Contact

Margo Hittleman
Coordinator, Natural Leaders Initiative
(607) 272-2292 ext 167
mjh17@cornell.edu

Cornell Cooperative Extension
Tompkins County
615 Willow Avenue
Ithaca, NY 14850-3555
(607) 272-2292
tompkins@cornell.edu

Collaborators

NLI is a collaboration of the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC), the Multicultural Resource Center, Tompkins Community Action and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County.

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Welcome to the Natural Leaders Initiative!

The Natural Leaders Initiative (NLI) supports talented people to put their ideas into action, learn new skills, meet others who care about improving the community, and grow as community leaders.

We also help community boards, committees and organizations build their capacity to recognize, recruit, support and retain new leaders from under-represented groups.

Are You a Natural Leader?

  • Do you have ideas about how to make things better in the community?
  • Do you get things done?
  • Do people come to you for help?
  • Do you get others to share their ideas and get involved?
  • Do you like meeting new people and learning new things?
  • Do you want to be around others who want to improve community life, and have fun while doing it?


If so, the Natural Leaders Initiative may be right for you? Find out more. 

Do you want to help your group or organization better nurture new leaders? Find out more.

NLI's programs are supported by grants from the Park Foundation, the City of Ithaca Community Development Block Grant Program, the collaborating partner agencies, and other gifts and donations.

 

 

GET INVOLVED!

Nominate a Natural Leader. Nomination accepted through Sept. 10. The next NLI group begins on Sept. 21, 2010.

Request Information or a workshop.

Tips For Building Community Leadership

Tompkins County has many "everyday leaders" - people without formal leadership titles who act in creative ways to improve community life. There are many more people who have good ideas and could become leaders with a little support. This diverse group of "everyday leaders" are a huge, untapped resource for our community as a whole. Here are 10 tips for building community leadership (PDF, 14K) through the work you do every day.