPACT LIVE is a
series of courses for conferences and live webinar sessions. These
courses will reinforce the knowledge found in the IMPACT officer
manuals.
- Chapter
Assessment & Planning Session (CAPS): The Chapter
Assessment and Planning Session (CAPS) is a tool to help the
chapter identify its goals and begin to plan its program for the
coming year, based on an assessment of the past year. It is not
designed to be a comprehensive, point-by-point analysis of chapter
operations. It is also not designed to plan every activity or to
set the calendar in stone for the coming year. However, it should
identify areas the chapter wants to improve and key events or
activities the chapter wants to see happen.