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LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

The FarmHouse Leadership Academy is a 4-day program that occurs the first week of January in Kansas City, Mo. The Academy is a dynamic program that helps equip select chapter officers with the tools, resources and support needed to excel during their terms of office. We often have separate tracks for chapter presidents, chapter recruitment coordinators, and chapter treasurers, amoung other ooficers and support personnel.

The Leadership Academy provides a unique opportunity for new chapter leaders to be able to learn, gain new insights and information and share ideas with other leaders from FarmHouse chapters throughout the United States and Canada. The presidents track features programs on leadership, strategic planning, risk management, chapter finances, recruitment, running effective meetings, conflict resolution, working with associations and alumni, keys to successful chapters and much more.

Thanks to several generous grants from the Foundation and continued support from Associations and Foundation Councils and individual donors, the full cost of the conference is covered for participants. The only cost for participants is for any meals/snacks while traveling and lunch on Sunday. All hotel room costs, airfare/gas reimbursements, meals and program costs are covered through grants from the Foundation.

The 13 chapters within 8 hours distance of Kansas City (or 550 miles 1-way) will be expected to drive to the conference. For those driving, we'll reimburse gas and toll costs for one vehicle per chapter.

There are occations where the Leadership Academy runs into conflicts with the beginnings of the Spring term at some universities and colleges. However, it's never been a problem in the past for the presidents and recruiters to be allowed excused absences from school work. Based on past experience and due to the nature of this impactful educational leadership opportunity, we've never ran across a professor or dean of students that didn't provide excused absences and a chance for students to make up any missed work.

As we've done in the past, we'll be more than happy to write a letter to any professors whose class these men will be missing. We'd also encourage anyone facing challenges with the start of the new school year to print off a copy of the schedule that's attached to provide to your professors and any teaching assistants for courses or labs that you guys will have to miss on Thursday and Friday.

This is definitely one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities that presidents and new recruiters can't afford to miss. You'll gain so many valuable ideas and so much knowledge about your positions. Just getting a chance to focus for 4 days on your role and sharing ideas with the other 28 new chapter/colony presidents/recruiters is so valuable - not to mention the many focused training programs and sessions to help prepare you for issues you may have to deal with. It'll be an experience you'll never forget.