This program helps community boards to be more effective. Topics can be adapted to the group’s needs or offered as individual modules.

• Session 1: Roles and Responsibilities of Board Members/Effective Meetings
• Session 2: Understanding Fellow Board Members/Conflict Management
• Session 3: Financial Responsibilities, Fundraising, Legalities, and Ethics
• Session 4: Strategic Planning

The program can be presented in-person or online. Contact our team to learn more about this unique learning opportunity.

The Kansas Community Empowerment program (KCE), formerly the Kansas PRIDE program, administered by K-State Research and Extension, is a volunteer, grassroots effort to improve the quality of life in local communities.

Kansas Community Empowerment provides educational opportunities in the areas of organizational support, fiscal responsibility, story telling, volunteer management and support, as well as experiential learning through the program’s grant offerings.

Contact our team to learn more about KCE in your community.

Real Colors workshops help participants to examine who they are and how they relate to others. Participants will develop skills to communicate effectively and build stronger relationships.

1. Fundamentals: The exclusive Real Colors personality assessment is the foundation of a fun, interactive workshop where participants learn how to quickly identify their own temperament or Color, and that of others.
   
   
2. Solutions: Real Solutions is designed to create a system to process stressful and uncomfortable situations. Successful change management is a core component of Real Solutions.
   
   
3. Applications: Participants will look at how a person’s second color affects their overall personality style, how Real Colors concepts help each team member connect with your organization’s mission and how Real Colors offers a framework to navigate difficult conversations.
   
   
4. Teams: Real Teams takes participants through a series of fast-paced, interactive, and fun activities focused on building trust, opportunities for growth and identifyng factors that ensure a successful team.
   
   

5. Leadership: Participants start by evaluating their leadership strengths and build on these strengths through small and large group activities that include public speaking, listening skills, empowering others and developing a personal leadership plan.

Contact our team to learn more about this workshop.

Volunteers are a vital part of our Kansas communities. If your organization struggles to recruit and retain volunteers, or if the same ten people do everything, this program series can help change your story.

Contact our team to learn more about this learning opportunity.

K-State Research and Extension offers three major programs that assist Kansas communities with developing, coaching and recognizing community leaders:

• The Huck Boyd Institute for Rural Development is a public/private partnership between Kansas State University and the Huck Boyd Foundation. Its mission is to help rural people help themselves.
  
  
• Kansas Agricultural Mediation Services has been providing Kansas producers with legal, financial and mediation services for over 25 years.
  
  
• The Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership (KARL) program is a non-profit, educational organization that develops leaders for agriculture, business and rural communities.

Stay up to date on the latest news, events and activities from the community vitality team.

• K-State Research and Extension News: Community Vitality
• Kansas Profile: Radio feature from the Huck Boyd Institute
• Community Vitality Calendar of Events
• Kansas Community Empowerment - Follow us on Facebook

Board Leadership Series

	David Key District Extension Director - Meadowlark District Extension dkey@ksu.edu
	Tara Markley County Extension Director Community Development Agent Johnson County Extension tmarkley@ksu.edu