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Thank you for your interest in Leadership Greater Madison (LGM). Changing opportunities and challenges in the greater Madison area underscore the need for able, skilled and informed leadership at every level and in every sector of our complex civic and economic infrastructure. Leadership Greater Madison is one of the greater Madison area’s premier leadership education and training programs designed to help citizens gain the knowledge and experience they need to actively participate as civic leaders in their communities.

Through presentations by distinguished community leaders, administrators and experts as well as a variety of hands-on activities to address the challenges and opportunities affecting the greater Madison area, LGM will:

  • Enhance participant research, issue management and public advocacy skills;
  • Improve participant understanding of, and engagement with, specific challenges and opportunities facing our communities;
  • Provide participants with meaningful opportunities to network and interact with each other and with civic leaders from the greater Madison area; and
  • Allow participants to identify and explore opportunities for civic engagement.

The cost of the 2010 LGM series is $2,500. Applications will be accepted until April 2, 2010 and selection will take place by April 7, 2010. The session will run from April – December 2010.

Application Guidelines

  • Applicants must be residents of the greater Madison area and have worked in the area for at least two years.
  • Applicants must either be Civitas graduates, have participated in a previous LGM session or be able to demonstrate comparable experience.
  • Applicants must commit to attending a minimum of seven of the nine scheduled sessions and actively participate in their team activities.
  • Applicants must complete and submit the official LGM application.
  • The $2,500 tuition* is due upon program acceptance. Payments not received before April 12, 2010 may jeopardize placement in 2010 LGM class.
  • Checks can be made payable to Leadership Greater Madison and can be mailed to LGM c/o GMCC, 615 E. Washington Ave., P.O. Box 71, Madison, WI 53701-0071.

*LGM will work with accepted applicants on tuition assistance upon request.

Program overview

  • The 9-month LGM session will include pre-determined discussion topics surrounding three contemporary issues such as: consolidation of services, health care, regional transportation and/or economic development, a skill training component, team activities and networking opportunities.
  • Sessions typically take place on the second Tuesday of every month.
  • Team activities will address timely, local issues; have measurable outcomes; include research and presentation components; and will include a “report out” element. Team activities will be shared with local officials and opinion leaders for use in development of public policy. LGM team activities will be an integral component in the search for solutions to current community challenges.

For additional information about LGM, please contact Lynn Wood at Wood Communications Group, lwood@wcgpr.com or (608) 259-0757.

Please click here to complete the online application or to mail or fax your application, please click here to download an application. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the program, please send an e-mail to lwood@wcgpr.com. We look forward to hearing from you.