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First Friday is the premiere networking opportunity for the Northeast Mississippi Region. Join officials, executives, small business owners and community leaders every first Friday of every month from September through April each year.
At First Friday, you'll be able to mingle with like-minded, successful professionals, get a great (free!) meal, and hear presentations by some of the Region's (and the State's) most outstanding leaders!
Community Leadership Institute is a seven-month, two-year, program designed to enhance community leadership development and to enhance personal and professional growth. The two-year program consists of one year of training and one year of community re-investment.
The Institute consists of four (4) one-day sessions with three (3) two-day sessions.
The sessions are planned between October 2004 and April 2005. The
three two-day sessions are scheduled for October, January
and April. The opening session is scheduled for October
and the closing session will be held in April. All of the
two-day sessions will be held at the Whispering Woods Hotel
and Convention Center in Olive Branch, Mississippi. Also
scheduled are four one-day sessions to be held in the Tupelo/Lee
County area and a recognition banquet is planned for April
2005.
There are three components to the overall program.
- Community Orientation:
Program sessions address topics such as economic and community
development, education, health care and local government.
Various sites in the community will be toured.
- Enhancing Leadership Skills:
Leadership skills will be addressed at all three two-day
sessions. Skill building exercises will include personal
development assessment, visioning and strategic planning,
speaker and presentation training, effective communication
techniques, and consensus building.
- Community Leadership Re-investment (CLR):
The program will require one-year institute training and
one year of Community Leadership Re-investment. Participants
will "re-invest" into the community what they have learned
during the nine-month institute training. The one-year Community
Leadership Re-investment will be made to a non-profit organization
or a defined community need.
Seated from left to right:
1. Terri Williams, ArchitectureSouth
2. Donna McNeece, Printing/Promotional Items, Inc.
3. Teresa Turner, Tupelo Public Schools
4. Mary Kirk King, Peoples Insurance Agency
5. Peggy Bishop, Magnolia Wholesale Florist
6. Rhonda Herring, Herring Environmental
7. Dana Deaton, Deaton and Deaton
8. Lee Norris, Big Brothers Big Sisters of MS
9. Jane Spain; WTVA-TV
Back row from left to right:
10. Mike Tonos, NEMS Daily Journal
11. Steve Walters, Tupelo Manufacturing
12. Anthony Hill, Tupelo Police Department
13. Chip Ashford, BancorpSouth Bank
14. Bob Smith, Yocona Area Council BSA
15. Bill Williams, Peoples Bank and Trust
16. Marc Flanagan, Tupelo Fire Department
17. V. M. Cleveland, Tupelo Furniture Market
18. Mike Armour, Appalachian Regional Commission
19. Louis Holmes, AmSouth Bank
20. Shuff Mauldin, BancorpSouth Insurance
21. Mark Weathers, Lee County
22. Bob Jones, North MS Medical Center
Seated from left to right:
1. Robert Jamison, New Providence M. B. Church
2. Rachel Pierce, Phelps Dunbar, LLC
3. Daphne Holcombe, City of Tupelo
4. Cheryl Penson, Okolona Separate School District
5. Clay Foster, Journal Publishing Company
Standing left to right:
6. Craig Shannon, Tupelo Public School District
7. John Ebert, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
8. Tommie Lee Ivy, Lee County Supervisor
9. Bernard Bean, Harveys/Sweet Peppers
10. Greg Giachelli, Community Development Foundation
11. William Catledge, Catledge Law Firm
12. Jack Reed, Jr., Reed's
13. Harold Chaffin, City of Tupelo
14. James Threadgill, BancorpSouth
15. Randy Von Kanel, First Baptist Church
16. Mitch Waycaster, Peoples Bank & Trust Company
17. Ben Logan, Town of Sherman
18. David Henson, Henson Sleep Relief
19. Robert Otwell, North Mississippi Health Services
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