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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.
