A Community Router is central to the LeaderComm approach to collective impact. This course is the culmination of the LeaderComm training program and provides a comprehensive overview of the various roles and necessary leadership skills of this key community leader.
The course also covers how Routers convene others and facilitate the processes necessary to:
- achieve a shared vision;
- identify the most effective strategies and create a plan;
- make sure the necessary infrastructure for collective impact is put in place;
- ensure that timely and appropriate communication among members of the initiative is provided; and
- establish and lead a process for tracking, measuring, and reporting the aligned efforts to achieve desired community change.
While this training focuses on the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities of the Community Router, it is also beneficial for other local leaders, such as members of the Router’s local Leadership Circle, as well as other potential funders and community partners who will work directly with the Router in the local collective impact initiative.
This course takes 4 hours in total, but can be modified to suit the audience needs. It consists of PowerPoint presentations that include animation and video. It also includes a presenter’s guide, interactive activities, and handouts for participants. It can be presented to a single person using a laptop or iPad, to a whole group in a training setting using large-screen projection, or remotely via the Internet. This course can be presented alone or in conjunction with any of the other LeaderComm courses as needed.
Given the critical role of the Router, it is expected that he or she would experience the full course as well as the other two LeaderComm courses in their entirety. The Router will also receive personal coaching from LeaderComm veterans, based on individual needs and interests. In addition, LeaderComm will broker targeted training through its vast network of partners and organizational relationships to further support and enhance the Router’s leadership skills.
