Rockwood Leadership Program is pleased to announce we've opened the application process for the 2008 Fellowship in Media, Communications, and Information Policy
To apply or nominate a leader, contact Fellowship Director Stacy Kono. You can download an application form here.
The Fellowship was launched in 2006 as a three-year initiative. Combining Rockwood's cornerstone leadership seminar, Art of Leadership, with additional leadership support, advanced skill building, and convening with other fellows, the goals of the program are to support current and emerging leaders, with experience in media policy advocacy, research, organizing, and media production to move to the next level of personal and collective effectiveness.
The fellowship is a powerful community learning process for leaders, based in the notion articulated by Gandhi, and acted on by many pivotal figures in the history of social change, that "We must be the change we want to see in the world."
The Fellowship program is designed to support a diverse community of leaders to:
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Create, communicate and sustain a compelling, ambitious and credible vision for social change within their organization and field;
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Diagnose and deal more effectively with major leadership and organizational challenges such as mission drift, lack of organizational alignment, and low accountability for performance;
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Create healthier coalitions and organizational cultures that value and celebrate difference;
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Be far more skillful in their use of personal power, creating more and consistent results with less effort.
The program has been designed to be an experiential learning experience in the career of media policy reform and justice leaders, and requires a significant level of commitment on the part of all participants.
Fellows participate in:
The Art of Leadership Training: an intensive four day seminar that supports leaders from many different progressive social change issue areas to create compelling , ambitious, and credibile visions for their organizations and deal more effectively with major leadership challenges.
Advanced Training and Dialogue Retreat: A multi-day convening of Fellows that provides advanced training in leadership and collaboration and an opportunity to build relationship and partnership to strengthen the field.
Ongoing leadership support: Each fellow receives professional coaching, course materials, web-based resources and collaboration-oriented consultation as requested.
Participation in the Fellowship Program requires the submission of a written application. Because the Art of Leadership seminars occur multiple times a year, admission to the Fellowship Program will be rolling until the class is full. The deadline for applications in February 28, 2008.
To apply or nominate a leader, contact Fellowship Director Stacy Kono. You can download an application form here. You are welcome to contact Stacy with any additional questions or feedback.
