Links
The following is a list of websites of other organizations that we have found helpful in helping students, faculty, and staff learn positive leadership skills. If you have a link that you feel would be helpful for us to list that we have missed, please let us know by clicking here.
Advancing Women in Leadership Journal
http://www.advancingwomen.com/awl/awl.html
Advancing Women In Leadership represents the first on-line
professional, refereed journal for women in leadership.
African American Leadership Institute
http://www.academy.umd.edu/scholarship/AALI/
The African American Leadership Institute's central purpose is to enhance and develop the transforming leaders needed to tackle the challenges of the 21st century. The AALI works to develop and provide the humane, effective and timely leadership needed to improve the overall quality of life and civic engagement of African Americans.
American Society for Training and Development
http://www.astd.org/astd
ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) is the world’s largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals. ASTD’s members come from more than 100 countries and connect locally in 140 U.S. chapters and 24 Global Networks. Members work in thousands of organizations of all sizes, in government, as independent consultants, and suppliers.
American College Personnel Association
http://www.myacpa.org/au/au_index.cfm
The American College Personnel Association (ACPA), headquartered in Washington, DC at the National Center for Higher Education, is the leading student affairs association that advances student affairs and engages students for a lifetime of learning and discovery.
American Student Government Association
http://www.asgaonline.com/ME2/Default.asp
The American Student Government Association is the only professional organization exclusively serving collegiate SGs nationwide. ASGA also publishes the Student Leader magazine.
Asian Pacific American Women’s Leadership Institute
http://www.apawli.org/
The Asian Pacific American Women's Leadership Institute (APAWLI) is the only national, non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing and enriching leadership skills for Asian American and Pacific Island women leaders. Our mission is to address the challenges facing us and to nurture trusteeship within our communities by expanding leadership capacity, fostering awareness of Asian American and Pacific Island issues, creating a supportive network of Asian American and Pacific Island women, and strengthening community.
Association of Experiential Education
http://www.aee.org
The Association for Experiential Education (AEE) is a nonprofit, professional membership association dedicated to experiential education and the students, educators and practitioners who utilize its philosophy.
Center for Creative Leadership
http://www.ccl.org/index.shtml
The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) is the leading nonprofit institution dedicated exclusively to leadership. CCL integrates cutting-edge research with innovative training, coaching, assessment and publishing to create proven impact for leaders and organizations around the world.
Center for Organization Effectiveness
http://www.greatorganizations.com/
The Center has specialized in helping clients build more effective organizations. With over 75 years of combined professional experience, our staff are experts at helping people learn, collecting data and turning it into knowledge, and bringing people together to solve problems and redesign organizational systems.
Character Clearinghouse
http://www.collegevalues.org/clearinghouse.cfm
The Character Clearinghouse is a comprehensive national information center for character development resources, events, programs, dialogue and leadership in higher education. This information clearinghouse is designed especially for educators, student affairs staff, higher education organizations and others who are interested in encouraging the development of moral and civic responsibility in college student learning and development.
Community Leadership Organization
http://www.communityleadership.org/
The Community Leadership Association is a non-profit organization, founded in 1979, dedicated to nurturing leadership in communities throughout the United States and internationally. The Community Leadership Association encourages sharing and mutual learning by its members and embraces the diversity of community leadership development efforts.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
http://www.chci.org/
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) is one of the leading Hispanic non-profit and non-partisan 501(c) (3) organizations in the country. CHCI’s mission has been to develop the next generation of Hispanic leaders. Our vision is an educated and civically active Hispanic community participating at the local, state and federal policy decision-making levels.
EmergingLeader.com
http://www.emergingleader.com/
EmergingLeader.com is a user driven site which serves both as a sounding board for fresh leadership ideas and a repository for lessons learned and experience gained. Manifest your thoughts by contributing an article, a lesson learned, a link and/or any comments you have that will help us create a great leadership resource.
Greenleaf – Center for Servant Leadership
http://www.greenleaf.org/
The Greenleaf Center is an international, not-for-profit institution headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our goal is to help people understand the principles and practices of servant-leadership; to nurture colleagues and institutions by providing a focal point and opportunities to share thoughts and ideas on servant-leadership; to produce and publish new resources by others on servant-leadership; and to connect servant-leaders in a network of learning.
Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership
http://www.hoby.org/
Founded in 1958, HOBY’s mission is to provide lifelong leadership development opportunities that empower individuals to achieve their highest potential. HOBY programs are conducted annually throughout the United States, serving local and international high school students.
International Leadership Association
http://www.academy.umd.edu/ILA/
ILA strives to: 1) Strengthen ties between those who study and those who practice leadership; 2) Serve as a forum where people can share ideas, research and practices about leadership; 3) Foster effective and ethical leadership in individuals, groups, organizations, and governments in the global community; and 4) Generate and disseminate interdisciplinary research and develop new knowledge and practices.
