Benefits

• Each Leadership Beaumont class covers a 9-month period from August through April.  There are two one-day retreats in August and January with an additional skills training session and five seminar sessions held in the evenings.

• Participants are required to attend all sessions and to work closely within a small group to develop and present one of the monthly seminars.  Each small group meets for six to eight weeks to discuss its assigned topic, talk with resource people and develop a program to be presented to the entire Leadership Beaumont group at one of the monthly seminar/dinner meetings. 

• Participants are trained in team-building, communications and discussion techniques while studying various issues facing the city.

• Topics to be studied by each Leadership Beaumont class depend on what problems, challenges or issues are confronting the community at the time. 

• In the past, classes have examined such subjects as crime, local government, quality of life, economic development, ethnic diversity, family, and education.

• After finishing the 9-month program, participants are encouraged to remain active in an alumni program offering continued networking opportunities and information on the program and the community.