Anderson Center Newsletter

Vol 3, No 2May 2009

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Dear ,

Before you begin to plan your summer, take a minute to plan for your for your own development, or your team's development, this fall.

Do you see the Managers' Forum as a good development tool for you or someone in your organization? Is succession planning a topic that your organization needs to begin talking about? Are you an executive who needs to "sharpen your saw" and network with others in similar leadership positions? Our fall forums are filling now. We encourage you to reserve a seat by June 30.

Our 2009-10 Forum Calendar is now available. Download a
PDF version, or see our website for more information on the Anderson Center and our forums.

Join other leaders from high impact organizations across Greater Minnesota in one of our action-oriented forums.

Challenge yourself. Challenge your organization to outperform.


Venita Wilkes Director	Rick Bauerly Board Chair

Minnesota Initiative Foundations provide scholarships to Anderson Center programs

The six Minnesota Initiative Foundations are collaborating with the Anderson Center to provide scholarships for Anderson Center forums to participants throughout Greater Minnesota.

These scholarships can help smaller organizations, non-profits, and high potential individuals and organizations that might not otherwise be able to afford full tuition for an Anderson Center forum.

For more information about these scholarship opportunities, email your region's Minnesota Initiative Foundation contact. Contact information for each region and more information on these scholarships is available on the Greater Minnesota page of our website.

UPCOMING FORUMS:

Emerging Companies Forum – Now accepting applications for 2009

Foundations of Strategy – September 14-16, 2009

Roundtable Forum – September 24-25, 2009

Succession Strategies Forum – October 5-7, 2009

Governance Forum – October 12-14, 2009

Managers' Forum – October 19-23, 2009

Executive Forum – November 15-20, 2009

Foundations of Marketing – November 30 - December 2, 2009

Foundations of Negotiation – January 25-27, 2010

Your business is changing.
Your competitors are changing.
Your markets are changing.
These are the incontrovertible tenets of business.

Are you personally changing and learning ahead of your business?

When was the last time you invested in becoming a better leader?

The Executive Forum's primary goal is to increase the effectiveness of business leaders. The program is fast-paced, highly interactive and concentrated. Within the 18-month program, there are three one-week educational sessions. Each one-w Now Registering eek session is a full-time commitment and will concentrate on specific business topics related to the survival, growth and expansion stages of business.

Sign up now – the next Executive Forum will begin the week of November 16-20 at Chase on the Lake in Walker.

To learn more about the Anderson Center and our forums, contact Venita at 320-251-3215 or venita@acmbd.org.

Challenge yourself. Challenge your organization.