Gateway Community Leadership 101

Key concepts and principles for anyone who wants to help gateway communities effectively navigate challenges and thrive.

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Gateway Community Leadership 101 (Formerly GNAR Academy Fundamentals):

Foundations for gateway community leadership and planning


This course consists of seven lessons, each of which introduces key concepts and principles that are important for anyone who wants to exercise leadership to help gateway and natural amenity region (GNAR) communities effectively navigate challenges and thrive. The lessons in this course stem from our research on GNAR communities, as well as our experience living in and working with these places. They also highlight experiences and resources from specific GNAR communities.

Check out the video below for an introduction to the course:



Lessons in this course include:
  1. What is a GNAR Community?

    GNAR Academy Lesson Map

  2. Finding and Following Your North Star: Turning Values into Vision
  3. Navigating Conflict Part I: Fundamentals of Conflict and Collaboration
  4. Navigating Conflict Part II: Assessing What the Situation is Ready For
  5. Empowering Community Engagement
  6. Working Across Boundaries
  7. Charting Your GNARly Future

 

What's in it for you?

Upon completion of this course, you will get the following: 

  • A digital certificate of completion from USU Extension
  • A digital badge that can be linked to your LinkedIn profile
  • Access to twice-yearly facilitated peer-to-peer learning and networking sessions with other course participants
  • Access to an online LinkedIn group of other GNAR community leaders who have taken GNAR Academy courses
  • 7 AICP Certificate Maintenance (CM) credits (for AICP members)

COST: $100 


NOTE: This course is estimated to take ~6-8 hours to go through the main course content.  We've also included many additional links, resources, and "side trails" for participants to explore and watch at their leisure.

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This course was made possible by initial sponsorship from the National Institute for Communities and Transportation, USU Extension, and the Utah Public Lands Initiative Mini-grant Program, and by the following partners and organizations:

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Interested in sponsoring or supporting future GNAR Academy courses?
Please email Elizabeth Sodja at liz.sodja@usu.edu