James McGregor Burn Academy of Leadership
http://www.academy.umd.edu/
The Academy of Leadership's mission is to foster leadership, scholarship and education, with special attention to those historically underrepresented in public life.
LeadershipDevelopment.com
http://www.leadershipdevelopment.com
Leadership Education and Development Inc . is a Tennessee registered corporation that is devoted exclusively to the mission of developing effective, ethical leaders at all levels of businesses, governmental agencies, and not-for-profit organizations.
Leadership University
http://www.leaderu.com/
Leader U is a Resource base containing thousands of articles, reviews, research papers, essays, books & book chapters, commentaries, video & audio files, poems and more. It is sponsored by Christian Leadership Ministries, the faculty outreach and training arm of Campus Crusade for Christ International, Leadership U includes resources from the high school to research levels, with an emphasis on the scholarly
Leadershape
http://www.leadershape.org/
LeaderShape exists to offer the highest quality state-of-the-art leadership programs focused primarily on young men and women in all settings of The LeaderShape Institute; to facilitate their application through follow-up advisory support to participants and sponsors; and to be a catalyst in expanding leadership programs centered on leading with integrity to new audiences. We will have succeeded when graduates of LeaderShape programs improve the quality of their respective organizations and environments.
National Association for Campus Activities
http://www.naca.org/
The National Association for Campus Activities offers something for everyone, from students and staff at colleges and universities to agents, artists and performers. NACA's wide variety of events, educational sessions and workshops, publications and face-to-face networking opportunities will help you book bands, find great programming ideas and more!
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
http://naspa.org
NASPA is the leading voice for student affairs administration, policy and practice and affirms the commitment of student affairs to educating the whole student and integrating student life and learning. NASPA members are committed to serving college students by embracing the core values of diversity, learning, integrity, collaboration, access, service, fellowship, and the spirit of inquiry.
National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs
http://www.nclp.umd.edu/
The National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs (NCLP), through the development of cutting edge resources, information sharing, and symposia, supports leadership development in college students by serving as a central source of professional development for leadership educators. NCLP also works to connect leadership educators to one another and support those developing leadership programs in their communities.
National Community for Latino Leadership
http://www.latinoleadership.org/
Since 1989, the National Community for Latino Leadership, Inc. (NCLL), formerly known as the Hispanic Leadership Opportunity Program (HLOP), has existed as a network of national leadership organizations. This network supported leadership development activities for Latino youth, professionals, and community leaders that remain engaged today in efforts to advance the Latino community.
National Conference on Student Leadership
http://www.ncslcollege.com/
Since 1978, the National Conference on Student Leadership (NCSL) has become the one event where student leaders and professional staff meet to dialogue and discuss common objectives and common challenges in order to enhance their leadership and organizational management skills. National conferences are scheduled in locations across the country, featuring a terrific program of keynote speakers, presenters, and workshop topics meeting campus leadership program needs and objectives.
National Hispanic Institute
http://www.nhi-net.org/
The National Hispanic Institute provides Latino families, nationally and internationally, with private experiences on American college and university campuses that are specially designed to advance the educational aspirations of thousands of high school age Latino youth. More important, these settings allow them the opportunity to determine different options and choices in contributing to Latino community life through leadership service.
National Outdoor Leadership School
http://www.nols.edu/
NOLS founder Paul Petzoldt's idea was simple: take people into the wilderness for an extended period of time, teach them the right things, feed them well and when they walk out of the mountains, they will be skilled leaders. The core of his idea was the extended expedition, one of sufficient length that a person could learn and practice the skills over and over again. That is the backbone of every NOLS course and today the school is widely recognized as the world's leader in the extended expedition, from two weeks to twelve.
National Youth Leadership Council
http://www.nylc.org/
For more than two decades, the National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) has led a movement linking youths, educators, and communities to redefine the roles of young people in society. That movement is service-learning, and it empowers youths to transform themselves from recipients of information and resources into valuable, contributing members of a democracy.
Omicron Delta Kappa
http://www.odk.org/
Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, was founded December 3, 1914 at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. The founders formulated the idea that leadership of exceptional quality and versatility in college should be recognized, that representatives in all phases of college life should cooperate in worthwhile endeavors, and that outstanding students, faculty, and administrators should meet on a basis of mutual interest, understanding and helpfulness.
United States Hispanic Leadership Institute
http://www.ushli.com/
The USHLI has developed into one of the most powerful, nationally and internationally recognized Latino organizations in the country by organizing and conducting nonpartisan voter registration and leadership development program in 40 states. Our organization has been able to maintain a stable presence in hundreds of communities over the years by promoting empowerment and civic responsibility.
