About the NLC Institute
Applications for the 2010 NLC Institute are now open
The deadline for complete applications has been extended to October 25th.
A special deadline has been released for those applying to the Missoula Chapter, which will be receiving applications until December 20th.
Apply to the 2010 NLC Institute in the following places:
* Atlanta, GA
* Boston, MA
* Chicago, IL
* Los Angeles, CA
* Louisiana
* Missoula, MT
* New York, NY
* Sacramento, CA
* San Diego, CA
* San Francisco, CA
* Washington, DC
You must pay $30.00 to apply and then fill out the application on Hire True.
Click here to pay and apply.
The NLC Institute is the premier leadership and professional development training program for progressives who are young working professionals. Click here to view the NLC Curriculum
Who is an NLC Fellow?1. An institute will train 15 to 20 “top talent” young professional leaders, generally ages 22 to 35, per region per year.
2. They are progressives at the early stage of their careers or interested in changing careers, and have generally completed all of their undergraduate and graduate studies.
3. They have already shown great promise.
4. They don’t just come from the world of politics/campaigns/election. NLC Fellows are especially recruited, in no particular order, from fields like aerospace, finance, law, journalism, technology, entertainment, medicine, media, non-profit management, small business, and agriculture.
For more information, look at our 2009 Fellows here.
What is an NLC Institute?1. A five-month (Jan-May), 1 weekend per month commitment.
2. Training programs focus on a core curriculum of personal leadership development, entrepreneurship, communications and marketing, fund raising and finance, political strategy and management, traditional and new media, and Internet and technology. Popular sessions you might take part in could have topics like: “Authenticity and Public Speaking,” “21st Century Predictive Voter targeting,” and “Developing a message that will stick”.
3. Heavy emphasis is placed on teamwork.
4. Fellows spend time meeting with local and national leaders.
5. Fellows are paired with career mentors.
Who runs NLC? - NLC is a 100% volunteer-run organization. All of its money goes to programming.
- Each chapter has a large, influential local advisory board of young professionals familiar with the curriculum who come from different professions, supported by the national Board of Directors, Chaired by Mark Walsh.
- A local Faculty of experts and leaders train and mentor NLC fellows.
- Control of NLC is decentralized. Decisions are made by consensus and members of the NLC community are free and encouraged to innovate.
Who pays for NLC?- Participation is free for Fellows, who put down a small deposit that is returned upon graduation from the NLC Institute.
- NLC has a very generous Local Advisory Boards and a National Board of Directors composed of accomplished progressive leaders and elected officials who donate and fund raise. This board is chaired by Mark Walsh, CEO of GenuisRocket.com and host of XM Radio’s LeftJab.
- NLC has a very strong alumni network of past-participants who give back to the organization.
- • The $30 application fee helps defer some of NLC’s costs.
How does NLC Help?Specifically-Progressive Training Programs (blue = organizations NLC partners with on the local level to identify “top talent” future Fellows)
AGE |
For Politics -- Candidates + Elections |
For Leadership and Development across disciplines |
Students |
College Democrats of America, Students for Obama |
Roosevelt Institute, CPL New Leaders, Campus Progress, Young People For, Union Summer |
Young Professionals |
College Democrats Alumni Association, Young Democrats of America, Democratic GAIN training, Emily’s List training, Camp Wellstone |
New Leaders Council |
Established Professionals |
Center for Progressive Leadership, Emerge, Sorensen Institute, American Majority, Obama Precinct Captain Training (all levels/ages), Democracy for America Night School (all levels/ages), Local Democratic training programs eg. Illinois Tenth Dems University (all levels/ages) |
A host of issue-oriented fellowship and training programs eg. Truman National Security Project |
The New Leaders Council Institute is the core of New Leaders Council. A free five-month, comprehensive leadership development program, the New Leaders Council Institute combines advanced leadership development training by experts, mentorship, networking, and job placement to train tomorrow's leaders today