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LEAD! BRISTOL
LEAD Bristol! is a nine-month training program designed to provide skills essential to leadership development. The program incorporates transcendental leadership skills as well as servant leadership and community issues. Another benefit of the program is the opportunity to gain new contacts through networking and relationship building. Local area colleges and universities partner with the chamber to provide professional personnel, facilities and other aspects of the sessions. Through the support of area businesses as sponsors, this program continues to be a model for other leadership programs throughout the country.
BRISTOL YOUTH LEADERSHIP
Bristol Youth Leadership (BYL) is a seven-month program in which area high school sophomores and juniors are empowered to become trustees of the Bristol community. Throughout the seven months of the program students will learn a variety of valuable leadership skills including time management, community awareness, and business ethics. The program also provides training in the area of personal development, skills training, volunteering opportunities and team building. In addition to the monthly class sessions, the BYL students are assigned to Community Service Project to increase awareness of the community and provide the opportunity to serve. These projects are submitted by various agencies, governmental entities and nonprofit organizations and require the participants to complete research, plan various events, participate in the community activities and create presentations. The students work diligently to determine a course of action and follow through with success.
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