LeadershipFPRA: a valuable intensive leadership program for FPRA members.
Be Part of the next Leadership FPRA Class!
LeadershipFPRA provides our members with the tools they need to become stronger leaders in their organizations, their communities and FPRA. The program is formal, consisting of an orientation and five full-day sessions. Regardless of how new you are to the business or how long you may have practiced, this program will help you hone leadership skills good for a lifetime.
Class size is limited to 21, so applications are competitive. The LeadershipFPRA Selection Committee will review all applications and choose the most qualified applicants. And while the Selection Committee is evaluating individual applications, it is also charged with building a class that represents diversity—professionally and geographically, as well as in the areas of age, race, gender and ethnicity.
Once selected, each class member will receive a LeadershipFPRA orientation the day prior to the start of Annual Conference, followed by five seminar-styled leadership training classes from a faculty of some of the most accomplished professionals in the state. The curriculum is challenging, and participants are required to attend the orientation, graduation and four of the five independent classes of the program instruction. Graduation will be held the evening prior to next year’s Annual Conference.
Graduates of the LeadershipFPRA program will be better equipped to not only function as PR professionals in their respective workplaces, but also strengthen their rightful seat at the boardroom table and to evolve into further leadership roles in FPRA, their communities and the industry in general.
LeadershipFPRA Class VII Schedule:
| Date | Program | Location |
|---|---|---|
| August 7, 2022 | Orientation – 83rd Annual Conference | Orlando |
| October 7-8, 2022 | Leading & Managing | Orlando |
| November 18-19, 2022 | Economic Development & Higher Education | Marion County (UF tour on Friday w/Gators away that weekend/ World Equestrian Center on Saturday) |
| January 19 – 20, 2023 |
Counselors’ Network Winter Symposium | Gainesville |
| March 23-24, 2023 |
Government, Law & Ethics | Tallahassee (legislative session is March 7 – May 5, 2023) |
| April 28-29, 2023 | Cross Functional Business Strategies | Orlando or TBA |
| August 2023 | Graduation – 84th Annual Conference | Orlando |
Founding Sponsors
Roger & Shelley Pynn
Partnering Sponsors
-UCF Nicholson School of Communication and Media
-The Maue Center
Applications
Applications for Class VIII are due June 14, 2023. Questions can be directed to state@fpra.org or 941-365-2135.
Tuition
The cost of the LeadershipFPRA program is $850, payable to FPRA, per participant (not including travel and lodging), payable upon acceptance to the program.